Nirav Shah
Software System Architect at Intel Corporation
Hillsboro, Oregon, United States
Summary
👤
Senior🎓
Top SchoolNirav Shah is a Software System Architect with 14 years of experience designing and implementing low-level networking, storage, and video systems, currently driving architecture at Intel in Hillsboro, Oregon. He combines deep Linux kernel and driver expertise (Wi‑Fi, PCIe, DMA) with practical experience in virtualization, network algorithms, and media firmware, having led OS-agnostic Wi‑Fi driver work and video rendering/processing drivers for consumer and set-top platforms. His background spans the full device stack—from mbuf/NDIS abstractions and scan management to hostapd integration and pre-silicon feature development—making him adept at bridging hardware constraints and software design. An MS in Computer Science and a history of collaborative customer support for partners like Google, Sony and Comcast underscore his ability to deliver production-quality solutions and resolve complex field issues. Notably, he has experience building cross-OS abstractions and shipping features that enabled Linux Wi‑Fi-P2P/WFD adoption across distributions.
14 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science, Computer Science, Master of Science, Computer Science at Arizona State UniversityBachelors of Engineering, Information Technology, Bachelors of Engineering, Information Technology at Swami Vivekanand Education Society Mumbai University
Github Skills (13)
c1710
net10
w-net10
wireless10
wpa-supplicant10
802-1110
c1110
networking10
dbus10
wifi10
network-programming9
network9
api-design8
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
janetuk/mech_eap
Mar 2012 - Jun 2013
Moonshot eap GSS mechanism.
Contributions:6 commits in 1 year 3 months
mechanismeapkubernetesgss
Distrotech/hostapd
Jun 2012 - May 2013
Contributions:2 commits in 11 months
Find and Hire Top DevelopersWe’ve analyzed the programming source code of over 60 million software developers on GitHub and scored them by 50,000 skills. Sign-up on Prog,AI to search for software developers.