Summary
Muhammad Naveed is a principal security engineer at AWS specializing in DynamoDB and Keyspaces, with a research-rooted career bridging cryptography, systems security, and privacy. He designs and ships practical cryptographic systems and threat analyses that have driven fixes across major Android vendors, including Google and Samsung. His background includes academic roles as an assistant professor and adjunct at USC, applied science leadership in AWS Privacy Engineering, and privacy tech leadership at Snap, reflecting an unusual blend of research rigor and production impact. He holds a PhD in Computer Science from UIUC and applies that depth to real-world services at cloud scale. Off the expected path, he studies storytelling and improv writing, a creative counterpoint that informs clear threat narratives and security communication. Based in Bellevue, WA, he brings five years of industry experience backed by a decade of research and teaching that consistently turns advanced crypto ideas into deployable, auditable systems.
4 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Comedy Improv Storytelling Script Writing, Comedy Improv Storytelling Script Writing at Upright Citizens Brigade (UCB)
Professional Program in Writing for Television, Professional Program in Writing for Television at UCLA School of Theater, Film & Television
PhD Computer Science, PhD Computer Science at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
BSc in Engineering Electrical Engineering, BSc in Engineering Electrical Engineering at University of Engineering & Technology Peshawar
English, Urdu, Pashto