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Mehrdad Hessar

Senior SWE @ NVIDIA | Ex-OctoAI

Greater Seattle Area

Overview 

Mehrdad Hessar is a Senior Software Engineer at NVIDIA, previously holding roles as a Staff MLSys Engineer and Senior MLSys Engineer at OctoAI (now NVIDIA). With a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Washington, he has significant expertise in Generative AI, Embedded Systems, C++, and Verilog, contributing as an Apache TVM Committer and having interned at Google and Microsoft. Hessar's career highlights include his current senior role at NVIDIA, where he specializes in Generative AI and Embedded Systems, and his previous contributions as a Staff MLSys Engineer at OctoAI. His educational background includes a PhD and Master's degree from the University of Washington, with a Bachelor's degree from Amirkabir University of Technology - Tehran Polytechnic.

Work Experience 

  • Senior Software Engineer

    2024 - Current

NVIDIA is a computing platform company operating at the intersection of graphics, HPC, and AI.

Raised $4,095,000,000.00 from ARPA-E and DARPA.

  • Apache TVM Committer

    2022

Apache Software Foundation provides organizational, legal and financial support for Apache open-source software projects.

  • Staff MLSys Engineer

    2023 - 2024

  • Senior MLSys Engineer

    2021 - 2023

OctoAI is an AI infrastructure platform designed to help developers run, tune, and scale generative AI models efficiently.

Raised $131,900,000.00 from Addition, Madrona, Amplify Partners and Tiger Global Management.

  • Research Assistant at Networks and Mobile Systems Lab

    2015 - 2021

  • Teaching Assistant at Introduction to Computer Communication Networks

    2020 - 2020

  • Teaching Assistant at Introduction to Computer Communication Networks

    2018 - 2018

  • Research Intern

    2020 - 2020

Google is a multinational corporation that specializes in Internet-related services and organizes the world’s information.

Raised $26,100,000.00 from Angel Investors LP, Kleiner Perkins, Signatures Capital, Sequoia Capital, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Shaquille O'Neal, Henry Kissinger, Google and Tiger Woods.

  • Research Intern

    2020 - 2020

OctoAI is an AI infrastructure platform designed to help developers run, tune, and scale generative AI models efficiently.

Raised $131,900,000.00 from Addition, Madrona, Amplify Partners and Tiger Global Management.

  • System Engineer Consultant

    2020 - 2020

  • Research Intern

    2018 - 2018

Microsoft Advertising provides digital advertising solutions.

  • Collaborator in FuNLab

    2014 - 2015

    I was a collaborator in FuNLab and have worked on two projects: --SpecObs --Campus Link

  • Teaching Assistant at Microprocessors Course

    2014 - 2014

  • Teaching Assistant at Computer Architecture Course

    2014 - 2014

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