# Lucia Buggiano > Senior Software Engineer at Upwave | Privacy & Security Engineering · AdTech Location: San Francisco, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/luciabuggiano Senior Software Engineer at Upwave, a Y Combinator-backed brand measurement platform trusted by Fortune 500 advertisers. Over 5+ years I’ve grown from SE I to Senior, building and owning systems end-to-end (full stack) that process billions of ad impressions and power real-time brand lift analytics. I own our privacy and security engineering surface — CCPA/GDPR opt-out systems, SOC2 Type 1 audit preparation, and penetration test remediation. I also own our Google Campaign Manager 360 integration, third-party vendor integrations, and our publisher/panel partner network. Day to day I work in Java/Kotlin (Spring Boot), Python, React, AWS, Redis, DynamoDB, and Kubernetes. I care about building reliable, well-documented systems and making the people around me more effective. Bilingual in English and Spanish. ## Work Experience ### Senior Software Engineer @ Upwave Jan 2026 – Present | San Francisco, California, United States - Designed and built a Redis-backed privacy compliance service on Kubernetes that filters opted-out users from the ad impression pipeline in real time, ensuring CCPA/GDPR/IAB compliance at scale with in-memory caching, background sync, and automated alerting. - Drive cross-functional product initiatives from initial concept through implementation — collaborating across Ad Ops, Data Science, Engineering, and Product to deliver features that automate manual workflows, save internal teams hours of work, and help enterprise clients get more value from the platform. Played mini-PM! - Delivered security remediation under a 4-day deadline to close a major client contract. Achieved a clean re-test report from the penetration tester before the signing deadline. - Architected a new deterministic social media measurement capability — designed and built the complete end-to-end data pipeline for a panel partner integration that enables brand lift measurement on walled garden platforms, allowing us a huge competitive edge in the market overall. - Completed Kubernetes/EKS and Karpenter upgrade across staging and production with zero downtime. Created comprehensive runbook documentation for these upgrades going forward. - Conduct technical interviews for senior engineering candidates and own onboarding/offboarding processes for database and identity access management. ### Software Engineer II @ Upwave Jan 2024 – Jan 2026 | New York, United States - Spearheaded the company’s first SOC2 Type 1 audit as the engineering lead — 18+ work items spanning VPC boundary protection, encryption at rest and in transit, GuardDuty alerting, access controls, and evidence collection. Unlocked enterprise deals requiring SOC2 compliance and significantly reduced time spent on security questionnaires for new prospects. - Led 2024 penetration test remediation end-to-end — addressed all findings across authentication, authorization, encryption, and token management. Achieved a clean re-test report - Built an automated dashboard visualization system that populates campaign dashboards with default analytics widgets on first data availability — reducing time-to-insight for enterprise clients and earning positive feedback from Fortune 500 advertisers. - Delivered full-stack analytics management features that directly contributed to an $875K client contract renewal. - Own the Google Campaign Manager 360 integration system — built monitoring, automated alerting, and troubleshooting processes that shifted all client-facing debugging from engineers to a dedicated support team, reclaiming significant engineering capacity. ### Software Engineer I @ Upwave Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | San Francisco, California, United States ### Associate Software Engineer @ Upwave Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 Building features and developing our ad tech software. ### Software Support Engineer @ Upwave Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco, California, United States ### LiveTime Media Founder @ LiveTime Media Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco, California, United States ▪ Founded my own company- LiveTime Media: a new media startup focused on incorporating Live-Streaming and Machine Learning technologies to promote transparent news in the digital age ▪ Over the course of a year I have: ▪ Developed an all encompassing business plan including: ▪ Financial Models ▪ Blended Aqcuisition Models ▪ Target Key Performance Indicators based on Industry Analysis ▪ Legality Standards ▪ Competitive Analysis ▪ Technological Analysis ▪ Operational, Financial, and Marketing Plan ▪ Developed the app from idea to full stack iOS & Android App using Swift, Kotlin, JavaScript and React Native ▪ Garnered support from the Knight Foundation, Plug and Play tech incubator, and San Francisco State University pre-launch Built a network including my co-founder, startup mentor, and professional council Interviewed and hired a team of developers and interns to work on the technical side ### Software Engineer Intern @ Wavechat Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco Bay Area ▪WaveChat is the SnapChat for voice- allowing for users to share filtered voice messages with friends instantly ▪Optimized website ranking & increased site traffic by 22% within 1 week of targeting title, description, and keyword metadata for WaveChat.me ▪Onboarded 103 users, conducted surveys, & generated user feedback into visual data points later implemented into the WaveChat app framework for improvement ▪Increased user retention rate by 5% each month via implementation of unit tests on iOS app for smoother UI ### Media Analyst @ Flag Media Analytics Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Washington DC ▪ Sent real-time alerts directly (television transcripts, corresponding social media mentions, related news) to clients (Corporations, Private Interest Groups, Startups, etc.) such as T-mobile, the Bezos Foundation, Tinder Global, Business Roundtable, and others. ▪ At Flag I honed my communications and media analysis skills across all platforms and delivered media reports to fortune 500 companies, political campaigns, nonprofits, and trade associations. My main focus concerned energy policy, financial regulations, private equity, healthcare, and trade policy ▪ Utilized Search Engine Tools to catch all relevant coverage as its published. ▪ Compiled custom metrics reports which measured communications impact to help clients better understand their success and direct resources more efficiently ### National Correspondent Intern @ Univision Communications Inc. Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco, California ▪ Traveled throughout the Bay Area to support senior national correspondent’s daily standups. ▪ Researched and summarized key information on correspondent’s story, set up the camera and equipment, and recorded background-roll for standups, online clips, and social media posts ▪ Edited interviews using Avid and Audacity; submitted three final evening newscast packages to Univision’s Miami headquarters, additionally created and edited soundbites, screen graphics, video footage for the broadcast ### Educator @ lululemon Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco, California ## Education ### Bachelor of Applied Science - BASc in Computer Science & Broadcast and Electronic Communication San Francisco State University Jan 2016 – Jan 2020 ### Study Abroad in Computer Science Universidad Carlos III de Madrid Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 ### Year Abroad in Computer Science & Digital Media Universidad Carlos III de Madrid Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 ### Newsroom Fellowship Stanford University Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 ### Westmont High School Jan 2012 – Jan 2016 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/lucia-buggiano - Website: http://livetime.io - Website: https://LuciaBuggiano.web.app --- Source: https://flows.cv/luciabuggiano JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/luciabuggiano/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-20