Rachel Mellon

Rachel Mellon

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Head of AI Engineering & Research
United States

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  • Descript
    Head of AI Engineering & Research
    Descript
    Nov 2025 - Current (1 year)
    Lead our AI Engineering organization (Agent, AI Research, and AI Enablement & Platform)
  • Descript
    Engineering Manager, AI Products
    Descript
    Mar 2024 - Nov 2025 (1 year 9 months)
    Led a number of Product Engineering teams building AI-powered features in Descript, including Underlord.

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    ● Translation product: https://www.descript.com/ai/translate-video
    ● Agent for video editing: https://claude.com/customers/descript
  • GEM
    Staff Software Engineer
    GEM
    Jun 2023 - Aug 2023 (3 months)
    Tech Lead, Sourcing

    Worked on a wide variety of technical projects related to our CRM (candidate relationship management) product, including expanding Prospect Search coverage to include resume contents, leading a redesign of our candidate Profile, and driving a multi-quarter effort to increase candidate data quality while preventing duplicate creation.

    Championed engineering best practices through direct mentorship (including teammates and interns), technical leadership (RFCs and focus on code quality/developer experience), and iterative improvements to engineering oncall.

    Created the Eng Hiring Working Group to revamp engineering interview and hiring process in collaboration with engineering leadership and
  • GEM
    Staff Software Engineer
    GEM
    Nov 2022 - May 2023 (7 months)
    Tech Lead, Pipeline Management and Identity
  • GEM
    Senior Software Engineer
    GEM
    Aug 2021 - Oct 2022 (1 year 3 months)
    Tech Lead, Source of Truth
  • Google
    Tech Lead / Manager, Byteboard
    Google
    Oct 2019 - Aug 2021 (1 year 11 months)
    Tech Lead / Manager for Byteboard engineering team
  • Byteboard
    Head Of Engineering
    Byteboard
    May 2018 - Aug 2021 (3 years 4 months)
  • Google
    Software Engineer, Byteboard
    Google
    May 2018 - Oct 2019 (1 year 6 months)
    Tech Lead for Byteboard
  • Google
    Software Engineer, Google Maps
    Google
    Oct 2016 - May 2018 (1 year 8 months)
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    ThinkTank Co-Director
    SHE
    Jun 2015 - Jun 2016 (1 year 1 month)
  • WhatsApp Inc
    Software Engineering Intern
    WhatsApp Inc
    Jun 2015 - Sep 2015 (4 months)
  • Inria Chile
    Research and Development Engineering Intern
    Inria Chile
    Apr 2015 - Jun 2015 (3 months)
  • Google
    Software Engineering Intern
    Google
    Jun 2014 - Sep 2014 (4 months)
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    Co-Director
    SHE
    Jul 2013 - May 2015 (1 year 11 months)
    Ran she++, a nonprofit dedicated to encouraging women and girls to pursue computer science through programs and advocacy.
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    #include Fellowship Co-Director
    SHE
    Jun 2013 - May 2014 (1 year)
    The #include Fellowship program (by she++) engages high school students in the field of computer science. Participating high school students receive mentorship and can apply to attend the #include Summit in Stanford, California in the Spring.
  • Google
    Engineering Practicum Intern
    Google
    Jun 2013 - Sep 2013 (4 months)
    Built an autonomous Golden generation system in Ads Infrastructure for Search Ads to save significant developer hours.
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    Speakers and Network Intern
    SHE
    Oct 2012 - Jun 2013 (9 months)
    she++ is a community empowering women in technology through a variety of initiatives, including a conference for women in technology fields.
  • Resolute Digital LLC
    iPhone Development Intern
    Resolute Digital LLC
    Jun 2011 - Sep 2011 (4 months)
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  • Choate Rosemary Hall
    Choate Rosemary Hall
    Choate Rosemary Hall
  • Stanford University
    Bachelor of Science (B.S, Computer Science
    Stanford University
    Jan 2012 - Jan 2016 (4 years 1 month)
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