# Brian Madden

> Software Engineer at Google

Location: Santa Cruz, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/brianmadden

Systems programmer with a passion for solving problems.  Interests include operating systems, storage systems, distributed systems, games, and security. I have a holistic approach to problem solving, as a narrow focus often leads to future problems.

Specialties: Storage systems, kernel development, embedded systems, security

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer @ Google
Jan 2020 – Present | Santa Cruz, California, United States

### Senior Software Engineer @ Looker
Jan 2018 – Present | Santa Cruz, California

### Software Engineer @ Looker
Jan 2017 – Present | Santa Cruz, California

### Engineer @ Formation Data Systems
Jan 2014 – Jan 2017 | Fremont, CA
I am primarily responsible for the tiering management and garbage collection features of our distributed data store. More generally, I have worked on the data store as a whole including tuning the data path, migration, and QoS code. I am a first level resource for finding and fixing memory leaks and other performance related bugs. 

In addition to the C++ work I do on the data store, I also have had a hand in our Python test infrastructure, and other Python automation tools.

### Graduate Student Researcher @ · University of California
Jan 2010 – Jan 2014 | Santa Cruz, CA
Major focus on investigating potential storage savings in indexing systems for non-hierarchical file systems. Additional work in studying the efficacy of performing a computation versus storage trade-off in the cloud; methods of modeling/simulating this trade-off, and possible use cases.

### Advanced Development Intern @ EMC
Jan 2013 – Jan 2013 | Santa Clara, CA
Designed a novel frequency based file ranking algorithm for ordering search results in backup systems.

### Software Engineering Intern @ Data Domain
Jan 2011 – Jan 2012 | Santa Clara, CA
Working on various projects related to systems testing and reliability.

### Teaching Assistant @ UCSC
Jan 2009 – Jan 2009
Conducted two weekly lab sections for undergraduate students.
Acted as a first level resource undergraduate students for needing assistance.

### Consultant and Programmer @ Coconut Tree Software
Jan 2009 – Jan 2009
Enhanced and developed high visibility mobile applications for major television networks.

### Programmer @ Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center
Jan 2008 – Jan 2009 | Pittsburgh, PA
Worked on aspects of the Zest file system, a high performance file system for HPC environments.

### Founder, manager, and senior developer @ XOmB
Jan 2007 – Jan 2009 | Pittsburgh, PA
Worked on innovating and implementing cutting edge features in an operating system written from the ground up. Additionally recruited, educated, and managed team members and contributors to the project.

### Server Administrator @ University of Pittsburgh
Jan 2004 – Jan 2008
Server administrator for a small (15 person) research group in the Nursing School.  Manage the file server as well as take care of any technological problems that people are having.


## Education
### Masters of Science in Computer Science
University of California, Santa Cruz

### BS in Computer Science
University of Pittsburgh


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

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Last updated: 2026-04-11