# Surya Rao

> Amherst College Class of 2028, Economics and Computer Science Major

Location: New York City Metropolitan Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/suryarao

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Ideas 2 Innovation @ Amherst College
Jan 2024 – Present | Amherst, Massachusetts, United States
- The Python package MatPlotLib, widely used by professional data scientists and hobbyists, is quite unwieldy and does not provide good basic templates, I have helped in the development of a Python library to streamline data visualization, utilizing MatPlotLib to create customizable, user-friendly graphing templates.
- I am a full-stack developer of CRAAIVE AI an app that uses artificial intelligence to detect ingredients in photos, add them to a pantry, and generate recipes from there. I used Flutter and Firebase to develop much of the front end and the back end, as well as developing interactions with AI.
- I enjoy collaborating with the team to identify pain points in data analysis workflows, and translating ideas into technical solutions.

### Intern @ Sotero
Jan 2025 – Jan 2025
Sotero is a cybersecurity company. I used Fast API, Docker, and other tools with their anomaly detection and ransomware products. Worked on porting them to run on the silicon from x84 architecture.

### Data Analyst Intern @ Dataminr
Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 | New York City Metropolitan Area
Dataminr, a Forbes Cloud 100 company, is a leading AI platform for real-time risk identification and management. Clients such as the US Department of Defense and Fortune 500 companies use it to keep their people and assets safe throughout the world. 

Data analyst on the AI platform team

- Developed Slackbot using statistics and data requests 
- Learned applied statistics from my intern manager and mentor
- Experience with spreadsheets and data organization
- Experience with pandas and data requests
Learned to interact with business professionals, and effectively work remotely and in the office


## Education
### Amherst College
Jan 2024 – Jan 2028

### High School Diploma
Staples High School
Jan 2020 – Jan 2024


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/surya-k-rao

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Last updated: 2026-04-01