Led Instagram Growth engineering team working on multiple product areas to bring new users into Instagram and bring Instagram content to the world
• Optimize ranking and promote Instagram content on Google search result pages
• Embed IG content on 3rd-party sites
• Create an amazing logged-out experience for anonymous users, and help them sign up to enjoy the full Instagram experience
Engineering lead on 2 key projects aiming to protect high profile Instagram users:
• Internal framework to protect Instagram user accounts from being maliciously actioned on by external and internal attackers
• Lead both product & engineering development and launch of Instagram public verification, which had previously been available to only famous & notable Instagram users
Instagram Security & Privacy team
• Led project to secure Instagram.com traffic: implemented IG-wide CSRF, enforcing cookie policies and security headers
• Built frameworks to ensure that our users' data is well protected, while making it easy for Facebook engineers to write safe and secure code
• Worked on improving cross-Facebook-properties authentication
Technologies: React, Javascript, PHP, Python