Sushmitha Rao is a Senior Software Engineering Manager based in Singapore with 14 years of experience leading high-performance engineering teams and hands-on full‑stack development. She has progressed from developer to Scrum master to engineering manager at Autodesk, where she drove high‑availability API platforms, continuous delivery practices and DORA metric improvements. Comfortable across front-end (AngularJS/React) and back-end work, she has contributed to notable open-source health-tech projects like Bahmni, implementing UI enhancements and backend APIs. A servant leader and coach, she focuses on agile and lean methods (Scrum, Kanban, XP) to enable teams to deliver with operational excellence. She’s particularly interested in designing serverless systems and continually seeks opportunities to blend developer productivity with robust, observable production services.
14 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering (BE) Information Technology, Bachelor of Engineering (BE) Information Technology at RV College Of Engineering
Core OpenMRS modules for Bahmni (including ERP & ELIS Atom Feed Clients)
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Contributions:57 commits in 1 year 2 months
Contributions summary:Sushmitha primarily contributed to the backend functionality of the Bahmni core modules. Their work involved adding and modifying APIs for retrieving data, such as distinct castes, and refactoring existing components. The user also implemented and tested new data access objects (DAOs) and controllers to support the enhanced features. The changes span multiple files, indicating integration of the new features into various aspects of the system.
Bahmni EMR Frontend code for Clinicians and staff members, written in Angular.JS and React
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Contributions:106 commits in 1 year 3 months
Contributions summary:Sushmitha contributed to the front-end code of the Bahmni EMR Frontend, which is written in Angular.JS and React. Their work involved implementing an autocomplete directive for the diagnosis screen, adding a div with answers upon diagnosis selection and styling. The changes are focused on building user interface components, using JavaScript, and integrating external UI libraries like jQuery-UI. The changes show a focus on the user interface and user interactions within the application.
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