About

Bharathwajan Kannan is a highly skilled Senior Software Engineer at Facebook, with almost a decade of experience in the field. He is passionate about connecting people to meaningful communities on Facebook, and has worked tirelessly towards the growth of Facebook groups, a product used by over 1 billion people every month. Bharathwajan has played a key role in improving various parts of the groups product, including the development of a better notifications system to help people realize what's going on in their groups, better recommendations for people to grow their groups, and improved content creation mechanics in groups, among other things. He has also been part of the team responsible for the development and release of Facebook groups for Android, and has worked on groups surfaces in the Facebook app for Android. Prior to his work at Facebook, Bharathwajan gained valuable experience as a Software Engineering Intern at Directi, where he worked on integrating VoIP support to the talk.to app for Windows Phone. He also explored open source libraries around XMPP, RTP, STUN, and TURN. Bharathwajan holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering from the Madras Institute of Technology (Anna University), where he graduated in 2013. He also completed his Higher Secondary education at Prince Mat Hr. Sec. School, where he achieved an impressive 97.4%, and his Tenth grade at the same school. Bharathwajan's tech stack includes Software Engineering and Android, and he has almost 10 years of relevant experience in the field. He is a dedicated and hardworking professional who is committed to creating meaningful connections between people on Facebook.