Vaibhav Govilkar
Staff Engineer & Tech Lead @ Meta

Vaibhav Govilkar

Staff Software Engineer & Tech Lead — AI Model Deployment @ Meta

I build deployment platforms for AI models to serve the needs of machine learning engineers at Meta scale. Currently focussed on agentic workflows to minimize friction and make model launches boringly reliable.

Currently
Leading Meta's AI model deployment platform as TL + de facto PM. Unassisted deploys up, friction down. Previously, founding engineer on Horizon Worlds within Meta Reality labs.

Focus
Agentic workflows, AI Native user experiences, MCP tooling, orchestration, production excellence, developer experience.

Location
Sunnyvale, CA

About

Building platforms that unblock other engineers.

Staff engineer who likes ambiguous problem spaces. I turn them into roadmaps, metrics, and shipped systems. At Meta I own deployment platform strategy end-to-end — from customer pain to SLOs to AI-powered launch experiences. I’m now exploring the architect + agent-fleet model: persistent AI agents that resolve tasks, heal CI, and compress launch cycles.

MS CS @ UIC, BTech+MBA @ NMIMS Mumbai. Before Meta: Expedia/Orbitz SEO & pricing pipelines, Nokia Xpress, EVL CAVE2 VR.

Experience
Aug 2024 — Present
Menlo Park, CA

Staff Engineer & Tech Lead, AI Inference — Meta

Own strategy, roadmap, execution for AI model deployment platform. TL + de facto PM. Improved self-serve rate, approval rate, CSAT while absorbing 2x YoY growth. Led the build-out of an AI Native user experiences for the platform.

Jan 2022 — Aug 2024

Staff Engineer & Tech Lead, Reality Labs — Meta

VR world-building tools & creator platform. Led engine upgrade rollout, world streaming (~3x faster), 3D import pipeline (152 projects), reliability 25% → ~0%, deleted 187K LOC legacy.

Jan 2017 — Dec 2021

Founding Engineer, Horizon Worlds — Meta

One of 10 founding engineers. Built early platform in Hack/PHP, C# Unity, React. Established patterns that scaled to hundreds.

Jan 2014 — Jan 2017
Chicago, IL

Software Engineer — Orbitz / Expedia

Service-oriented SEO platform, Docker pipelines, real-time flight pricing (ElasticSearch), sitemap automation & Search Console monitoring.

Jun 2013 — Dec 2013

Software Engineer — Nokia

Nokia Xpress browser — client-server features, analytics, UI.

May 2012 — May 2013

Research Assistant — UIC EVL

CAVE2 VR rail simulation — C++, OpenGL, GLSL, OmegaLib.

Full Resume
Skills & Domains
Languages
Python, TypeScript, C++, C#, Hack/PHP, Java, Bash
Frameworks
React, Unity3D, GraphQL, Thrift
Leadership
Roadmap & Planning • Cross-functional Alignment • Stakeholder Management • Production Excellence • Mentorship & Growth • Hiring • Customer Engagement
Platform
AI Infra • Model Deployment & Serving • Agentic Systems & MCP • AI Native user experiences • AI-native Tooling • Platform DX • SLOs • VR/3D
Early explorations & side projects — 2008-2015
Contact

Let’s talk.

or email directly: vaibhavgovilkar88@gmail.com