Luis Quesada
Senior Software Engineering Manager
luisquesada.com | github.com/lquesada
Contact via linkedin.com/in/luisquesadatorres
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SUMMARY Engineering leader with expertise in defining and executing technical strategy, with a proven track record
of building top-performing organizations. Led 70+ engineers to revamp five production areas across 50+
products, boosting engineering velocity and system reliability and efficiency for 1K+ engineers.
INDUSTRY Google, 2014 – currently
Geo, Software Engineering — Senior Engineering Manager (L7)
• Developing Google-wide infrastructure, both applying and serving generative artificial intelligence
YouTube Trust & Safety, Software Engineering — Senior Engineering Manager (L7)
• Improved the performance of high-throughput pipelines by 1000x. Award: Performance Excellence
• Developed Large Language Model infrastructure and tooling, used by 40+ engineering projects and
300+ analysts to define complex insights. Awards: Engineering + Feature + Feature Excellence
Cloud Artificial Intelligence, Site Reliability Engineering — Senior Engineering Manager (L5→L7)
• Led the productionization of three flagship products. Unblocked $1B+ revenue.
• Redesigned capacity management, monitoring, rollouts, data integrity, and frameworks across 1K+
engineers. Saved $XXXM+ in computing resources and improved the reliability of 50+ products.
Awards: Cloud + Core + Google Tech Impact, Perfy, Tech Debt Busters, Tech Debt Busters
Datacenter Software, Site Reliability Engineering — Technical Leader/Engineering Manager (L5)
• Led the revamp of critical datacenter systems. Sped up the launch by one year.
Apps Storage, Site Reliability Engineering — Senior Software Engineer, Technical Leader (L4→L5)
• Deployed capacity models for products with 1B+ users. Saved $XXXM+ in computing resources.
• Led the company-wide migration to a new storage service. Award: Feats of Engineering
ADVOCACY People Leadership
• Co-authored a chapter on team overload for The Site Reliability Workbook published by O’Reilly.
• Designed and scaled the Leadership Wheel of Misfortune program to hundreds of sessions globally.
• Mentored and coached hundreds of engineers, technical leaders, managers, interns, and apprentices.
• Keynote speaker on career and technical topics at various universities.
Technical Influence
• Published an article on capacity management best practices in USENIX ;login: magazine.
• Published talks on Google production environment, resources, and Paxos. Achieved 210K views.
EDUCATION University of Granada, 2004 – 2014
Research fellow on computer vision and compilers, led a thesis on music languages. Award: Best Thesis.
Master in Research, Soft Computing and Intelligent Systems. GPA 9.3/10.
Bachelor of Science, Information Systems Engineering. GPA 8.7/10. Award: 1st in Class.
Master of Science, Computer Science. GPA 9.2/10. Awards: 1st in Class, National Award, Best Thesis.
Bachelor of Science, Computer Systems Engineering. GPA 8.7/10. Award: 1st in Class.
LANGUAGES Spanish (Native), English (C2), German (B2), Swiss German (B1), and Esperanto (B1)
Personal Projects using Generative Artificial Intelligence
Inpaint Crop and Stitch – ComfyUI Nodes for Inpainting
Developed ComfyUI nodes for generative image inpainting that increase prompt adherence, output
quality, and performance by cropping the image around the masked area, resizing it to the model’s
preferred resolution, and then seamlessly restitching and blending it back in place.
Achieved 740K downloads and 1.1K GitHub stars.
Links: Comfy Registry, GitHub
qFT8 – Android Application for Portable FT8 Amateur Radio Communication
Developed an Android application for amateur radio FT8 digital mode communication with a portable
transceiver. Offers a feature-rich yet intuitive interface, a web server for remote control, and complete
integration with logbook services.
Achieved 800 monthly users and a rating of 4.7/5.
Links: Homepage, Google Play Store, GitHub, Direct Download
Cortex Rush – Android Application for Brain Training
Developed an Android brain training application that is completely free and ad-free, and does not
require user sign-up or network connectivity. Features five mini games built with an intuitive user
experience and a satisfying difficulty progression.
Achieved 100 monthly users and a rating of 4.9/5.
Links: Homepage, Google Play Store, GitHub, Direct Download
Morse Training – Android Application for Morse Practice
Developed an Android Morse code practice keyer. Features support for both on-screen and external
hardware paddles, several keyer algorithms, a highly configurable user interface, ultra-low latency with
minimal jitter, and transmission and reception training games.
Achieved 100 monthly users and a rating of 4.6/5.
Links: Homepage, Google Play Store, GitHub, Direct Download
Windlereye – Music Project
Wrote lyrics and leveraged generative artificial intelligence to produce over 200 original songs. Invited
to present at the AI: Heaven or Hype? panel in the After the Algorithm Zürich 2026 art festival, and
as a keynote speaker at the GenAI Zürich 2026 conference.
Achieved 60K streams.
Links: Homepage, Spotify, YouTube Music, YouTube, Apple Music, Shop, Direct Download
Mi Libro De – Book Series
Authored, and used generative artificial intelligence workflows to illustrate, three Spanish-language
children’s books. Spanning themes of fantastic creatures, school humor, fantasy, and science fiction,
the books are strategically designed to enhance reading comprehension and engagement.
Achieved 20K downloads and a rating of 4.2/5 over 1000+ reviews.
Links: Homepage, Amazon Kindle, Amazon Paperback, Google Play Books, Direct Download