Nikhil Birmiwal

Nikhil Birmiwal is a Software Engineer currently working at Perplexity since December 2023, having previously held engineering roles at Trunk from July 2022 to December 2023 and Google from February 2019 to July 2022, where significant contributions were made to the Android Medialib team at YouTube, including support for Opus audio, network reliability improvements, and media cache implementation. Nikhil's early career includes software development internships at Microsoft, working on Visual Studio unit testing and Dynamics 365 notifications, as well as a role at GoDaddy enhancing connectivity testing for Virtual Private Servers. Nikhil began professional experience as a Robotics Teacher at IvyTouch, and holds a Bachelor's degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering and Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University.