Amogh Pradeep is a senior software engineer in Boston with 12 years of experience blending applied security research and production engineering. He holds a PhD in computer science from Northeastern and spent years working on anonymous communications and privacy at academic labs and research internships across Europe. Now at CrowdStrike, he brings deep expertise in secure systems, mobile privacy, and usability—evident from contributions to Guardian Project’s Orbot Android where he improved UX, notifications, and workflow robustness for Tor on mobile. A former Google intern and repeat open-source contributor (including multiple Google Summer of Code projects), he pairs rigorous research instincts with hands-on Android and systems development. Colleagues know him for relentless coding energy—he jokes that after three days without programming life becomes meaningless—while still prioritizing pragmatic, user-focused security engineering.
12 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
St. Joseph's Boys' High School
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at Northeastern University
Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science and Engineering, Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science and Engineering at International Institute of Information Technology
The Github home of Orbot: Tor on Android (Also available on gitlab!)
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (Android)
Contributions:16 commits in 28 days
Contributions summary:Amogh primarily focused on modifying the user interface and workflow of the Orbot Android application. They implemented several overrides for the back button functionality across various activity workflows, including the wizard screens. Furthermore, the user updated the notification system and added an expanded notification with UI changes and the display of the exit IP.
Contributions:194 commits, 9 PRs, 78 pushes in 2 years 2 months
firefoxbrowserprivacysecurityfennec
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