Summary
Siddharth Rao is a software engineer with eight years of hands-on experience building scalable web and mobile systems for civic and commercial users in the Greater Seattle area. He has designed and maintained cloud-backed services (Firebase, AWS, Azure) and Dockerized deployments that supported thousands of users and real-time analytics for critical systems like flood warnings and utility billing. Siddharth blends full-stack app development with embedded and robotics software, having led the design of custom control systems, ML-based vision, and path planning for competitive robotics while mentoring hundreds of students and teams. He has a track record of shipping reliable cross-platform apps—Flutter front-ends and REST APIs—used in city services and community events, including an app that handled 400+ concurrent festival users. Known for improving uptime and operational resilience (measurable 15% uptime gain) he pairs pragmatic engineering with strong documentation, CI/CD, and security practices. Beyond code, Siddharth brings a user-centered approach from early wireframing through deployment, making technical solutions that serve real communities.
8 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Associate of Arts and Sciences - AAS, Computer Software Engineering, Associate of Arts and Sciences - AAS, Computer Software Engineering at Bellevue College (Dual Enrollment / Running Start in High School)
High School Diploma, High School Diploma at Cedarcrest High School
Computer Science and Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering at University of Washington Bothell