Jay Rao
Senior Software Engineer at Apple
United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJay Rao is a Senior Software Engineer with 11 years of experience, currently focused on Siri AI/ML at Apple after progressing through the company’s AI/ML rotation program. He blends research-grade computational biology experience—where he developed a compressed graphical genome data structure and web UI—with strong full-stack and systems engineering skills from roles at Microsoft, Capital One, and SAS. Jay has a track record of turning prototypes into production-ready services, building RESTful APIs, containerized workflows, and automated test frameworks. Comfortable across Python, TypeScript/React, C#, and CI tooling, he often bridges research and product teams to make complex data and workflows accessible. Notably, his academic work produced a 50% compression improvement for genome representations, signaling a practical knack for algorithmic efficiency as well as software delivery.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Raleigh Charter High SchoolBachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Github Skills (14)
xml-layout7
layout5
vscode5
plug5
android-studio5
xml5
debugging4
expo4
react4
java4
react-native4
vscode-extension4
butterknife3
android3
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
littlethree/demo
Aug 2016 - Oct 2017
Contributions:467 commits, 413 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 2 months
littlethree/MyDeer
Jul 2015 - Aug 2016
Contributions:7 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year
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