# Waqas Alam

> Software Engineer Distributed Systems

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

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer Distributed Systems @ Graphiant
Jan 2022 – Present

### Senior Staff Software Engineer @ NetSpring
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | United States

### Staff Software Engineer @ LinkedIn
Jan 2018 – Jan 2022 | Bayarea

### Software Engineer @ SnapRoute, Inc.
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018

### Staff Enginner 2 @ VMware
Jan 2013 – Jan 2016 | Palo Alto

### Technical Leader @ Cisco
Jan 1999 – Jan 2013
- Worked in the routing team and have extensive experience in BGP/OSPF/ISIS routing protocol and MPLS. Deliverd the Non Stop Routing feature in BGP which allowed stateful switchover of BGP TCP sessions across platform switchover. Deliverd AIGP, MVPN and aslo involved in Flow Specification feature in BGP. 
- Maintained OSPF feature in IOS-XR. Delivered L3VPN/BFD and fast convergence feature.
- Worked on TCP/IP stack and Layer 3 forwarding software.


## Education
### MS in Electrical Engineering
University of Southern California


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/waqas-alam-15b9ab

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Last updated: 2026-04-10