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Project archiveSoftware engineer · Privacy / Systems / Security
ShivKushwah
Software engineer. Privacy engineer. Systems researcher. Product engineer.
Current focusApplied Privacy Systems
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About
Privacy, security, and systems.
I'm a software engineer in the Bay Area, currently working on applied privacy at Meta. I studied EECS at UC Berkeley, where my research focused on systems and security. My work spans privacy infrastructure, distributed systems, research, and product development.
Shiv Kushwah
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Experience
Selected engineering roles and education.
Experience
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Software Engineer · Meta Applied Privacy
Core engineer on Anonymous Credential Service, which supports de-identified authentication at hundreds of thousands of requests per second. Work spans the cryptography library, C++ service, Android and iOS SDKs, and operational infrastructure.
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Researcher · UC Berkeley Learn & Verify Lab
Developed PSec, a language for secure distributed systems that combines information-flow control, Intel SGX, and the P state-machine language.
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Software Engineering Intern · Facebook Authorization
Designed a temporary ACL-granting mechanism that reduced attack surface by renewing access according to measured utilization.
- 04
Software Engineering Intern · Workday Next
Implemented Camenisch-Lysyanskaya group signatures for a verifiable-credentials prototype, along with a Java Spring service and Android wallet.
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Software Engineering Intern · Yahoo Flickr
Turned a unique media-ID generator into a Java Spring service backed by Redis for Flickr’s production infrastructure.
Education
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University of California, Berkeley
M.S. EECS, Computer Systems and Security
B.S. EECS, High Honors
Mobile Developers of Berkeley (MDB) - 02
California High School
NOP Coding Club, founder and president
Robotics Team · Men's Tennis
