Summary
Rithy Huot is a Senior Software Engineer in New York with nine years of experience building full-stack, cloud-native applications and back-end microservices. He blends system engineering and DevOps expertise—Docker, Kubernetes, gRPC, AWS/GCP—with hands-on Rails, React, Scala and Go development to ship performant, testable systems. At companies from startups to fintech, he’s led migrations (including a Rails-to-gRPC ticketing service), containerization efforts, and performance-focused re-architectures that improved load times and test coverage. Known for readable, semantic code and strong cross-team communication, he often drives documentation, testing, and process changes that reduce operational pain. He pairs pragmatic engineering with a knack for compromising on viable solutions that move products forward. Outside work he balances curiosity about new tech with travel, gaming, and good food.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Information Systems & Business Management, 3.74/4.0, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Information Systems & Business Management, 3.74/4.0 at Stony Brook University
The Bronx High School of Science
Computer Software Engineering, Computer Software Engineering at App Academy
English, Japanese, Khmer