Chirag Shah
chiragshah1@gmail.com
http://chiarg.com/?hire=true
https://twitter.com/chirags

Education
University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX.
- B.S. Computer Science May 2008

Work Experience
PMC Member/Committer, Apache Software Foundation [shindig.apache.org]
- Contributed several performance and feature enhancements to Apache Shindig.
- Helped integrate Google Caja with Apache Shindig.

Developer Programs Engineer, Google+
Mountain View, CA. (January 2011 - Present)
- Created and implemented a 20% project that added NFC features to the
Google+ Android application. http://bit.ly/nnJcZ0
- Fixed security vulnerabilities in the googlepersonfinder project.
- Took responsibility for the Google API PHP Client project.
- Granted readability in Python.
- Developed automated functional tests for the Google+ platform.
- Added support for dragging and dropping files from FTP to your desktop in Chromium.
- Helped develop Google API Client Generator. http://bit.ly/q1PKwp

Software Engineer, Yahoo! Inc
Sunnyvale, CA. (May 2008 - January 2011)
- Security lead on the Yahoo Query Language.
- Won 2nd place at the Yahoo crack day.
- Won 1st place at the Yahoo Open Strategy hack day.
- Worked with a small team to rewrite the platform from PHP to Java.
- Redesigned the session management system for the application platform.
- Implemented OAuth support for the application platform.
- Contributed enhancements to the open source OAuth PHP library.
- Performance improvements to the image caching system (Apache Traffic Server).

Software Engineer (Intern), Yahoo! Inc
Sunnyvale, CA. (June 2007 - May 2008)
- Developed the Earth Day 2008 site (https://bit.ly/cxjQPw)
- Identified and fixed usability issues with the Yahoo! Green site
- Developed RESTful webservices for Yahoo! Green.
- Developed several public RSS feeds to serve environmental news and blog posts.
- Designed and developed an environmental Facebook application.

Software Engineer, (Intern) Sipera Systems
Richardson, TX. (December 2006 - May 2007)
- Researched and discovered SIP/VoIP Vulnerabilities.
- Developed a web application using the XMLHttpRequest to view simulated traffic.

Google Summer of Code 2006, AdiumX (May 2006 - August 2006)
- Used the Cocoa accessibility API to make features accessible to assistive devices.
- The proposal was selected and funded by Google during the times specified.
- Rapidly adjusted to a large open source code repository.

Technical Support, (Intern) Alcatel USA,
Plano, TX. (April 2005 - September 2006)
- Assist users with application issues.
- Helped troubleshoot technical problems for offsite users.

System Admin, (Intern) Spatial Wireless
Richardson, TX. (May 2004 - April 2005)
- Maintained the Windows 2003 Active Directory.
- Performed basic system administration for Solaris 9.

Skills:
- PHP, Java, C++, MySQL
- GNU/Linux, Mac OS X

Extra:
- President of the UT Dallas - Hindu Students Council (Elected: 2005 - 2007)
- DJ for the RadioUTD Radio Station (August 2006 - 2007)
- Developed a Twitter client featured on the Yahoo! front page. https://bit.ly/TcK4o
- Listed on the Google Security Hall of Fame twice. http://www.google.com/about/corporate/company/halloffame.html
- Created the CSSMin plugin for Apache Traffic Server. https://github.com/chirags/cssmin-ts-plugin