Rajesh Somavarapu

Director of Engineering

San Francisco, California, United States13 yrs 3 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Experienced in building scalable data platforms.
  • Proficient in leading cross-functional teams.
  • Strong background in cloud infrastructure and MLOps.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS-focused software engineer with expertise in data engineering and cloud solutions.

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Skills

Core Skills

Technical LeadershipAgile MethodologiesBig DataJava

Other Skills

AlgorithmsApache AirflowApache BeamApache KafkaApache StormBuild Strong RelationshipsBusiness RequirementsC#CassandraCloud InfrastructureCoachingConflict ResolutionCross-functional Team LeadershipData StructuresDistributed Systems

About

I am currently working at Sift. I previously worked at Groupon and Ixia. I have also worked as an intern at Theatro, Autodesk, JDA Software, Nanyang Technological University, and Indian Overseas Bank.

Experience

Sift

Staff Software Engineer / Engineering Manager

May 2019Present · 6 yrs 10 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

Strategic InitiativesAgile MethodologiesBig DataApache KafkaApache AirflowCross-functional Team Leadership+30

Groupon

2 roles

Software Engineer III

Promoted

Mar 2016May 2019 · 3 yrs 2 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

  • Currently part of the Data Science Platform team.
  • Worked in the relevance data team which is responsible for building data platform/infrastructure used by relevance infra and ranking teams.
  • Primary technologies: Apache Beam, Apache Kafka, Apache Storm, Cassandra, and Redis
Agile MethodologiesBig DataApache KafkaApache StormApache AirflowTechnical Architecture+17

Software Engineer II

Jun 2014Mar 2016 · 1 yr 9 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

  • - Developed a framework to understand the recall, distribution and coverage of the deals for the Search and Relevance platform using Java.
Agile MethodologiesBig DataApache KafkaApache StormObject Oriented DesignPython (Programming Language)+8

Theatro

Intern

Dec 2013Apr 2014 · 4 mos · Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex

  • Theatro had around 20 employees when I worked there as an intern.
  • Worked on the problem of indoor localization (wrote code to solve the problem of selecting random landmarks in a given location grid and assigning them to the collectors)
  • Established the test automation framework that utilizes virtual devices to test Theatro Voice activated Communications Application using Python and pytest.
Object Oriented DesignPython (Programming Language)MySQLAlgorithms

Autodesk

Summer Intern

Jun 2013Aug 2013 · 2 mos · Detroit Metropolitan Area

  • Part of the Autodesk Factory Design Suite team.
  • Enhanced the RESTful APIs for the Autodesk Factory Asset Warehouse (cloud asset access) using C#.
  • Analyzed web server logs to project future server load by writing Microsoft Log Parser queries and by using Microsoft Power Pivot.
Object Oriented DesignAlgorithms

Ixia

Software Engineer I

Jul 2011Jul 2012 · 1 yr · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • In 2013, Ixia ranked 14th on Forbes' list of the 25 fastest-growing tech companies.
  • Part of the team which works on IxN2X product which is designed to test IP forwarding devices such as routers and switches that deliver video, VoIP, data services and business VPNs
  • Enhanced Setup Multicast VPN Productivity Application which is used to automate the configuration and testing of Multicast VPNs.
  • Contributed to IxN2X QuickTest library which includes scripts to automate functional and performance testing of routing and switching devices.
Object Oriented DesignAlgorithms

Jda software

Intern

Jul 2010Dec 2010 · 5 mos · Greater Hyderabad Area

  • Translated all aspects of JDA Logistics Sourcing 7.6.1 and JDA Contract Management 7.6 in French and Spanish using Java Internationalization.
Object Oriented DesignJava

Nanyang technological university

Summer Intern

May 2010Jul 2010 · 2 mos · Singapore

  • Part of School of Computer Engineering, Nanyang Technological University and my supervisor was Assoc Prof Ramakrishna Kakarala.
  • Developed the image rating system using PHP for a photography experiment
  • Contributed to the evaluation of the consistency between ACQUINE (Automatic Photo Rating) and human judges using Spearman and Kendall tau rank correlation.

Indian overseas bank

Summer Intern

May 2009Jul 2009 · 2 mos · Greater Chennai Area

  • Part of the Information Technology Department.
  • Worked on Skillset Management Web Application Project using HTML, PHP and MySQL.
Java

Education

The University of Texas at Dallas

Master of Science - MS — Computer Science

Jan 2012Jan 2014

Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani

Master of Science (Technology) — Information Systems

Jan 2007Jan 2011

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