Josh Karlin
Senior Staff Software Engineer at Google
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJosh Karlin is a Senior Staff Software Engineer and technical lead at Google with 13+ years of experience driving Chrome platform features and policy, currently managing a 24-engineer team focused on improving web privacy, performance, and safety. He has led design and implementation for numerous Web APIs (Topics API, CacheStorage, NetInfo, Background Sync, Prefetch, Fenced Frames, Shared Storage) and is a key architect of Chrome’s Privacy Sandbox efforts, merging specification work, public speaking, and product execution. Earlier research roles as a network scientist at BBN produced DARPA/IARPA programs, a patent, and systems for unblockable and censorship-resistant communications—evidence of deep systems and security expertise beyond browser engineering. Based in Cambridge, MA, he pairs academic training (PhD-level study) with hands-on hobby development and a track record of turning hard privacy and networking problems into deployable platform solutions.
13 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D., Computer Science, Ph.D., Computer Science at The University of New MexicoBA, Computer Science and Mathematics, BA, Computer Science and Mathematics at Hendrix College
Github Skills (69)
htaccess10
rest-api10
disable10
service-worker10
latency10
firefox10
api10
mechanism10
httpd10
storage10
java10
pagespeed10
rewriting10
bandwidth10
machine-learning10
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
WICG/background-sync
Apr 2014 - Nov 2018
A design and spec for ServiceWorker-based background synchronization
Contributions:96 commits, 52 PRs, 84 pushes in 4 years 7 months
service-worker
WICG/transfer-size
Jun 2017 - Jan 2018
Contributions:20 commits, 2 PRs, 19 pushes in 6 months
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