Bhaskar Sarma
Software Engineer at Apple Inc.
Cupertino, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBhaskar Sarma is a software engineer and manager based in Cupertino with six years of experience building consumer-facing products at scale, currently leading efforts on Apple's Photos app used by millions. He blends product-focused leadership with hands-on engineering, moving between shipping user-facing features and resolving deep back-end issues. His open-source work on the Matter (Project CHIP) repo demonstrates cryptography and embedded systems chops—implementing OpenSSL-based AES-256-CCM and key derivation functions and integrating cluster code for device interoperability. Prior to Apple he worked on HomeKit-related projects, reflecting a strong interest in connected home and secure device ecosystems. Bhaskar holds an MS in Computer Science from Purdue and a CS bachelor's from IIT Guwahati, combining rigorous academic training with practical systems experience. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic problem-solver who surfaces obscure crypto and interoperability gaps and turns them into production-grade fixes.
6 years of coding experience
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at Indian Institute of Technology, GuwahatiMaster of Science (MS), Computer Science, Master of Science (MS), Computer Science at Purdue University
Github Skills (10)
c-language10
cprogramming-language10
hkdf10
openssl10
cryptography10
system-on-chip9
chips9
ip9
microchip9
matter-js9
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (4)
project-chip/connectedhomeip
Mar 2020 - Sep 2020
Matter (formerly Project CHIP) creates more connections between more objects, simplifying development for manufacturers and increasing compatibility for consumers, guided by the Connectivity Standards Alliance.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:18 reviews, 23 commits, 10 PRs in 6 months
Contributions summary:Bhaskar primarily contributed to the implementation of the openSSL based AES-256-CCM and Key Derivation Function. They addressed issues in the crypto layer, including adding missing implementations and fixing verbose crypto names. The user's work also included incorporating identify, barrier, and scene-client clusters and related code.
connectivity-standards-alliancebuild-with-matterguidedzephyrconnectivity
bhaskar-apple/connectedhomeip
Jul 2020 - Sep 2020
Project Connected Home over IP is a new Working Group within the Zigbee Alliance. This Working Group plans to develop and promote the adoption of a new connectivity standard to increase compatibility among smart home products, with security as a fundamental design tenet.
Contributions:74 pushes, 19 branches in 2 months
securityzigbee
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