Rob Litzke - Résumé

Google

Maps (Data Quality)

2/2019 –

Started as an individual contributor responsible for detecting and styling building structures. Became a manager in 2020, and grew scope from five engineers to 30. Responsible for maintaining and improving the data quality of addresses, buildings, basic roads, and a number of other data types on Google Maps.

Social Good

7/2015 – 3/2018

Frontend tech lead for team doing fundraising for non-profits, on web and Android. This included the Android/iOS One Today app (which facilitated small recurring donations collected into a single credit card charge). Expanded scope to facilitate donations on major google properties: I developed a standalone fundraising page platform that was able to launch in 33 languages worldwide, in under 24 hours - with scope for customization in response to each disaster. Was used in reponse to multiple natural disasters, such as Hurricane Irene. Links to this donation page were included on the Google homepage and as banners at the top of Google Maps on desktop.

Google Docs editor suite

11/2013 – 7/2015

Android/Web developer working on the Google Docs editor suite. Focused on Google Docs (word processor) and Google Slides (presentations). Helped with initial launch of Google Slides on Android. Developed features for mobile image uploads, copy/paste of text and imagery. Improved UX, including adding context-dependent sticky bar for formatting docs on mobile. Worked in Java and closurized Typescript

Goldman Sachs

Trading Automation

7/2008 – 6/2013

Wrote investment decision and execution algorithms, with a focus on arbitrage strategies in international markets, especially Latin America (Brazil & Mexico). Conducted analysis of arbitrage opportunities, and reduced slippage in existing strategies. Specialized in lightweight, distributed, reactive networked engines running semi-HF trading strategies.