# David L.

> Security Software Engineer

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/davidl4

Embedded software engineer obsessed with hardening the entire vertical stack, spanning silicon and hardware architecture, CPU assembly, and bootloaders to the Linux kernel and Android system. Expertise bridges low-level internals—such as memory management, power/performance optimization, and debug/trace—with high-level strategy in infrastructure design, cryptography, and threat modeling. Dedicated to pioneering Edge AI/ML protection and building resilient systems that maintain absolute integrity from silicon to software.

## Work Experience
### Staff Software Engineer @ Google
Jan 2016 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area
Safeguarding the Pixel ecosystem by delivering robust platform hardening and manufacturing security solutions that protect millions of users globally.

### Sr. Software Development Engineer @ Amazon Lab126
Jan 2013 – Jan 2016
Led Platform SW and BSP development for Kindle Fire tablets, driving critical power and performance optimizations,  implementing hardware recovery safe-modes to ensure system resilience.

### BSP Tech Lead @ Barnes & Noble
Jan 2011 – Jan 2013
Spearheaded BSP development and hardware validation for NOOK products, designing critical battery charging drivers and manufacturing diagnostic utilities to ensure device integrity.

### Staff Software Engineer @ Broadcom Corporation
Jan 2007 – Jan 2011
Led BSP development for mobile device SoCs across domains ranging from audio, multimedia codecs, and power management to bootloaders, collaborating with cross-functional teams on ASIC design & validation and customer application support.


## Education
### Bachelor of Mathematics in Honours Computer Science
University of Waterloo


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

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Last updated: 2026-04-12