# Prashansa Goel

> Software Engineer @ AlertD

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

Hi! I’m a software engineer based in the Bay Area. I’m happiest when I’m building, experimenting, and working with great people to solve real problems :)

As a Full Stack Engineer at AlertD, I help build systems that eliminate repetitive, painful DevOps/SRE toil so teams can focus on the work that actually matters.

## Work Experience
### Full Stack Engineer @ AlertD
Jan 2025 – Present

### Research Assistant @ University of California, Davis
Jan 2022 – Jan 2024
Developed HapSolo2, an AI optimization approach for removing secondary haplotigs during diploid genome assembly and scaffolding, in Python (leveraging Pandas, cuDF, and PyTorch)

### Lead Instructor and Course Designer @ University of California, Davis
Jan 2023 – Jan 2023
Pitched the creation of a new algorithms class for undergraduates at UC Davis to address a critical curriculum gap, designing all aspects of this course upon gaining university support and teaching a class of 45+ students during the fall 2023 academic quarter

### Web Developer @ True Ventures
Jan 2023 – Jan 2024
Worked on a founder-facing product, enhancing the product's functionality and user experience through front-end and back-end development tasks with Ruby on Rails, HTML, and Tailwind CSS and designing an improved search experience 

True Ventures is a Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm that invests in early stage technology startups. With more than $3.8 billion under management, True provides seed and Series A financing to entrepreneurs in some of today's fastest growing markets.

### Fellow @ True Ventures
Jan 2023 – Jan 2023
Researched and presented use cases of several AI related APIs to firm deal partners, actively engaged with the firm’s investment thesis, and gained an understanding of evaluation techniques towards potential deals


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

### Minor in Technology Management
University of California, Davis - Graduate School of Management


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

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Last updated: 2026-04-05