Andrew Walsh
831-331-6830 | awalsh128@gmail.com | github.com/awalsh128
Professional Summary
Skilled software engineer with expertise in the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), multiple business domains, and scalability. Technical leadership across cross-functional teams, from requirements and design through deployment and monitoring. Mentorship, code quality standards, agentic AI development, and interview pipeline contributions.
Technical Skills
- AI Engineering:
Agentic AI business domain and technical skill configuration development, automation, failure mode debugging, and performance tuning.
- Languages:
C++ (8), Typescript (7), Python (9), Java (8), Kotlin (8), Go (6) with others available on request. Have fundamentals in language design to adapt to.
- Frameworks & IaaS:
(Available upon request)
- SDLC Expertise:
Requirements gathering, design documentation, team leadership, code standards, test coverage, deployment, and monitoring. Cross team work with PM, PgM, UX and standards working groups like security, privacy and business.
- Database Management:
Experience with relational and hierarchical databases, with some low-level implementation.
- Paradigms:
Procedural and declarative (including functional programming).
- Knowledge Areas:
Privacy controls, trust and safety, software-defined networking (SDN) and modeling, user engagement, distributed systems, performance optimization, APIs, structural engineering, and financial systems.
Professional Experience
Couloir Consulting
Remote, CA Sept 2026 — Present
- Agentic AI tooling, Infrastructure, deployment and development velocity.
- Cross stakeholder coordination with startups, VCs, and other consultants
- Productionization: CI/CD (web/API), code health & security audits, tech debt remediation, test-driven stabilization, and requirements gap analysis
- Establish best practices for software infrastructure, coding, and platform integration
- Advising on privacy compliance (GDPR, EU/US state, domiciling) and internal policy
- Clients: OrderlyAI
Google-wide Contributions
Mountain View, CA — 2017 - Aug 2026
- Part of a working group to update the Google interview pipeline and integrate Agentic AI skills in the process.
- Code readability mentor for code quality in Java and Kotlin.
- Interviewer for Google software engineering candidates for fit, team and engineering proficiency.
Senior Software Engineer (L5)
Google Cloud Data Center Design Engineering
Sunnyvale, CA — 2025 - Sept 2026
- Developed features for data center modeling to meet the growth of data center deployments across Google’s SDN and hardware.
- Cross team collaboration to deliver and support systems in the network planning lifecycle.
- Agentic AI development to automate and increase velocity of deliverables and productivity.
Senior Software Engineer (L5)
Google Corporate Engineering Support
Sunnyvale, CA — 2023 - 2025
- Developed a reporting platform to gauge user experience across products.
- Engineered reporting with multi-product integrations across multiple technology stacks involving backend and frontend features.
- Led a cross-functional team to gather requirements and create engineering solutions, managing multiple products and outlining project timelines. Coordinated work across 4 different teams.
Senior Software Engineer (L5)
Google Corporate Engineering Privacy
Sunnyvale, CA — 2021 - 2023
- Developed a self-service privacy platform for third-party tools at Google, improving privacy management across products.
- Engineered GDPR compliance controls, including data retention enforcement, verification, auditing, and classification.
- Led a cross-functional team to gather requirements and create engineering solutions, managing multiple products and outlining project timelines.
Software Engineer (L4)
Google Ads Privacy Engineering
Mountain View, CA — 2019 - 2021
- Implemented privacy controls for GDPR compliance, focusing on data retention and verification. Also compliance with law enforcement requests, identity handling and data portability.
- Assisted various teams with privacy-related concerns, enhancing overall compliance across products.
Software Engineer (L4)
YouTube Trust and Safety Engineering
Mountain View, CA — 2017 - 2019
- Built and maintained a self-service platform to counter abuse on YouTube, significantly impacting product area safety.
- Collaborated with policy stakeholders to develop workflows that combat platform abuse.
Senior Software Engineer
Xignite
San Mateo, CA — 2012 - 2017
- Lead engineer for private label offerings, serving clients like NASDAQ and CME.
- Created a white label solution that saved Bloomberg users over 20% on data licensing; received an award for the BMO Skyway offering.
- Reduced operating costs by 66% for a private label platform through strategic engineering improvements.
- Developed a REST-based API framework, decoupling front-end and back-end processes, which accelerated development cycles.
Software Engineer
Vibrant Technology, Inc.
Scotts Valley, CA — 2008 - 2012
- Architected a machine monitoring system and data acquisition framework, significantly enhancing product capabilities.
- Refactored a 500,000+ line monolithic codebase into an object-oriented library system, improving maintainability.
- Performed a security audit and revamped security protocols, reducing the attack surface by 99%.
Web Design Consultant
Remote — 2006 - 2008
- Developed static and dynamic websites, including a CMS with user authentication and statistical analysis for concert venue ratings.
Senior Systems Analyst
Yum! Brands
Irvine, CA — 2001 - 2006
- Automated troubleshooting processes using Bash, significantly reducing call times in help desk support.
- Awarded “Analyst of the Year” for excellence in system analysis and leadership.
Education
University of California, Santa Cruz
- Bachelor of Science, Computer Science, Class of 2012
- Summa Cum Laude (3.98 GPA), High Honors in Jack Baskin School of Engineering
- Recipient of The David S. Lee and Campus Merit Scholarships
Hobbies
- Contributing to and owning several open source projects:
- Activities: Backpacking, hiking, bodyboarding, photography, and cooking.
References
Available upon request.