Summary
Ashwin Vivek is a software engineer with nine years of experience blending production engineering at scale with creative storytelling, currently building products at Pave in the San Francisco Bay Area. He was an early engineer at Pallet (employee #10), helped shape backend systems at Facebook’s Misinformation team, and shipped iOS news feed work as a Facebook intern. Trained in computer science with a film minor from UCLA, he brings a rare mix of rigorous engineering and narrative-driven thinking that informs product and UX decisions. His background in film production and writing has translated into strengths in communication, rapid prototyping, and cross-functional collaboration. Comfortable across backend stacks and ranking/model tuning, he focuses on pragmatic, data-informed solutions that improve user experience and platform integrity. Collected startup and large-platform experience gives him both the speed to iterate and the discipline to deliver reliable systems.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
University of California, Los Angeles
IB Diploma HL Math Physics Economics and SL Chemistry Spanish English, IB Diploma HL Math Physics Economics and SL Chemistry Spanish English at Dubai American Academy
English, Hindi, Tamil, Spanish