Devdatta Akhawe
VP Of Engineering at Figma
Sammamish, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDevdatta Akhawe is a seasoned security-focused engineering leader with 16 years of experience, currently serving as VP of Engineering at Figma where he leads security and production engineering. He has a strong track record scaling security programs at rapid-growth product companies, including senior leadership roles at Dropbox and a PhD-backed research background from UC Berkeley. Known for partnering closely with product, design, legal, and engineering, he prioritizes shipping delightful, secure products without slowing innovation. Devdatta also acts as an angel investor and advisor, bringing an operator’s perspective to early-stage teams. Based in Sammamish, WA, he combines deep research credentials with hands-on production engineering at large consumer-focused platforms.
16 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
PhD Computer Science, PhD Computer Science at University of California, BerkeleyBITS Pilani, Birla Institute of Technology and Science
English, Hindi, Marathi
Github Skills (148)
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security10
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pdf-generation10
attestation10
web-development10
web-platform10
javascript10
safari10
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subresource-integrity10
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
devd/Academic-Writing-Check
Dec 2010 - Dec 2018
Contributions:85 commits, 2 pushes, 2 comments in 8 years 1 month
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devd/devd.github.io
Mar 2015 - Nov 2022
Contributions:26 pushes in 7 years 9 months
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