# Ritu Vincent

> Making new stuff that sometimes works.

Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/rituvincent

## Work Experience
### Staff Engineer @ Dropbox
Jan 2019 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area
‬Dropbox Dash (Oct 2024 – present): Tech lead for Dash Conversational AI platform.‬ Currently helping build real time, responsive AI-driven experiences at scale for Dash, Dropbox’s new‬ universal search engine and assistant, positioned to drive the company’s next wave of AI-led‬ productivity tools.‬ 
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Office of the CEO (Jan ‘22 – Oct ‘24): Founding engineer for 3 different early stage products within Dropbox’s internal incubator, exploring‬ AI driven productivity tools in calendar, project management, and meetings spaces.‬

### Engineering Manager @ Checkr, Inc.
Jan 2017 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco Bay Area
- Led Checkr Core engineering team responsible for retrieving and processing criminal background‬ check data. Worked closely with legal, CS, internal ops, and external customers to ensure that‬ Checkr's criminal screening product was compliant, accurate, and fair for applicants.‬
- Worked with recruiting team to launch Checkr's first summer internship program. Also worked on‬ engineering hiring processes and interviewer calibration.‬
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### Staff Engineer @ Dropbox
Jan 2013 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco Bay Area
- Worked on all layers of the Dropbox desktop client, from the installer to UI to the networking layer.‬
- Tech Lead for a year-long project, leading a team of 4-8 engineers, to allow a single Dropbox process‬
‭ to support multiple logged in users. Completely rewrote critical code to authenticate and maintain‬
‭ user state. Designed and built a clean interface for core file sync logic.‬
- Hiring & Talent: Worked closely with recruiting on hiring decisions and specialized interview loops.‬
‭ Worked with HR to define level bands for the engineering org and requirements for promotion.‬

### Senior Software Engineer @ Zynga
Jan 2011 – Jan 2013
- Worked across the Cafe World game stack, from server side PHP and database management to‬ client side Javascript. Designed and developed a new game quest mechanic that broke the game‭ record for daily user engagement and revenue.‬
- Led knowledge transfer of Cafe World game stack to the Zynga India team.‬‭

### Senior Software Engineer @ Qualcomm
Jan 2010 – Jan 2011
- Worked on Radio Interface Layer drivers for the Windows Phone "Mango" release, supporting the‬ interface layer between Microsoft's mobile operating system and platform-agnostic Qualcomm‬ hardware teams.‬
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### Software Developer & Co-founder @ Kikini
Jan 2009 – Jan 2011
- Co-founded a social discovery web startup with four other engineers.‬
- Worked across the whole web stack, from databases and application logic to client-side scripting and‬ user experience.‬
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### Software Development Engineer II @ Microsoft
Jan 2004 – Jan 2010
- Worked on telephony API for Windows Phone 7. Modernized legacy code inherited from previous‬ releases, designed and implemented a new application-layer interface, and added support for new technologies such as GSM/CDMA switching.‬
- Owned connectivity and networking application layer for Windows Mobile 5/6, including Wi-Fi,‬ Bluetooth, and cellular data UI. Responsible for triage of issues and new feature planning.‬
- Worked with Palm to enable the first Microsoft phone with Wi-Fi.‬
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### Teaching Assistant @ University of Texas at Austin
Jan 2002 – Jan 2004
EE 312: Software Design and Implementation I
EE 306: Introduction to Computing


## Education
### Master of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering
The University of Texas at Austin

### Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani


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

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Last updated: 2026-04-12