# Owen Gao

> Software Engineer – Search | E-Commerce | MLOps | Machine Learning Algorithms | Cloud-Based Development | Distributed Systems

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

Backend engineer specializing in search and e-commerce. At Poshmark, I’ve led major initiatives like an search infrastructure migrations, integrated custom search technology, and delivered product features that boosted engagement, conversion, and GMV. Previously at Informatica, I built backend services to operationalize ML models for real-time enterprise decision-making. UC Davis grad (CS + Applied Math, High Honors) passionate about the intersection of backend engineering, AI/ML, and search, personalization, and monetization.

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer, E-Commerce Platform @ Discord
Jan 2026 – Present

### Software Engineer, Cloud Platform-Search @ Poshmark
Jan 2024 – Jan 2026

### Software Engineer, ML Ops @ Informatica
Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | San Francisco Bay Area

### DevOps Intern @ Informatica
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | Redwood City, California, United States

### Course Assistant @ University of California, Davis
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022
A reader for the Math department for multivariable real analysis (MAT 127C), combinatorics (MAT 145), and probability (MAT 135A)

### Undergraduate Researcher @ University of California, Davis
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022
Worked on a computational research project with Dr. Jesús De Loera in the graduate applied math group, CCACAOO, investigating the Hirsch Conjecture by studying 4-D polytopes, rank 4 oriented matroids, and the graph diameters of cocircuit graphs generated by the rank 4 oriented matroids.

Produced an undergraduate thesis paper on the work.


## Education
### Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Applied Mathematics
University of California, Davis

### High School
Mission San Jose High School


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

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Last updated: 2026-04-11