# Richard Gao

> Software Engineer at Microsoft

Location: Needham, Massachusetts, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/richardgao

Experienced in writing software for the web and robots.

Eager, excited, and ready to adapt to any codebase.

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer II @ Microsoft
Jan 2026 – Present

### Software Engineer @ Microsoft
Jan 2022 – Jan 2026

### Teaching Assistant - Software Design @ Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering
Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 | Needham, Massachusetts, United States
• Led weekly office hours and lectures on object oriented python concepts to help ~40 students develop fundamental software skills
• Held meetings with students to give guidance on projects and check in throughout the duration of the class

### Software Engineer Intern @ Better
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | New York, New York, United States
• Created a unified search API backed by ElasticSearch to manage 3,000+ campaigns, promo-codes, and redemptions that were previously only accessible through individual endpoints and limited by PostgreSQL’s feature set
• Deployed single page application in React to filter discounts, optimizing workflow for the marketing team by ~5 minutes
• Set up Kubernetes CronJob to handle data migration/reindexing to keep PostgreSQL database and ElasticSearch indices in sync
• Implemented testing with Jest and React Testing Library to keep search components maintainable

### Software Engineer Intern @ EnergySage
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Greater Boston Area
• Created Django templates and views to help bring to production the Buyer’s Guide Epic, a new comparison platform for energy products
• Upgraded dependencies and wrote characterization tests in preparation for codebase migration from Python 2 to Python 3
• Improved test coverage by writing Django unit tests that maintained the code base for agile development

### Computer Technician @ PC Warehouse Inc.
Jan 2014 – Jan 2018 | Freehold, NJ
• Diagnosed and repaired clients’ desktop computers/laptops. 
• Work performed includes: formatting and reloading computer operating systems, cleaning virus and malware, replacing hardware components, setting up printers, custom building computers, etc.

### Private Tutor @ JEI LEARNING CENTER
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Marlboro Township, NJ
• Worked one-on-one with students ranging from first grade to senior year of high school in subjects including Math, English, AP Physics, AP Computer Science A, and SAT Math/English.


## Education
### Bachelor's degree in Engineering with Computing
Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

### High School Diploma
Freehold Borough High School


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/hardlyrichie
- Portfolio: https://www.richgao.com/

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Last updated: 2026-03-28