Summary
Tyler Rau is a Senior Software Engineer based in California with a decade of experience focused on high-performance computing, optimization, and making systems run faster. He has driven performance wins at SoundHound—building a Python load and capacity testing framework informed by deep C++ expertise that produced significant cost reductions—and now applies that performance-first mindset at Boxbot. Comfortable across C++, Python, Lua and systems-level tooling, he excels at translating domain knowledge (including multilingual speech pipeline work) into robust, efficient production code. His background includes HPC research at Los Alamos and hands-on developer roles that blend performance engineering with pragmatic product impact. An unusual strength is his combination of language/culture study and systems engineering, which helped him lead integration of non-English language support across complex codebases.
11 years of coding experience