Milinda Perera is an engineering manager with 12 years of experience building secure, privacy-first infrastructure at Google from site reliability and anonymization to differential privacy and homomorphic encryption. Based in Mountain View, he leads a team in User Protection that designs systems used to safeguard billions of diverse Google users through risk-based re-authentication and trust-based access controls. His background blends deep research in cryptography and privacy (MPhil/PhD coursework and published work) with practical production engineering—having improved distributed proxy availability and shipped privacy-preserving ML infrastructure. Known for cultivating high-performing, happy teams, he pairs rigorous academic training and low-level systems expertise with a track record of turning security research into scalable, operational services.
12 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Doctoral Courses (Non-Degree), Computer Science, GPA 4.00/4.00, Doctoral Courses (Non-Degree), Computer Science, GPA 4.00/4.00 at New York University
Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.), Computer Science, Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.), Computer Science at The Graduate Center, City University of New York
Associate's Degree, Computer Science, GPA 4.00/4.00, Associate's Degree, Computer Science, GPA 4.00/4.00 at American National College, Sri Lanka
Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science, GPA 4.00/4.00, Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science, GPA 4.00/4.00 at City University of New York City College
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