# Rasika Kale > Senior Software Engineer @ Shipt Location: Sunnyvale, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/rasikakale I am an enthusiastic and motivated individual with a B.S in Computer Science from UCSC. I have experience programming in Java, Python, and Go-lang. As a creative individual, I am drawn to web/UI development. I am developing my own applications using: • ReactJS with hooks • Vercel or Netlify for deployment • GitHub for source code • NPM for server-side development Check out my applications on Github in the link below. My interest in front and back end development allowed me to pursue my goal of mastering the MERN Stack: MongoDB, Express.js, React.js, Node.js. With my ability to be flexible, open-minded, and collaborative, I believe I am a great asset to any team. ## Work Experience ### Senior Software Engineer @ Shipt Jan 2025 – Present ### Software Engineer @ Shipt Jan 2021 – Jan 2025 ### Software Quality Assurance @ Airbnb Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 ### Technical Subject Matter Expert @ Ribbon Commerce Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco Bay Area https://www.meetribbon.com/ MeetRibbon offers a B2B platform for customers and vendors under trade show and sales agencies to buy and sell their products globally. • Test Automation • Liaison between engineering and business team • Customer/IT advocate for 5,000+ buyers • Onboard new agencies to the Ribbon B2B platform by: - Presenting Demo of the platform to the agency executive - Leading UAT (User Acceptance Testing) sessions with agency representatives to squash bugs, receive feedback for current functionality, and include unique enhancements requested by agencies - Providing a detailed schedule of the UAT to agencies Tools Used: Jira Confluence Trello ZenDesk AWS CodeCommit AWS S3 Slack ### Digital Scholarship Commons Student Assistant @ University of California, Santa Cruz Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | David Kirk Digital Scholarship Commons at McHenry Library https://guides.library.ucsc.edu/DSC/VizLab • Part of development team to create VR application to access the Special Collections & Archives Department at UCSC - The Special Collections & Archives Department at UCSC contains old artifacts and material dating back to the 1920s. Students have access to this department to use the material for research and projects, but there is a risk of damaging or losing the artifact. To avoid this risk, the technology team I am part of at the Digital Scholarship Commons is developing a Virtual Reality application using Unity 3D to project the artifacts into the VR system so students can interact with the artifact without causing any damage. • Using 3D modeling techniques on artifacts to display through Virtual Reality • Utilizing VizWall (14' x 14' screen installation) to help students and faculty display large scale visual presentations and simultaneous interactions with multiple pieces of digital content ### Software Engineering Intern @ PlanetScale Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Mountain View, CA https://planetscale.com/ • Contributor to Vitess.io product by PlanetScale • Vitess combines many important MySQL features with the scalability of a NoSQL database. Its built-in sharding features let you grow your database without adding sharding logic to your application. • Implemented query operations for different functionalities to access data such as number operations ### QA Intern @ Empower Visi, Inc Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Cupertino • Tested Database System, UX/UI, and functionality of the Credit Union Dashboard • Filed 75 defects for system performance improvements • Created UX wire-frames for Login, Setup, and Home page for mobile user-experience ### Web Development Intern @ Turning Green Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Santa Cruz, CA • Designed web application structure showing college students how to be environmentally conscious • Created UX wire-frames for complete flow of the following: Login, Setup, Home, pages for each sub-category within the Home page, environment challenges for user to accomplish, and engagement. ### Technical Intern @ De Anza College Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Cupertino • Collaborated with peers at the CompTech Labs to rebuild computers for De Anza College students • Organized records of De Anza students' borrowing completed computer system using Excel • Operated computer software and systems using CDs for installing software to ensure computer works before in use ### Programming Coordinator @ Santa Cruz City District Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | United States • Involved in managing, planning, and executing first technology & arts program at Mission Hill Middle School in Santa Cruz • Teaching coding languages JavaScript and Processing, a JavaScript framework, to students grade 6-8 • Creating and leading lesson plans for students to expand on coding and art knowledge • Coordinated program with start-up in Santa Cruz called Code Naturally • Used Processing IDE and IDE developed by Code Naturally ### Lego Robotics Coding Coordinator @ Bricks 4 Kidz Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Palo Alto, CA • Managed Lego Robotics Camp made by Bricks for Kidz • Taught elementary and middle school kids how to build robots with the lego application using the EV3 Mindstorms software • Introduced kids to the functions of simple coding ## Education ### Bachelor of Science - BS in Computer Science Baskin Engineering at UCSC ### High School Diploma Fremont High School ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/rasika-kale --- Source: https://flows.cv/rasikakale JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/rasikakale/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-01