Smita Rai

CTO

San Francisco, California, United States18 yrs 11 mos experience
Highly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Led infrastructure projects at Databricks.
  • Delivered innovative features for YouTube Music.
  • Expert in networking and distributed systems.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Networking and Software Engineering expert in B2C environments.

Contact

LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

NetworkingHigh AvailabilitySoftware EngineeringProject ManagementSystems DesignInfrastructure

Other Skills

IP NetworkingData CenterC++PythonData StructuresAlgorithmsDistributed SystemsComputer ScienceCTCP/IPSwitchesInternet Protocol Suite (TCP/IP)

Experience

Databricks

Senior Engineering Manager

Sep 2025 – Present · 6 mos

  • Infrastructure for serverless networking and secure customer connectivity.
IP NetworkingHigh AvailabilityData CenterNetworking

Youtube

Senior Staff Engineering Manager

Aug 2021 – Sep 2025 · 4 yrs 1 mo · San Francisco Bay Area

  • Part of YouTube Music. Managed highly cross functional technical breadth areas.
  • Delivered zero to one initiatives such as Recap for billions of YouTube users.
C++PythonData StructuresAlgorithmsSoftware EngineeringProject Management

Google

Staff Software Engineer

Aug 2016 – Aug 2021 · 5 yrs

  • Google Assistant across devices
C++PythonDistributed SystemsSoftware EngineeringSystems Design

Cisco

2 roles

Principal Engineer

Promoted

Nov 2015 – Aug 2016 · 9 mos

  • Responsible for ACI EPG Policy infrastructure on NX-OS switches.
NetworkingData CenterInfrastructure

Technical Leader

Dec 2013 – Nov 2015 · 1 yr 11 mos

Insieme networks (acquired by cisco)

MTS

Apr 2012 – Dec 2013 · 1 yr 8 mos

  • Led the ACI policy infrastructure on NX-OS switches

Google

Networks Software Engineer

Oct 2010 – Mar 2012 · 1 yr 5 mos

Cisco

Software Engineer

Apr 2007 – Oct 2010 · 3 yrs 6 mos

Inria

Research Intern

Jan 2002 – Jan 2002 · 0 mo · Sophia Antipolis, France

  • Worked on Linear Programming problems for provisioning in optical WDM networks.

Education

Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi

B.Tech

University of California, Davis

PhD — Computer Science

INSA Lyon - Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon

Exchange Student - IIT INSA exchange program — Computer Science

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