Summary
Josh Rosenbaum is a software engineer with eight years of experience building privacy-focused systems and hiring engineering talent for Facebook’s Data Privacy team in Washington, DC. His background spans defense and networking—roles at the Naval Research Laboratory, Cisco/Sourcefire, and earlier research engineering—bringing a disciplined, security-minded approach to large-scale product development. At Facebook since 2015 he has focused on making data access and protections practical for engineering teams, blending hands-on coding with people leadership. He cut his teeth on robotics and materials research, a non-obvious foundation that contributes rigorous experimental thinking to software problems. Comfortable in both R&D and production environments, he specializes in translating complex requirements into auditable, maintainable systems. Based in DC and educated at the University of Maryland, he combines government, research, and consumer tech experience to navigate sensitive, high-impact engineering challenges.
8 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
The University of Maryland, College Park