Clay Wood

Senior Software Engineering Manager, Google Photos Backend

Clay Wood is a Senior Software Engineering Manager at Google, leading a team of over 50 professionals focused on scaling the backend infrastructure for Google Photos since May 2017. This role includes managing the Spanner database, blob storage, and micro-service architecture, along with overseeing Machine Intelligence and AI processing for media content. Clay has a diverse background at Google, having previously worked as a Software Engineer and later as a Staff Software Engineer and Manager, where responsibilities included developing the team behind Poly Gallery's backend systems for 3D content in VR and AR applications, and launching critical features in the Google Photos photo editor for mobile platforms. Clay holds a Master of Engineering in Computer Engineering from the University of Michigan, earned in 2003.

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