Xin Jin

Software Engineer

San Jose, California, United States11 yrs 6 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Expert in distributed systems and cloud security.
Proven track record in developing scalable policy engines.
Award-winning engineer with strong expertise in RBAC.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Backend-heavy Software Engineer specializing in cloud security and distributed systems.

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Skills

Core Skills

Apache KafkaPython (programming Language)KubernetesGo (programming Language)C++JavaAws Identity And Access Management (aws Iam)

Other Skills

EnvoyAmazon VPCJavaScriptGoogle Cloud Platform (GCP)Cloud SecurityApplication SecurityAttribute Based Access Control (ABAC)Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)Distributed Systems

Experience

11 yrs 6 mos

Total Experience

2 yrs 6 mos

Average Tenure

1 yr 5 mos

Current Experience

Straiker

Software Engineer

Dec 2024 – Present · 1 yr 5 mos

AI Agents

Envoy

Confluent

Staff Engineer

Oct 2020 – Jul 2024 · 3 yrs 9 mos · Mountain View, California, United States · Hybrid

Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), audit logs, third-party identity integration, shared private networking, service mesh, API keys, enterprise cluster, etc.
Engineering Allstar Winner.

Python (Programming Language)Apache Kafka

Styra

Senior Software Engineer

Jun 2019 – Oct 2020 · 1 yr 4 mos · Redwood City, California, United States · On-site

Kubernetes (k8s) admission control policies suite, PCI-DSS, HIPAA using Rego.
Micro services supporting admission controller decisions and mutations.

Go (Programming Language)Kubernetes

Google

Software Engineer

Jun 2018 – Jun 2019 · 1 yr · Greater Seattle Area · On-site

Developed and delivered the policy engine to replace the original Zanzibar authorization system.
Introduced the access transparency feature, enabling customers to gain valuable insights into Google employees accessing their data for support purposes.

C++

Amazon web services (aws)

Software Engineer

May 2014 – May 2018 · 4 yrs · Greater Seattle Area · On-site

Launched an advanced version of a globally scalable distributed policy evaluation engine, significantly enhancing the service's performance and scalability.
Delivered numerous security & privacy features that received high praise from customers, including features such as permission boundaries, smart policy editor, policy summaries, and multi-factor authentication, etc

JavaAWS Identity and Access Management (AWS IAM)