Summary
Reza Barazesh is a software engineer with 11 years of experience building scalable systems and deep expertise in cryptography and systems-level programming. Currently at Meta/Meta Research in Toronto, he combines research-grade rigor with hands-on engineering to design and maintain production services at scale. His background spans startups and enterprise environments, including Code Particle, where he honed automation and infrastructure skills that reduce toil and improve reliability. Reza holds an M.S. in Computer Science from USC and a B.Sc. in Software Engineering, reflecting a strong academic foundation that informs his practical work. Known for an appetite for automation, he frequently applies low-level optimizations and tooling to accelerate deployment and observability. Beyond core engineering, he brings a researcher’s mindset to applied problems, bridging cryptographic theory and production-grade implementation.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.Sc.), Computer Science, Master of Science (M.Sc.), Computer Science at University of Southern California
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Computer Software Engineering, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Computer Software Engineering at Iran University of Science and Technology
English, Persian