Summary
Arshan Hashemi is a software engineering technical leader at Cisco with eight years of industry experience and a track record of shipping scalable, reliable systems in networking and cloud domains. A Cal Poly SLO alumnus with a BS in Computer Engineering and an MS in Electrical Engineering (emphasis in CS/engineering), he is finishing a thesis on fingerprinting IoT devices and smart assistants with machine learning. His career spans impactful roles from Striim and ON Semiconductor to Arista Networks internships, combining hands-on embedded work with big‑data, cloud networking, and distributed systems. At Cisco, he progressed from Software Engineer (2019) to Technical Leader in 2024, driving initiatives that leverage C/C++, Python, and modern cloud-native practices, following a foundation built with Elasticsearch, Kafka, and Hadoop projects. Based in Fremont, California, he brings a practical, product-focused mindset that bridges hardware-aware development and scalable software engineering.
8 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo