# Rishav Rout

> Software Engineer

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

## Work Experience
### Founding Software Engineer @ Domain Fantasy Football
Jan 2024 – Present
• Architected and built a production SPA using React and TypeScript to generate automated fantasy football strategy reports
• Designed scalable frontend architecture and data-fetching layer integrating with Sleeper API
• Built supporting backend services in Python and deployed infrastructure on GCP
• Automated roster analysis and lineup optimization for 1,000+ weekly users during NFL season
• Reduced manual team review time by 30x through system automation
• Built reusable component system
• Designed responsive UI for desktop + mobile

### Software Engineer III @ Verily Life Sciences
Jan 2023 – Jan 2025 | San Bruno, CA
• Served as frontend subject-matter expert across multiple teams
• Owned frontend architecture for participant operations and consent workflows supporting large-scale clinical research programs
• Designed and built complex, state-heavy React + TypeScript interfaces handling compliance-sensitive healthcare data via FHIR APIs
• Established frontend patterns for state management, component structure, and data fetching strategies adopted across multiple teams
• Led frontend performance initiative introducing data prefetching and server-side filtering, improving dashboard responsiveness and perceived load times by 90%
• Drove accessibility improvements to meet WCAG standards across study interfaces
• Mentored junior engineers, conducted code reviews, and influenced frontend best practices across teams

### Software Engineer II @ Verily Life Sciences
Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 | San Bruno, CA
• Promoted to Software Engineer III within 2 years based on technical leadership and cross-team impact
• Spearheaded cross-team integration testing overhaul, increasing release confidence and reducing production regressions
• Partnered closely with product, design, and legal to translate regulatory requirements into intuitive, scalable user experiences
• Built greenfield services using React, Go, and GCP infrastructure

### Software Engineering Intern @ Waymo
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021
• Refined UI/UX of a web application that operators use to remotely help autonomous vehicles
• Utilized Typescript and Angular to improve workflows, quality of life, and overall efficiency for operators

### Software Engineering Intern @ Fidelity Investments
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Westlake, Texas
• Redesigned UI for web application from start to finish, built using Angular, Typescript, and NodeJS
• Connected tabular display to backend with service calls, complete with obtaining, editing, and saving
• Application utilized for large scale testing across various configurations and environments

### Software Engineering Intern @ Fidelity Investments
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Westlake, TX
• Member of SHARES application team in Corporate Technology Group
• Designed automated regression tests using Selenium, to be run before each deployment
• Secured tests using Java password encryption tools

### CS 125 Course Assistant @ University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Area
• Assisted students with MPs (machine problems) in their first computer science course
• Taught concepts including object-oriented programming, image processing, recursion, and more

### Tutor @ TutorMe Texas
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Coppell, TX
Helped students at all grade levels with math, biology, Spanish, SAT, ACT, and more.

### Drum Major @ Coppell High School Band
Jan 2015 – Jan 2017 | Coppell, TX
Main student leader of 400 member marching ensemble. Led the band to many state level performances.

### Global Scholar @ Yale University
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | New Haven, CT
Participant in the Yale Young Global Scholars programs (YYGS) for applied science and engineering. Took classes from Yale professors, and completed a capstone research project on Multiple Sclerosis treatments.


## Education
### Bachelor of Science - BS in Computer Science
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

### Coppell High School


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

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Source: https://flows.cv/rishav
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Last updated: 2026-03-29