Alfie Fresta
Senior Software Engineer at Meta
London, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolAlfie Fresta is a Senior Software Engineer at Meta working on Integrity & Compromise for WhatsApp, with 13 years of experience building secure, large-scale systems. He combines deep security-focused engineering—cryptography, PKI, and modern auth protocols—with a history of adapting WhatsApp to emerging platforms and devices. Prior roles at Amazon and Oracle sharpened his backend and systems design skills, while an academic background in Computer Science with AI grounds his approach in rigorous problem solving. Security-minded and pragmatic, he balances production engineering with thoughtful protocol design and a continued appreciation for open source. Based in London, he brings both hands-on implementation experience and a strategic view of platform trust and resilience.
13 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
High School Computer Engineering Technology/Technician, High School Computer Engineering Technology/Technician at ITIS E. Fermi Giarre (CT)Master’s Degree Computer Science with Artificial Intelligence, Master’s Degree Computer Science with Artificial Intelligence at University of York
English, Italian
Github Skills (52)
crypto10
codename10
jira10
webauthn10
css-grid10
css10
linux10
fido-u2f10
dbus10
security10
rust10
noise10
gaia10
wireframe9
hardware9
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
CroceRossaItaliana/jorvik
Feb 2015 - May 2018
'Jorvik' is the codename for the second and latest version of the Gaia Project, used by Italian Red Cross. ISSUES: https://jira.gaia.cri.it/browse/JO
Contributions:1094 commits, 114 PRs, 1000 pushes in 3 years 2 months
red-crossgaia-projectvolunteershumanitarianitalian
CroceRossaCatania/gaia
Feb 2013 - Jan 2016
G.A.I.A. è l'acronimo di "Gestione Avanzata ed Integrata dell'Anagrafica"... [cit. Alfio Musmarra]
Contributions:1058 commits, 153 PRs, 188 pushes in 2 years 11 months
citalfiodellgestione
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