Hi, my name is

Maryam

I build AI-native products for the future of work

Maryam Jahanshahi Ph.D.

About Me

I’m VP of Engineering at Payscale, where I lead teams building net-new AI products and core platform capabilities, following Payscale’s acquisition of Datapeople, the company I co-founded and led as CTO for nearly a decade.
What I've built
  • Generative AI features in production: including a job content generator and NLP-powered real-time editing guidance with entity recognition
  • High-performance enterprise API integrations with Workday, SAP SuccessFactors, ADP, and others
  • A browser extension that brings AI-powered job content guidance into any system: ATSs, HRISs, LinkedIn, email, and beyond
  • Multidisciplinary R&D teams across engineering, product, design, and QA serving global customers including Walmart, Electronic Arts, and Block
Background
  • Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
  • Graduate-level People Analytics Instructor, NYU School of Professional Studies
  • Speaker at Strata, PyData, Rev2, and others on algorithmic bias, computational linguistics, and the future of recruiting

Areas of expertise

AI & Tech

  • Generative AIBuilt and shipped a generative job content tool in production
  • LLMsLarge language models and prompt-based workflows in shipping products
  • NLPDesigned a homegrown NLP system using entity recognition for real-time guidance
  • Entity RecognitionCore NLP technique powering Smart Editor's real-time guidance, built in-house

Enterprise Systems

  • WorkdayBuilt and certified a high-performance two-way Workday API integration; led Workday Partner program since 2019
  • SAP SuccessFactorsDeep two-way API integration and SAP SuccessFactors Partner certification since 2023
  • ADPBuilt a high-performance ADP Workforce Now integration
  • OracleBuilt a high-performance two-way integration with Oracle
  • iCIMSATS integration as part of Datapeople's eight-system integration suite
  • SmartRecruitersTwo-way ATS integration and SmartRecruiters Partner program member

Domain

  • HR TechNearly a decade building AI products for recruiting and people operations
  • People AnalyticsTaught graduate-level people analytics at NYU; built analytics products at Datapeople
  • Recruiting TechnologyCo-founded Datapeople to bring data and AI to the recruiting process
  • Regulatory ComplianceBuilt and shipped a regulatory compliance product for recruiting and people operations

Leadership

  • VP of EngineeringLeading a product and engineering team building new platform and data capabilities from the ground up
  • Engineering ManagementLed multidisciplinary R&D teams of 20+ across engineering, product, design, and QA
  • Team BuildingHired and scaled teams from early stage through acquisition
  • 0→1 Product DevelopmentBuilt Datapeople from founding through $25M raised and hundreds of global customers

My Work

Talks

Podcasts

Papers