Pavitra Shadvani is a software engineer with eight years of experience building large-scale systems, currently at Microsoft after impactful roles at Meta focused on misinformation enforcement and content integrity. She combines backend systems expertise (C++, Python, Hack) with product-minded execution—driving a 23% reduction in U.S. misinformation prevalence, increasing enforcement coverage by over 50%, and migrating critical enforcement infrastructure to more agile, operator-friendly platforms. An alumna of University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Pavitra has a strong foundation in operating systems and research-driven feature work, from semantic extraction of university data to VR testbeds for neuroscience. Equally at home in startups and hyperscale engineering teams, she brings a proven track record of improving throughput, reducing costs, and simplifying complex workflows for cross-functional stakeholders.
8 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Computer Engineering, Bachelor's degree Computer Engineering at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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