Raja Panidepu
Engineering Manager - AI Local Knowledge, Search, SMB at Nextdoor
Greater Seattle Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRaja Panidepu is an engineering leader with 11 years of experience building mobile-first and server-driven product experiences across companies like Nextdoor, Grab, and GoDaddy. Currently an Engineering Manager focused on SMB Experience at Nextdoor, he combines hands-on Android and full-stack expertise with a track record of owning search, feed, maps, and ads systems. Raja has moved between individual contributor and management roles, bringing practical empathy for engineers while driving product outcomes for local businesses and neighbors. His background includes applied research in intelligent tutoring systems and embedded mobile signal processing, reflecting a strong foundation in both academic and product engineering. He holds an MS in Computer Science from Arizona State University and has patents and hackathon wins from his GoDaddy tenure, signaling a penchant for inventive, production-ready solutions. Based in the Greater Seattle Area, Raja pairs deep technical breadth with a focus on shipping reliable, user-centered systems.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
B.Tech, Information technology, B.Tech, Information technology at D.V.R college of engineering and technologyMaster's Degree, Computer Science, Master's Degree, Computer Science at Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University
Github Skills (61)
javascript10
windows10
linux10
navigator10
react-native-navigation10
js10
macos10
nodejs10
react-native9
public-transportation9
java9
transit9
devtools9
cucumber9
android-app9
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
rajapanidepu/LetsBingo
Jun 2019 - Apr 2021
Contributions:3 PRs, 7 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 10 months
aramini/CSE-591-Chat-Application
Feb 2016 - Apr 2016
Contributions:26 commits, 18 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
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