Summary
Neel Rao is a Senior Software Engineer based in Portland, Oregon, with 11 years of experience designing and shipping scalable, high-performance systems across e-commerce, SaaS, and fintech domains. He has a track record of leading architecture from prototype to production—most recently as Principal Software Architect at Parachute Home and now at Warner Music Group—balancing rapid delivery with long-term reliability and security. His hands-on toolbox spans Go, Python, Node, React, MySQL, and cloud platforms (AWS/GCP), and he’s built everything from custom e-commerce suites to lending platforms and data-collection SaaS. Comfortable toggling between infrastructure, backend algorithms (including ML experiments), and front-end UX, he brings both engineering depth and product intuition. Colleagues would note his practical creativity—part engineer, part tinkerer—echoed by a playful GitHub bio that hints at a collaborative, curious approach to problem solving.
11 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, Bachelor of Science Electrical Engineering & Computer Science at University of California, Berkeley
English, Spanish