Kayla Shapiro
Staff Production Engineer - Host Integrity (HI ) at Meta
London, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolKayla Shapiro is a Staff Production Engineer based in London with 10 years of experience building and operating large-scale infrastructure and authentication systems. Currently at Meta on Host Integrity, she previously led production engineering for Employee Authentication and rose through SRE and software engineering roles at the BBC, combining production rigour with software craftsmanship. Recognized as one of the most influential women in UK tech (nominee 2023) and a Makers’ Women in Software Powerlist winner, she brings both technical impact and visible advocacy for diversity in tech. With an MSc in Computer Science from Imperial College and a BA in Applied Mathematics from UC Berkeley, she blends strong theoretical grounding with hands-on systems engineering. Known for driving reliability and security improvements in high-traffic environments, she also brings a research-minded curiosity rooted in early computational math and lab experience.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Applied Mathematics, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Applied Mathematics at University of California, BerkeleyMaster of Science (MSc) Computer Science, Master of Science (MSc) Computer Science at Imperial College London
English, French
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (7)
aws-cloudformation6
python6
aws5
troposphere3
python-client2
isolation1
influxdb1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
kaylashapiro/SpamFilter
Jun 2016 - Sep 2016
Contributions:238 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
shapzka/heartbeat
Apr 2020 - Apr 2020
An application to keep movements alive during self-isolation/lockdown.
Contributions:14 commits, 1 PR, 14 pushes in 1 day
isolationalivekeepmovements
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