Nathaniel Ostrer

Nathaniel Ostrer

Nathaniel Ostrer

Integrity @ WhatsApp 😎

I'm a graduate of Brown University. I studied Urban Studies, with a focus on sustainable cities and transportation, and Computer Science with an emphasis on artificial intelligence and machine learning.

Experience

WhatsAppSoftware Engineer

2021 — Now

2021 — Now

New York, New York, United States

Engineer on the Integrity team.

Work primarily in Haskell, with some Hack, Erlang, Python, C++.

FacebookSoftware Engineer Intern

2020 — 2020

2020 — 2020

New York, New York, United States

Software Engineer Intern on the Location Integrity team. Worked on using machine learning to predict location spoofing for bad actors (someone pretending to be some place they’re not).

Brown UniversityTeaching Assistant - CSCI 1470, Deep Learning

2019 — 2019

2019 — 2019

Providence County, Rhode Island, United States

Worked to design and implement an introductory course in Deep Learning

Graded assignments, held labs, and hosted TA hours for undergraduate, masters, and PhD students

FacebookSoftware Engineer Intern

2019 — 2019

2019 — 2019

Menlo Park, California, United States

Software Engineer Intern on the Community Integrity team, working XFN with the Election Integrity team.

Brown UniversityTeaching Assistant - DATA 1030, Introduction to Data Science

2018 — 2018

2018 — 2018

Providence County, Rhode Island, United States

Work to design and implement an introductory master's in data science course

Work on automating grading process for Brown data science initiative

Education

Brown University

Bachelor's degree, Computer Science + Urban Studies

2017 — 2021