# Deeraj Gurram

> Software Engineer @ Rafay

Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/deeraj

Dedicated and innovative Software Engineer aspiring to grow in tech. My expertise lies in building scalable distributed applications, creating resilient system architecture, and developing AI-driven solutions. 

I have a proven track record of system design, building services from conception to production, and leading cross-functional teams to implement product features. Hoping to further my skills at a company that fosters technological innovation and professional growth.

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Rafay
Jan 2024 – Present | Sunnyvale, California, United States
Software Engineer in GPU PaaS Cloud Startup. Develop products to support AI/ML services and build cloud-native solutions

### Founding Engineer @ Sellpath.ai
Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | San Jose, California, United States
Founding Engineer at early stage SaaS AI Startup. Experienced in building a product from 0 to 1, developing robust scalable services, and leading cross-functional teams to deliver results

- Developed Agentic Conversational AI to assist SDRs with real-time customer interactions, monitor customer-SDR-AI conversation health, and provide assistance with tailored worker and supervisor agents using Python, FastAPI, Twilio, Websockets, WebRTC, SileroVAD, OpenAI (STT, TTS), Qdrant, and GraphRAG

- Spearheaded the development and optimization of a Langchain-style internal Prompt Engine by designing task transition states, implementing RAG with Qdrant to enhance GenAI response accuracy, and crafting a framework for the system to self-evaluate response quality at each step

- Architected key system component from conception to production, facilitating stateless communication throughout a distributed system with Python, FastAPI, gRPC, Redis, Websockets, SSE, SQLAlchemy, OpenAI, and S3

- Created backend services using Django and designed PostgreSQL database schemas to support multi-tenant user features including application data storage, system-wide audit logging, app integrations, and file hosting on S3

- Implemented React function components to integrate backend features into the UI ensuring smooth data flow, seamless user interactions, and alignment with existing design patterns

### Automation Intern @ California Department of State Hospitals
Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 | Sacramento, California, United States
Automation Intern in Network and Servers team. Created automations to maintain server integrity and protect confidential data

- Developed Ansible security automations to protect servers containing sensitive healthcare data, including automated health checks and vulnerability scans using Tenable/Nessus

- Designed and created data visualizations in ServiceNow, providing insight into server health and security metrics


## Education
### Bachelor of Science - BS in Computer Science
University of California, Santa Cruz


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/deeraj-gurram

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Last updated: 2026-04-10