Mehrdad Bakhtiari

Mehrdad Bakhtiari is an accomplished Staff Engineer and ML Manager II at Uber, leading a team focused on marketplace optimization since June 2021. Previously, Bakhtiari served as a Senior Software Engineer, acting as the tech lead for rides matching projects at Uber. Prior experience includes a role as a Research Assistant at the University of California San Diego, where significant research contributions were published in prestigious journals and presented at major AI conferences. Bakhtiari also worked as an Engineering Manager at Cafe Bazaar, overseeing a team of engineers and designing large-scale system architectures while previously being a software engineer in a startup environment that grew to serve over 25 million users. Educational credentials include a Ph.D. and a Master's degree in Computer Science from UC San Diego, along with a Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Tehran.