Eugene Steinberg

Eugene Steinberg

Dr. Eugene Steinberg serves as Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Grid Dynamics. A founding engineer and most recently, Distinguished Technical Fellow, Dr. Steinberg brings over two decades of expertise in artificial intelligence, machine learning, information retrieval, and scalable distributed systems to his leadership role.
At Grid Dynamics, he has been instrumental in conceiving and scaling the company’s technology practices, spearheading mission-critical transformation programs for Fortune 1000 clients while pioneering breakthrough solutions in AI, search, and cloud-native platform development. His vision and hands-on leadership have established Grid Dynamics as a recognized innovator in digital transformation services.
Dr. Steinberg oversees the company’s technology strategy, practice development, and innovation initiatives. His expertise spans enterprise AI applications, cloud platforms, data engineering, and modern application development—core capabilities that drive the delivery of high-impact solutions for global enterprises.
Prior to becoming CTO, he built the company’s search and digital commerce practices from the ground up and pioneered many retail AI solutions, including visual search and conversational commerce. He joined Grid Dynamics in 2006 as its first employee and founding engineer, establishing core technology foundations while delivering transformative projects for clients including PayPal, eBay, Google, Macy’s, Home Depot, and Nike.
Dr. Steinberg holds a Ph.D. in Mathematics and Mechanics from Saratov State University, where he focused on numerical analysis of nonlinear dynamic systems.

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Eugene Steinberg

Dr. Eugene Steinberg serves as Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Grid Dynamics. A founding engineer and most recently, Distinguished Technical Fellow, Dr. Steinberg brings over two decades of expertise in artificial intelligence, machine learning, information retrieval, and scalable distributed systems to his leadership role.
At Grid Dynamics, he has been instrumental in conceiving and scaling the company’s technology practices, spearheading mission-critical transformation programs for Fortune 1000 clients while pioneering breakthrough solutions in AI, search, and cloud-native platform development. His vision and hands-on leadership have established Grid Dynamics as a recognized innovator in digital transformation services.
Dr. Steinberg oversees the company’s technology strategy, practice development, and innovation initiatives. His expertise spans enterprise AI applications, cloud platforms, data engineering, and modern application development—core capabilities that drive the delivery of high-impact solutions for global enterprises.
Prior to becoming CTO, he built the company’s search and digital commerce practices from the ground up and pioneered many retail AI solutions, including visual search and conversational commerce. He joined Grid Dynamics in 2006 as its first employee and founding engineer, establishing core technology foundations while delivering transformative projects for clients including PayPal, eBay, Google, Macy’s, Home Depot, and Nike.
Dr. Steinberg holds a Ph.D. in Mathematics and Mechanics from Saratov State University, where he focused on numerical analysis of nonlinear dynamic systems.

Eugene Steinberg

Smart autocomplete for Replacements.com drives revenue

Replacements, Ltd., the world’s largest retailer of tableware, has launched a smart autocomplete feature on its website to improve the product discovery experience for customers. The new feature, developed by Grid Dynamics, uses a self-learning solution that learns new suggestions based on customer interactions with the search box, and has led to a 37% increase in autocomplete suggestion clicks and a 1.7% uplift in overall revenue.

Art.com helps customers find art they love with visual search

Art.com, an online retailer of art reproductions, has introduced a visual search feature that allows customers to find artwork based on style and content similarity. The feature, developed in partnership with Grid Dynamics, uses deep learning and image processing techniques to provide more relevant and visually similar search results.