Berlin Buzzwords 2024

Charles Njoroge

Charles is a skilled technologist and innovator with a solid academic background from Brown University. With experience in both software engineering and finance, Charles has a proven track record of driving impactful changes in various fields.

At Zillow, Charles played a key role in the complete rebuild and redesign of the Zillow Search platform over several years, significantly improving its functionality and user experience. This achievement highlighted Charles' expertise in developing scalable, high-performance systems.

After transitioning to fintech, Charles used their technical skills to create one of the industry's first regulatory dispute products, marking a notable advancement in the regulatory technology landscape.

Currently, Charles is at the forefront of innovation at Reddit, contributing to Reddit's core infrastructure, specializing in Kubernetes and Solr-based solutions. Their work is focused on enhancing the performance and reliability of Reddit Search.

With a dedication to excellence and a forward-thinking approach, Charles continues to explore new possibilities in technology. Outside of work, Charles is an avid reader and an open water long-distance swimmer.


Company/Organisation

Reddit


Session

06-10
11:10
40min
Learning to Rank for Reddit Search - A Project Retro
Doug Turnbull, Charles Njoroge

The successes (and failures) of applying Machine Learning to improve Reddit's search ranking

Kesselhaus