# Graden Rea

> Software Engineer at groq

Location: Santa Clara, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/graden

I am a highly motivated Software engineer with an interest in unix and networking.  I am excited to dive into challenging problems and learn new technologies.

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Groq
Jan 2024 – Present

### Senior Software Engineer @ Definitive Intelligence
Jan 2022 – Jan 2024

### Software Engineer @ Autonomic
Jan 2016 – Jan 2022

### Software Engineer @ Vectra Networks, Inc.
Jan 2013 – Jan 2016 | San Jose, CA

### Software Engineer @ F5 Networks
Jan 2012 – Jan 2013 | San Jose
Worked on Access Policy Manager (APM), a L7 module in a high performance Application Delivery Controller (ADC).
Took ownership of the Policy Enforcement Point from the APM architect.
    ◦	Learned basics of HTTP in order to handle HTTP requests and send HTTP responses
Resolved high-priority customer cases
    ◦	Learned how to use gdb and write gdb macros
Technologies used: C, C++, GNU Make, HTTP, Perforce, tcpdump/wireshark, RPM

### Intern @ F5 Networks
Jan 2011 – Jan 2011 | San Jose
Worked on Access Policy Manager (APM), a L7 module in a high performance Application Delivery Controller (ADC).
Added IPv6 support to the VPN dataplane
Researched and implemented new features with ldap and Active Directory server
    ◦	Researched Active directory password expiration policies
    ◦	Learned how to do ldap queries in order to retrieve password expiration policies from AD servers
Technologies used: C, C++, GNU Make, LDAP, IPv6, Perl, HTML, Perforce

### Founder and President @ Robototes
Jan 2007 – Jan 2008 | Bellevue, WA
Founded, organized, and administrated the Sammamish High school robotics club.
Raised $6000 to enter FIRST robotics Competition
Robototes were seeded fourth in the Seattle-Tacoma robotics competition and won the "highest seeded rookie" award


## Education
### Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Computer Science and Engineering
Santa Clara University


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/graden-rea-b0aab3a

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Last updated: 2026-04-11