Working on Profile Directory.

Key Projects:

• Business AI Chatbot: Leveraged Meta’s AI infrastructure to enable AI-powered chatbots on seller websites, allowing buyers to ask about product recommendations, discount codes, and general product inquiries.

• Developed backend infrastructure and integrations to support seamless AI interactions.

• Designed and built canonical APIs for Meta’s AI to efficiently fetch data from various sources.

• Enhancing AI Chatbot Capabilities: Currently working on expanding data sources to improve the accuracy and effectiveness of Meta’s AI chatbot in answering business-related inquiries. Focused on backend infrastructure and data integration to enhance the chatbot’s ability to provide relevant and reliable responses.

Key Projects:

• IG Login Enablement for Commerce Manager: Single-Threaded Owner (STO) for supporting IG login in Facebook's Commerce Manager

• PayPal Account Linking: Led the Shop Ads side of things on enabling account linking with PayPal within Facebook app

• Deprecated and migrated decade-old legacy data model

I joined Meta as part of the Facebook Newsfeed product team, where I took ownership of several high-impact backend projects. I led these initiatives end-to-end, from designing scalable solutions to aligning cross-functional teams and implementing key functionalities. My role involved driving technical execution, collaborating across engineering, product, and design teams, and delivering robust backend components that enhanced the Newsfeed experience.

Key Projects:

• Reply to Author: Enabled users to send private messages (e2e encrypted) to post authors directly from the feed, enhancing engagement and conversation flow.

• SoundMoji Comment: Extended the “SoundMoji” feature from the FB Messenger app to News Feed comments, allowing users to post comments with emoji-sound combinations for a richer interaction experience.

• Facebook Reaction Refresh (iOS, Android, Web): Led the implementation of the refreshed Facebook Reactions experience across iOS, Android, and Web. Collaborated closely with designers, product managers, engineering managers, and cross-functional teams to align on design and functionality. Drove execution from development to successful launch, ensuring a seamless and consistent user experience across platforms.

Technologies: Java, Go, C#, AWS, Kafka, Kubernetes

• Designed and implemented Go cli application that manages containerized microservices for tax calculation engine hosted on customer's cloud data center

• Built distributed Java application that synchronizes customer data in real-time using Kafka

• Designed private internal Helm repo for publishing and installing Helm charts

• Created Grafana & Prometheus dashboards showing metrics and alerts of Avalara software

• Improved and updated existing legacy hardware solutions for customer, lowering the risk of unhappy customer