Sumanth Rao
Research Intern at Corelight
San Diego, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSumanth Rao is a cybersecurity-focused PhD student at UC San Diego and a research intern with eight years of software engineering experience blending systems research and full-stack development. He has production experience at Google and Citrix—improving cluster orchestration UX and building a Docker-based hybrid cloud automation framework—and contributes actively to prominent open-source projects like Zulip, where he enhanced the terminal client and server UX, hotkey support, and test coverage. Based in San Diego, he pairs deep interest in privacy and security with pragmatic engineering: shipping frontend features, API improvements, and automation tooling. Notably, his work spans both low-level cluster tooling and user-facing chat client ergonomics, reflecting a rare ability to move between research problems and shipping reliable, user-centric software.
8 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science at PES UniversityUniversity of California, San Diego
Hindi, German, Kannada, English
Github Skills (20)
javascript10
python10
terminal-emulator10
urwid10
terminal-application10
chat10
zulip10
collaboration10
testing9
markdown9
pytest9
apidoc9
markdown-it9
api9
react9
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
zulip/zulip-terminal
Jan 2019 - Oct 2020
Official Zulip terminal client.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:10 reviews, 131 commits, 65 PRs in 1 year 8 months
Contributions summary:Sumanth primarily focused on enhancing the Zulip terminal client's user interface and functionality, specifically related to hotkey support, message display, and the addition of new features like topic and mention search. They addressed bugs, refactored existing code to improve maintainability, and added tests to ensure the quality of changes. Their contributions spanned multiple areas, including UI elements, message rendering, and the underlying model.
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zulip/zulip
Dec 2018 - May 2021
Zulip server and web application. Open-source team chat that helps teams stay productive and focused.
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:58 reviews, 72 commits, 30 PRs in 2 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Sumanth made several contributions to the Zulip project, primarily focused on enhancing the user experience and improving the codebase. They implemented features like the copy-to-clipboard button for code blocks and added functionality to view code in external playgrounds, which involved frontend and UI work. Further contributions include improvements to the API, documentation updates, and refactoring of existing code related to message topics. The user also made contributions to automation and tooling.
pythonweb-applicationcollaborationzulipjavascript
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