Achin Kulshrestha is a Staff Software Engineer and manager based in Seattle with 12 years of experience building security-conscious systems and AR context-awareness at scale. At Google he leads Project Astra focused on scene understanding for AR, while prior roles at Yelp and Facebook centered on abuse detection, account-takeover defenses, and triaging complex privacy/security bugs across large platforms. His research background from UW–Madison includes crowd-sourcing in robotics and uncovering TLS fragmentation vulnerabilities, giving him a rare blend of applied security, systems, and perception expertise. Known for translating deep technical findings into production-ready defenses and features, he combines hands-on engineering with team leadership to deliver robust, privacy-preserving products.
12 years of coding experience
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Bachelor of Technology, Bachelor of Technology at National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra
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Achin Kulshrestha - Staff Software Engineer & Manager at Google