Engineer Software

Chirag Shah

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https://twitter.com/chirags

Education

University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX.

- B.S. Computer Science May 2008

Work Experience

PMC Member/Committer, Apache Software Foundation [shindig.apache.org]

- Contributed several performance and feature enhancements to Apache Shindig.

- Helped integrate Google Caja with Apache Shindig.

Developer Programs Engineer, Google+

Mountain View, CA. (January 2011 - Present)

- Focusing on the Google+ platform.

- Took responsibility for the Google API PHP Client project.

- Granted readability in Python and JavaScript.

- Developed automated functional tests for the Google+ platform.

- Helped develop Google API Client Generator. http://bit.ly/q1PKwp

Software Engineer, Yahoo! Inc

Sunnyvale, CA. (May 2008 - January 2011)

- Security lead on the Yahoo Query Language.

- Won 2nd place at the Yahoo crack day.

- Won 1st place at the Yahoo Open Strategy hack day.

- Worked with a small team to rewrite the platform from PHP to Java.

- Redesigned the session management system for the application platform.

- Implemented OAuth support for the application platform.

- Contributed enhancements to the open source OAuth PHP library.

- Performance improvements to the image caching system (Apache Traffic Server).

Software Engineer (Intern), Yahoo! Inc

Sunnyvale, CA. (June 2007 - May 2008)

- Developed the Earth Day 2008 site (https://bit.ly/cxjQPw)

- Identified and fixed usability issues with the Yahoo! Green site

- Developed RESTful webservices for Yahoo! Green.

- Developed several public RSS feeds to serve environmental news and blog posts.

- Designed and developed an environmental Facebook application.

Software Engineer, (Intern) Sipera Systems

Richardson, TX. (December 2006 - May 2007)

- Researched and discovered SIP/VoIP Vulnerabilities.

- Developed a web application using the XMLHttpRequest to view simulated traffic.

Google Summer of Code 2006, AdiumX (May 2006 - August 2006)

- Used the Cocoa accessibility API to make features accessible to assistive devices.

- The proposal was selected and funded by Google during the times specified.

- Rapidly adjusted to a large open source code repository.

Technical Support, (Intern) Alcatel USA,

Plano, TX. (April 2005 - September 2006)

- Assist users with application issues.

- Helped troubleshoot technical problems for offsite users.

System Admin, (Intern) Spatial Wireless

Richardson, TX. (May 2004 - April 2005)

Extra:

- President of the UT Dallas - Hindu Students Council (Elected: 2005 - 2007)

- DJ for the RadioUTD Radio Station (August 2006 - 2007)

- Developed a Twitter client featured on the Yahoo! front page.

- Listed on the Google Security Hall of Fame twice. http://www.google.com/about/corporate/company/halloffame.html

- Created the CSSMin plugin for Apache Traffic Server.

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