# Hari Kothapalli

> Software Engineer at Meta

Location: Greater Boston, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/harikothapalli

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Meta
Jan 2021 – Present | New York, New York, United States

### Software Engineering Intern @ Facebook
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | New York, New York, United States
• Developed a new suite of video editing tools for Facebook Live, helping to ease broadcaster frustration and markedly drive up viewer retention/total watch-time
• Collaborated with XFN partners to design a cohesive UX, fix and enhance backend infrastructure, and bring visibility to the project

### Software Engineering Intern @ rideOS
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco, California
• Designed and wrote interactive game with ReactJS, Mapbox, and DeckGL to showcase fleet-planning/routing APIs in an easily comprehensible package
• Built out endpoints for new autonomous-vehicle-focused dispatch, pooling, and routing services (ride-hail in a box) using Java, Protobuf, and MySQL
• Architected user and vehicle registration for iOS driver app in reactive Swift

### Software Engineering Intern @ Popcart
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Boston, Massachusetts
• Implemented server-side-rendered website and mobile-optimized web app with NextJS (ReactJS framework) + Redux and setup auto build/deployment pipeline to AWS (www.popcart.com).
• Developed admin utilities to extract, view, edit, and load data from online household goods retailers into the curated Popcart product catalog
• Performed full-stack work using ReactJS, Flask, PostgreSQL, Redis, and CircleCI

### Lead Software Engineer @ DEV: A Harvard Student Agency
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Cambridge, Massachusetts
• Managed a team of eight students in the end-to-end creation of software solutions for startups, small businesses, and Harvard agencies alike
• Led design and development of two mobile apps, subsequently deployed to the App Store – using a React Native, Express, MongoDB stack
• Used TravisCI to automate linting, testing, and builds
• Liaised frequently with clients from product inception to completion

### Software Engineering Intern @ EverTrue
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Boston, Massachusetts
• Developed a system to sync users’ calendars from the EverTrue app to their calendar of choice (GCal, iCal, Exchange, etc.)
• Wrote RESTful APIs in Java, with complementary front-end work in ReactJS, following the Agile development process
• Programmed with Elasticsearch, Spark, Spring Framework, ActiveJDBC, and Dropwizard — among other technologies

### Research Fellow @ Stony Brook University
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | Greater New York City Area
• Researched Organic Photovoltaics, working alongside distinguished professor Dr. Miriam Rafailovich
• Project: Enhancing the Efficiency of Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells Via the Addition of Amorphous and Semicrystalline Nanostructuring Polymers won Regional Finalist in Siemens Competition

### Camp Counselor @ i2 Learning
Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | Greater Boston Area
Managed and helped teach elementary/middle school students in the Rocketry and Video Game Design Courses.


## Education
### S.M. in Computer Science
Harvard University

### A.B. in Magna Cum Laude, Computer Science
Harvard University

### High School in Summa Cum Laude
The Roxbury Latin School


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/harikothapalli9

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Last updated: 2026-03-28