Summary
Ash Rai is a Software Engineer in the San Francisco Bay Area with 11 years of experience building production systems across startups and large platforms. He has shipped monetization and ads infrastructure at TikTok, legal-platform engineering at Green Filing, and now focuses on conversational AI and chatbots at Uber. Academically strong with an MS in Computer Science from Wake Forest (3.92) and a BS in Computer Science and Physics from Earlham (3.90), he blends rigorous theory with practical product delivery. Comfortable across backend systems and AI-driven features, he navigates high-throughput services and user-facing conversational experiences. Colleagues know him for turning complex requirements into reliable, testable systems and for bringing an analytical, research-informed approach to engineering tradeoffs. He pairs deep technical discipline with a curiosity for emerging AI interfaces that shape how users interact with services.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science and Physics, 3.90, Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science and Physics, 3.90 at Earlham College
Master of Science - MS, Computer Science, 3.92, Master of Science - MS, Computer Science, 3.92 at Wake Forest University
English, Nepali, Hindi