# Hemanth Gokavarapu

> Engineering Leader | Founding Engineer | Entrepreneur & Investor

Location: Newark, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/hemanthgokavarapu

## Work Experience
### Principal Software Engineer @ Lacework
Jan 2021 – Present

### Founding Engineer ( Acquired by Lacework ) @ Soluble
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021
Joined as the first engineer at Soluble and helped build the core product and platform from the ground up. Worked across architecture, implementation, and scaling the system and engineering team. Developed Code Security review apps for Git marketplaces.

In addition to engineering, partnered closely with sales and customer-facing teams, supporting sales engineering efforts, technical demos. Actively contributed to developer outreach, improving onboarding, documentation, and adoption. 

Soluble was successfully acquired by Lacework, enhancing Lacework’s Code Security platform.

### Staff Software Engineer @ Zendesk
Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco Bay Area

### Principal Software Engineer @ LendingClub
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018
Contributed to the development of MacGyver, an infrastructure discovery and management platform backed by Neo4j. The project scans cloud and service infrastructure, models relationships as a graph, and enables teams to visualize, query, and manage complex distributed systems—similar in approach to Lyft’s Cartography.

Worked on building core product capabilities that transformed raw infrastructure data into a connected graph, enabling better visibility, dependency tracking, and operational insights.

### Sr. Software Engineer @ LendingClub
Jan 2016 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco Bay Area

### Sr MTS @ VMware
Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | Palo Alto

### Member Of Technical Staff 3 @ VMware
Jan 2014 – Jan 2015

### Member Technical Staff 2 @ VMware
Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 | palo alto

### Software Developer @ CCC Information Services
Jan 2012 – Jan 2013
Developed a Predictive Analytics tool for the First Notice of Loss (FNOL) application, enabling early risk assessment and improved claims decision-making. Acted as a Rule Specialist, designing and managing complex business rules for major insurance clients to support predictive workflows. Worked closely on integrating FNOL with downstream claims processing and total loss applications, contributing to seamless end-to-end claims automation using JSF-based systems.

### Web Developer @ Indiana University Bloomington
Jan 2011 – Jan 2012
Created websites and Blogs for Indiana Memorial Union and Biddle Hotel.

Created Wordpress websites for Indiana University Schools.

### Software Developer @ Hewlett-Packard
Jan 2008 – Jan 2010


## Education
### Masters in Computer Science
Indiana University Bloomington

### B.Tech in Information Technology
GITAM College of Engineering


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/hemanthgokavarapu
- Portfolio: https://medium.com/@hemanthgk

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Last updated: 2026-04-12