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Software Engineer on the camera team on Instagram - built large portions of the camera you use today in Instagram Stories and Reels. The most impactful projects I led:• Camera redesign to merge Feed, Stories, and Reels creation into the same place (https://techcrunch.com/2020/11/12/instagram-redesign-puts-reels-and-shop-tabs-on-the-home-screen/)• The ability to post long videos on Reels (https://techcrunch.com/2021/07/27/instagram-now-supports-60-second-videos-on-reels-its-tiktok-clone)• Rebuilt Boomerang (Instagram's #1 camera effect) to make it faster, smoother, and more fun (https://techcrunch.com/2020/01/10/boomerang-filters)Other features I worked on:• Instagram Reels launch (https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/5/21354117/instagram-reels-tiktok-vine-short-videos-stories-explore-music-effects-filters)• Green Screen filter (https://www.kapwing.com/resources/how-to-use-the-instagram-green-screen/)• Dual Camera (https://techcrunch.com/2022/07/28/instagram-dual-camera-feature-copies-bereal-misses-point/)• Layout (https://www.theverge.com/2019/12/17/21026585/instagram-layout-stories-feature-multiple-photos)• Question sticker (https://www.lifewire.com/how-to-use-instagram-questions-sticker-4689053)

Hacked on various viral ideas, including:- First to reverse-engineer how to take screenshots on Snapchat: http://techcrunch.com/2013/01/22/not-so-ephemeral-messaging-new-snapchat-hack-lets-users-save-photos-forever/- Built a HackMyFacebook, a fun way to mess with friends: http://techland.time.com/2012/09/19/site-lets-you-simulate-a-facebook-hack-goes-viral-at-pennapps/More extensive list on my personal website: https://rjvir.com/