About

Kanik Gupta is a Staff Software Engineer at Google with over 8 years of experience in the tech industry. He is a passionate product builder who enjoys developing products, leading teams, and building relationships. Kanik has extensive experience in product design, full-stack development, designing large-scale systems, leading teams of multiple engineers across multiple locations, and promoting product inclusion and diversity. At Google, Kanik is currently leading the development of Google Workspace rules platform, which drives security features like DLP, Endpoint management, Trust Rules, Chrome WebProtect, and more. As the platform TL, he is responsible for the long-term technical direction, working with partner teams, leading a team of 10+ engineers, and enhancing the Google Workspace security portfolio. Kanik has also led multiple successful launches at Google as part of his work. Before joining Google, Kanik worked as a Research Assistant at L3S Research Center, where he worked on a project called "WikiTime: Bringing Order to News Events on Web." He also worked as a Software Intern at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, where he implemented a translation mechanism to allow translation of Web English content in all major Indian languages. Kanik holds a Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) degree in Computer Science from IIT Roorkee, where he studied from 2010 to 2014. He also attended S.D Vidya Mandir from 2004 to 2010. Kanik is proficient in programming languages such as Java, C++, and Python, and web technologies such as GWT, Google Closure, AngularJS, App Engine, HTML, CSS, and Javascript. He is also experienced in backend and API development, SQL and NoSQL databases, and MapReduce. Overall, Kanik Gupta is a highly skilled and experienced software engineer with a strong passion for building innovative products and leading teams to success.