# Nathan Hayes-Roth

> Senior Software Engineer @ NVIDIA

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/nathanhayesroth

Senior software engineer with over 10 years’ experience developing diverse, maintainable, large-scale, geographically-distributed software systems.

Proven track record delivering software with high business impact. Committed to challenging and rewarding work. Ready to collaborate to solve difficult problems.

Decent skier.

## Work Experience
### Senior System Software Engineer, Cloud (IC5) @ NVIDIA
Jan 2024 – Present | San Francisco, CA
Building software systems for NVIDIA Cosmos: https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/ai/cosmos/
• Led development of a fully managed fine-tuning service.
• Developed benchmarking services to evaluate model performance.
• Developed services and tools to facilitate access to GPU clusters.
• Deployed and managed fleets of CI/CD runners.
• Built and deployed various AI applications across cloud service providers.

### Senior Software Engineer (L4) @ LinkedIn
Jan 2021 – Jan 2024 | San Francisco, California, United States
Developed features for LinkedIn's Feed, which serves more than 120K posts per second:
• Technical Lead for Reposts, which generate 1.5M posts per day and constitute 30% of content on Feed.
• Technical Lead for Collaborative Article redesign on Feed.

### Senior Software Engineer @ Mavenlink
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco, California, United States
Developed project management and resource optimization systems (full stack): 
• Developed a framework for asynchronous APIs (GraphQL/Resque). 
• Developed various data models (MySQL), entity layer abstractions (Ruby/Rails), APIs 
(GraphQL), and frontend features (React/Apollo). 
• Introduced post-mortem practices that were adopted by the entire R&D department.

### Software Engineer (L3-L4) @ Google
Jan 2015 – Jan 2019 | Mountain View, CA
Developed control-plane networking systems for Google Cloud Platform - Compute Engine:
• Developed and launched Shared Virtual Private Cloud (VPC). 
• Reduced backend programming for subnets by 98%.
• Developed project life cycle management systems.
• Developed data models, frontend service APIs, and backend workflows.
• Developed RPC clients to integrate with other services asynchronously.

### Software Development Engineer @ Amazon Web Services
Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | Seattle, WA
Developed software systems to track Amazon's network topology:
• Developed a distributed application to discover and poll network devices.
• Developed an authoritative document datastore and secure API.
• Participated in rotating on-call duty to respond to service outages 24/7.
• Participated in organizational hiring and team on-boarding.

### Engineering Intern @ Flipboard
Jan 2013 – Jan 2013 | Palo Alto, CA
Developed software features and services as a member of the platform engineering team:
• Designed and implemented a package of developer tools to facilitate analytics tracking.
• Upgraded the web bookmarklet to support new features and a series of design changes.

### Consultant @ PunchTab
Jan 2012 – Jan 2012 | Palo Alto, CA
Performed competitor analyses on social rewards platforms and gamification initiatives to assist in strategic business planning:
• Profiled significant competitors’ companies and product offerings.
• Used comparative metrics to differentiate and rank competitors.
• Compiled and presented summative reports to superiors.

### Resident Technology Assistant @ Claremont McKenna College
Jan 2011 – Jan 2012 | Claremont, CA
Acted as liaison between ITS (Information Technology Services) and the student body at large:
• Delivered standard service and support within assigned Residence Hall.
• Conducted emergency support and service calls.
• Suppressed virus outbreaks detected by ITS personal.
• Enforced ITS campus policies in conjunction with the Dean of Students.

### Teaching Assistant @ Claremont McKenna College
Jan 2011 – Jan 2012 | Claremont, CA
Assisted teaching and administration of college-level physics courses:
• Graded biweekly lab reports for class of 50 in mechanics and thermodynamics.
• Graded weekly homework assignments for class of 60 in electricity and optics.
• Met with students to answer questions and assist studying.

### Student Intern @ Naval Postgraduate School
Jan 2010 – Jan 2010 | Monterrey, CA
Participated in the development of an information tracking and dissemination system for the Marines:
• Surveyed currently in-use user interfaces for evidence mapping structures.
• Designed a prototype subsystem to visually illustrate how hypotheses are built from available information.

### Software Consultant @ Reading Partners
Jan 2008 – Jan 2008 | Oakland, CA
Researched and evaluated several learning information systems to document tutoring activities and track students’ reading proficiencies.
• Consulted with company representatives, observed demonstrations, and tested software.
• Presented findings and recommendations to Reading Partners Board of Directors.
• Performed customization and implementation of the new system.


## Education
### Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Computer Engineering
Columbia Engineering
Jan 2012 – Jan 2014

### Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Economics & Engineering
Claremont McKenna College
Jan 2009 – Jan 2012


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/nathanhr
- GitHub: https://github.com/nhayesroth

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Last updated: 2026-03-22