# Aakash Parikh

> Staff Software Engineer at Meta MSL

Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/aakashparikh

I'm helping build new Generative AI products at Meta like AI Studio and Meta AI Voice -- https://ai.meta.com/genai/. 

Previously, I worked in Integrity (trust & safety), reducing harms during global elections and crises across Meta family of apps. I have deep experience in backend product engineering, applied AI development and tech leadership. I have a MS and BA in Computer Science from UC Berkeley.

Send me a message if you'd like to connect!

## Work Experience
### Staff Software Engineer @ Meta
Jan 2020 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area
June 2023 - present: Building new Generative AI products like AI Studio and Meta AI Voice experiences as part of the Meta Super Intelligence Labs

- https://ai.meta.com/ai-studio/
- https://about.fb.com/news/2023/09/introducing-ai-powered-assistants-characters-and-creative-tools/

July 2020 - June 2023:   Civic Integrity: Helped reduce harms on Facebook for emerging Integrity problems in key areas (global events and crises, elections, at risk countries)

### Graduate Student Researcher @ FHL Vive Center For Enhanced Reality @ University of California, Berkeley
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020
I studied intelligent scene generation and augmentation for AR/VR at the FHL Vive Center For Enhanced Reality while supervised by Dr. Allen Yang

### Graduate Student Researcher @ PolyPedal Lab @ University of California, Berkeley
Jan 2017 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco Bay Area
I developed bio-inspired robotic and computer simulation models for legged burrowing at the PolyPEDAL Lab and was advised by Professor Robert Full

### Software Engineer Intern @ Facebook
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Greater New York City Area
Civic Integrity

### Software Engineering Intern @ Facebook
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Menlo Park, California
Ads Interfaces Infra & Speed

### Software Engineer Intern @ PayPal
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco Bay Area
Financial Instruments


## Education
### Master of Science - MS in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
University of California, Berkeley

### Bachelor's degree in Computer Science
University of California, Berkeley

### Evergreen Valley High School


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/aakashparikh

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Last updated: 2026-04-12