Vinay Soni is a seasoned software engineer with deep expertise in machine learning platforms, cloud computing (Azure and AWS), and large-scale distributed systems. Currently a Staff Engineer at LinkedIn, he leads backend efforts for LinkedIn’s Feed recommendation system. Previously, he led critical platform initiatives at Apple and Microsoft, building scalable systems for data transformation, control planes, and ML infrastructure. At AWS, he contributed to the Elastic Load Balancing team. Vinay holds an MS in Computer Science from Georgia Tech and is skilled in technologies like Java, Python, Distributed systems, Machine Learning, Apache Spark, Kubernetes, and more. He is passionate about building robust, high-impact systems.