# Sam Rao

> Software Engineer

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

Software Engineer driven by a love for mathematics and solving complex problems

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Smarter Technologies
Jan 2025 – Present

### Software Engineer @ Fermata Energy
Jan 2023 – Jan 2025
- Worked on the backend platform enabling bidirectional charging for electric vehicles
- Rewrote the controller software for improved simplicity and reliability, making debugging and maintenance more efficient
- Designed and implemented event-driven actor models to enhance service responsiveness and scalability
- Developed new features requested by users

### Backend Software Developer @ 99rises
Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | California, United States
- Lead the development of a multi-portfolio trading system, enabling customers to manage multiple
portfolios with ease
- Developed API endpoints that provide leadership visibility into customers' portfolios, including overall performance, sector-by-sector breakdowns, and individual stock-level returns
- Implemented NoSQL database patterns using MongoDB, providing flexible and efficient access to
unstructured data
- Contributed approximately 100k lines of code to a large-scale codebase of 400k lines
- Managed DevOps responsibilities, including successful cloud deployment and resolution of
production errors

### Junior Software Developer @ 99rises
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | California, United States
- Contributed to the development of a custom application for fund managers, empowering them to
inspect customers portfolios and build new portfolios for clients to enroll in
 - Collaborated with fund managers to create key metrics for evaluating stock and portfolio performance

### Teaching Fellow @ California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo
Jan 2016 – Jan 2019 | San Luis Obispo County, California, United States


## Education
### Mathematics in Pure Mathematics
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo

### Mathematics and Computer Science
University of California, Berkeley


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/srao03

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Last updated: 2026-04-11