# Daren Zheng

> Staff Software Engineer @ Meta

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/daren

Interested in Full Stack Development, Distributed Systems, Operating Systems and Computer Network.

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer @ Meta
Jan 2022 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area
• Build end-to-end encrypted messaging protocols and features to support AI agents at WhatAapp
• Design new messaging infra (encryption, serialization, storage, threading and more) to scale up
multimedia messaging capability
• Analyze and integrate novel media security framework specialized in preventing security attacks through rigged media in Family of Apps (Facebook, Messenger, Instagram, etc).

### Software Engineer @ Meta
Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco Bay Area
• Design and build foundational end-to-end encrypted calling features(joinable group calls, call links) for 2-billion+ WhatsApp daily calling users
• Develop native shared library to provide signaling and RFC protocols across platforms (Android, iOS and Windows)

### Software Engineer Intern  (Infrastructure) @ Uber
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco Bay Area
Expose Scopes on External API Portal
• Build web base for adding features to automate scope whitelisting for third party developers
• Design RPCs to fetch scope details from External API Portal to Portal Web via TChannel-Go
• Establish the framework for scope index and details page with sorting, filtering, URL updating
and batch editing functions based on React and Redux
• Implement reverse mapping and internal routing between onboarding endpoints and related scopes

### Network Engineer Intern @ Tiesse SpA
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Turin Area, Italy
•	C/S model based data transfer in the recompiled Android build environment
•	Free and high-speed wireless file transfer via TCP/IP socket connection
•	”Plug-and-play” mobile hotspot management App, supporting both wireless and USB tethering


## Education
### Master's degree in Information Technology, Mobility
Carnegie Mellon University
Jan 2018 – Jan 2020

### Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering
Politecnico di Torino
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018

### Bachelor's degree in Information and Electronic Engineering
Tongji University
Jan 2013 – Jan 2018


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

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Last updated: 2026-03-22