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Our software runs during the most chaotic time of a mobile device's life, and our goal is to make it a little more boring.I manage the team responsible for installing apps during Android device setup, including restoring apps from the old device, and the Review Additional Apps feature. I joined the team because I saw an opportunity to clean up a critical area that had fallen into a little bit of disrepair. Our mission is to make device setting up a new device fast, reliable, and… Show more Our software runs during the most chaotic time of a mobile device's life, and our goal is to make it a little more boring.I manage the team responsible for installing apps during Android device setup, including restoring apps from the old device, and the Review Additional Apps feature. I joined the team because I saw an opportunity to clean up a critical area that had fallen into a little bit of disrepair. Our mission is to make device setting up a new device fast, reliable, and seamless for users, and to build powerful tools to allow OEMs to manage their own device launches. Show less

Led the backend team for Google Play's Play As You Download (https://developer.android.com/games/distribute/play-as-you-download). PayD does predictive streaming, sending down the app bytes most likely to be needed to launch the app and run for a few minutes, while the rest of the app downloads. To predict future usage, past usage is crowdsourced. My team built a sophisticated system for collecting and analyzing usage patterns in Android apps and games. We developed novel anonymization systems… Show more Led the backend team for Google Play's Play As You Download (https://developer.android.com/games/distribute/play-as-you-download). PayD does predictive streaming, sending down the app bytes most likely to be needed to launch the app and run for a few minutes, while the rest of the app downloads. To predict future usage, past usage is crowdsourced. My team built a sophisticated system for collecting and analyzing usage patterns in Android apps and games. We developed novel anonymization systems to ensure personal information is protected, while adding a minimum of noise to streaming predictions. Show less

Built a configuration-as-code system for managing Google Cloud identity and access control systems.

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Play Store infrastructure and recommendations systems. I led a team with responsibility for the main API service powering the Play Store Android client. Some of my launches:* Search Ads in Play: http://adwords.blogspot.com/2015/07/launching-search-ads-on-play.html* 2014 and 2015 Store Redesigns: http://thenextweb.com/google/2014/07/23/google-begins-rolling-out-material-design-inspired-version-of-google-play-for-android/… Show more Play Store infrastructure and recommendations systems. I led a team with responsibility for the main API service powering the Play Store Android client. Some of my launches:* Search Ads in Play: http://adwords.blogspot.com/2015/07/launching-search-ads-on-play.html* 2014 and 2015 Store Redesigns: http://thenextweb.com/google/2014/07/23/google-begins-rolling-out-material-design-inspired-version-of-google-play-for-android/, http://www.theverge.com/2015/10/16/9549121/google-play-redesign* Play Auto Installs: http://www.androidpolice.com/2014/10/28/android-5-0-lollipop-feature-spotlight-carriers-can-now-have-google-play-install-their-crapware-automatically-which-is-good-maybe/In my role as tech lead, I reviewed code and designs from around 100 contributors in 2015. Show less

Developed a workflow tracking system used by many teams inside Google.