Kyriakos Zarifis
Software Engineer at Meta
Los Angeles, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKyriakos Zarifis is a software engineer with 16 years of experience focused on networks, systems, and datacenter software, now working at Meta in Los Angeles. He combines deep research experience—from a USC PhD and roles at ICSI, NEC Labs, and academic internships—with industry R&D positions at Edgio, Verizon Media, Boingo, and Akamai to optimize web performance and networking. A hands-on developer in C/C++/Java/Python, he has contributed to prominent OpenFlow controller work (NOX/POX), adding GUI support and core protocol fixes that improved path resolution and flow handling. Kyriakos is comfortable moving between low-level networking protocols and production systems, and brings a rare blend of measurement-driven research and pragmatic engineering to large-scale content delivery and SDN problems.
16 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science at University of Southern CaliforniaBS Computer Science and Telecommunications, BS Computer Science and Telecommunications at University of AthensMaster of Science (MSc) Internetworking, Master of Science (MSc) Internetworking at KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Github Skills (5)
python10
openflow10
network-programming9
front-end-development8
json7
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
noxrepo/pox
Jun 2011 - Sep 2012
The POX network software platform
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:139 commits in 1 year 3 months
Contributions summary:Kyriakos contributed to the POX network software platform by addressing code issues and implementing features. Their work included setting the correct length for OpenFlow flow modifications, optimizing path resolution, and adding necessary import statements. Furthermore, they added a GUI interface for POX and a GUI backend component to facilitate communication with the GUI.
networknetworkingopenflow
noxrepo/nox-classic
Sep 2010 - Jun 2011
Contributions:39 commits in 8 months
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