Saad Sheikh

Background

About Saad Sheikh

I am an Engineering Leader with 5+ years of people and tech leadership experience in Search, ML Infra, Modeling and Ads.Currently, I am CTO at Boston Health where we are transforming health tech and working towards serving a billion people.At Google, I focused on developing privacy-safe advertising technologies for Android through the Privacy Sandbox initiative leveraging both on-device machine learning and sophisticated Android engineering. Our team delivered impactful solutions like the Topics API, on-device protected app signals, and Protected Audiences by employing model distillation and quantization (reducing model size by >90%). These innovations are designed to enhance ad relevance while upholding user privacy, reflecting a commitment to ethical and scalable machine learning solutions. Previously at Meta, I contributed to shaping user experiences as a Tech Lead in ML Ranking and Data for the Facebook app, focusing on navigation and engagement strategies. I also worked on Instagram Ads Quality to refine metrics and models for balancing ad performance with user satisfaction. Across my roles, I’ve consistently emphasized the intersection of user-centric innovation and technical excellence to deliver meaningful outcomes.