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Sushmitha Rao

Senior Software Engineer specializing in backend platforms, automation, and AI-driven workflows

FlashyFablesUniversity of Texas at DallasSunnyvale, CA6 Years ExperienceSenior LevelWorks On-Site

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Full-stack engineer who built and owned a production real-estate search platform (advanced search + saved-search alerts) using Next.js App Router/TypeScript with a NestJS + Postgres + Elasticsearch/Kafka backend. Demonstrated strong performance engineering (map search FPS ~20→60, ~80% latency reduction) and backend scalability (optimized alert-matching queries and orchestrated notification workflows with Airflow/Redis), with measurable post-launch engagement gains (+27% returning users).

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Key Strengths

  • Shipped end-to-end full-stack real estate search + saved-search alerts in production (Next.js/NestJS/Elasticsearch/Kafka)
  • Designed layered Next.js architecture (server/client/route handlers) with typed contracts and cache/revalidation consistency
  • Measurable product impact: +27% returning users and 20%+ saved searches per week after launch
  • Frontend performance optimization at scale: improved map FPS ~20→60 and reduced latency by ~80% by moving marker rendering out of React
  • Postgres data modeling and indexing for search workflows (FKs, composite indexes)
  • Query optimization for alert matching at scale (avoided JSON extraction; leveraged indexed columns) with benchmarking and side-by-side production-safe validation
  • Built durable multi-stage alert/notification workflow using Airflow/Redis/Postgres with idempotency and retries
  • Strong production engineering practices: strict TypeScript contracts, automated tests, observability, gradual rollouts/feature flags

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Experience

Founder & Software EngineerFlashyFables · Oct 2024 – Present
Senior Software EngineerHubSpot · Jun 2023 – Dec 2023
Software EngineerBetter.com · Jul 2021 – May 2023
Engineering Summer Analyst InternGoldman Sachs · Jun 2020 – Aug 2020internship
Application Development AssociateAccenture Innovation Hub · Jun 2018 – Jun 2019
Founder & CEOStartup Stacks

Education

University of Texas at Dallasmaster, Computer Science (2021)
NMAM Institute of Technologybachelor, Computer Science & Engineering (2018)

Awards

  • Best Use of MongoDB Atlas - MLH HackUTD
  • Pandas Hack - Walmart Technology
  • Smart India Hackathon 2018 - Government of India
  • Wonder Coders - WalmartLabs India
  • Star Entrepreneur Award
  • Innovation to Industry - TV Interview (selected startup)

Languages

English

Publications

1 publication

Machine LearningCustomer Churn PredictionTransportation & Logistics Analytics

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Sushmitha RaoSenior Software Engineer specializing in backend platforms, automation, and AI-driven workflows