Sarah Drasner
Hey mutuals! 👋 If you haven't heard from me: - For the last five years, I served as a Sr Director of Engineering for Core Infra at Google, setting technical strategy and leading teams across Web, iOS, Android, Multiplatform, Experimentation, and O11y. - I also led the Search Mission, modernizing our systems across the entire SDLC to innovate for the AI wave. - Along the way, I did a stint as Core Reliability Lead (read: the designated fire extinguisher if internal infra went down) I haven't talked about these in detail because a lot of it is under NDA *whispers: I’m full of secrets 🐝* Recently, I returned to the IC track as a Distinguished Engineer in Chrome. - I’m serving as the Area Tech Lead (ATL) for AI and the Web Ecosystem. In short, I get to look across a massive horizon, focusing on how we secure the web in this new era while continuing to push the envelope of innovation. I also have 3 cute kids and 3 cute dogs. It’s like Noah’s Ark with an off-by-one error. 🐶 I still build things to blow off steam after hours. Sometimes that means getting lost in Minecraft or Valheim; other times, I’m drawing complex technical concepts, writing, or hacking away on side projects. People often mistake my hobby work for my day job, or limit what I do to what is in public (like my deep dive into SVGs back when I was working for distributed backend companies), but it's not my main work it's how I play, learn, and contribute to the community. Good to see you all again! 👋