Jan 2014 – Apr 2025 · 11 yrs 3 mos · Menlo Park, California · Hybrid

• Tech Lead for server team that handled various safety features in Facebook messages and Instagram DMs. Led multiple work streams from design to implementation, including:
• End-to-end encryption of Messenger messages.
• Spam folder (Hidden Requests) on Instagram DMs
• Defined and implemented various safety features in Instagram-Messenger cross-app communication.
• Improvements to spam filtering on Facebook and Instagram DMs.

Jul 2012 – Jan 2014 · 1 yr 6 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

• This was a startup acquired by Facebook. I was a cofounder and was involved in everything from the conception of the idea, to product management as well as implementation. We built a performance monitoring and debugging tool for Android app developers.

Mar 2011 – Jun 2012 · 1 yr 3 mos · Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

May 2009 – Mar 2011 · 1 yr 10 mos · Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

• Flash Media Server group

Aug 2007 – Apr 2009 · 1 yr 8 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Dec 2003 – Jul 2007 · 3 yrs 7 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

• Worked on Rational ClearCase, which was a leading version control system at the time. Specifically, I led a team that managed MVFS (Multi-version file system) which was a file system integrated with version control for a seamless experience.

Apr 2001 – Dec 2003 · 2 yrs 8 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

• Worked on PurifyPlus for Unix. Mainly involved in systems programming in C on Unix.

Jun 2000 – Apr 2001 · 10 mos

Apr 1998 – Jun 2000 · 2 yrs 2 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Worked on System Tools for chip designers. Our team built a simulator generator for ASIC designers to facilitate systems software development while the layout etc is being done.