Frank Petrilli

Senior AI/ML & Site Reliability Engineer

[email protected] | +1 (509) 385-2261 | https://frank.petril.li

Work Experience

Staff Engineer | AI @ Google From 2026

Staff Engineer driving NPI for Cloud AI Infrastructure

  • Key PoC for strategic product solutions design and post-sales development
  • Cross-functional subject matter expert from layers 1 through 8; IR to IB to IP to IC
  • Developed agentic tooling, reducing troubleshooting time and complexity
Staff Production Engineer | Team Lead @ Meta 2025-2026

Staff Engineer leading a team of Production Engineers working on Meta's AI/ML training data systems

  • Achieved 22% OpEx savings across Meta's substantial global ML data infra
  • Developed novel solution to hot cache petabyte-scale data with reduced footprint, unblocking critical revenue impact
  • Led reliability efforts protecting Meta's most critical AI/ML workflows
Senior AI/ML Engineer | Team Lead @ Google 2023-2025

Senior Engineer leading a team of Cross-Functional Experts to solve Google Cloud's longest running, most complex issues.

  • Built and led a team of Cross-Functional Experts, our top engineers who focus on our most complex issues
  • Key PoC for strategic customer issues; direct interaction with Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian
  • Subject Matter Expert for AI on Kubernetes, GPU/TPU and RDMA networking
Senior Site Reliability Engineer (GKE) | Working Group Lead @ Google 2020-2023

Senior Engineer leading a team of SREs focused on Production Security

  • Led a team delivering regulatory compliance objectives for GKE's customers
  • Designed & led cross-functional projects spanning multiple quarters to implement new compliant administrative access tools
Senior Technical Solutions Engineer | K8S Networking SME @ Google 2019-2020

Senior Technical Solutions Engineer on Google Cloud Platform Kubernetes & Networking

  • Led & developed a team of intermediate engineers, growing from new hire to senior members of engineering staff
  • Designed & led global initiatives to improve customer satisfaction & reduce engineering time
  • Led the work of an international team of engineers spanning four timezones
Technical Solutions Engineer III | Networking SME @ Google 2018-2019

Technical Solutions Engineer on Google Cloud Platform Kubernetes & Networking

Software Engineer @ Protocol Labs 2016-2018

Software Engineer on the IPFS project

Entrepreneurship

Founder & President @ Lambda58

Founder & President of Lambda58, a microelectronics & RF consulting firm

  • Provided RF consulting services to a variety of clients in the UAS industry, focusing on LTE/5G connectivity
  • Developed a variety of custom solutions to problems in the UAS space, including Detect-and-Avoid and long range telemetry systems

Skills

Languages

  • C / C++
  • Golang
  • C#
  • Python
  • Javascript
  • SQL
  • x86/ARM ASM

Systems

  • Kubernetes
  • Docker
  • Linux / Windows
  • Google Cloud
  • Cisco
  • Juniper
  • Ceph

Concepts

  • Embedded
  • AI/ML
  • Distributed
  • Networking
  • Security

Miscellaneous

  • GPU/TPU
  • ESP32
  • STM32
  • FreeRTOS
  • 3GPP (LTE/5G)

Education

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science

Eastern Washington University

Certifications

  • CBRS CPI - Google, 2021
  • Radio License - Extra (P97) - FCC, 2018
  • Pilot Certificate (P107) - FAA, 2022

Interests

  • Long-Range Radio Communications
  • 3D Design & Printing
  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Embedded Software & Hardware Design

Open Source

Core Developer on ExpressLRS (4k☆)

an open source LoRa-based high-performance long-range radio link focused on speed & range

Creator of fpvout (200☆)

an open source toolkit for video out from DJI FPV goggles