# Swati Kothari > Roblox Software Engineer | Backend, Applied ML & Content Understanding Systems | Building global creator platforms | ex-Quip (Salesforce) Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/swati I’m a senior engineer at Roblox with a passion for building systems that make creativity scale. My focus is backend systems + applied ML and large-scale search, transforming complex content into tools that unlock new possibilities for creators. As a tech lead driven to deliver product impact, I’ve guided projects from semantic search over 100M+ assets to company-level IP licensing pipelines, aligning cross-functional teams and balancing innovation with reliability. I care deeply about clear design, responsible engineering, and mentoring engineers—because lasting impact comes from both the systems we build and the people we grow. My goal is simple: do ambitious, meaningful work that advances technology and gives creativity more power every day. ## Work Experience ### Staff Software Engineer @ Roblox Jan 2022 – Present As Tech Lead for Search and IP licensing, I drive large-scale initiatives spanning semantic retrieval, infrastructure, and IP licensing platform. My work combines applied ML with platform engineering to help millions of creators discover, organize, and responsibly use content. IP Licensing Platform — Designed scalable ML pipelines for IP content evaluation, focused on improving precision/recall and aligning infra, product, and legal stakeholders to establish a foundation for licensing at scale. - Designed and deployed Temporal-based indexing and orchestration for IP scanning, establishing a scalable, fault-tolerant workflow powering future content indexing systems. Semantic Search (Vector-based) — Launched multiple iterations of semantic search at platform scale: • Models: +2.5% adoption, +9% unique assets adopted • Meshparts: +17.2% insertion rate; Decals: +7% insertion rate • Private inventory: +5.5% adoption Search Infrastructure — Led multi-quarter re-architecture of Roblox’s search stack across 5+ teams. Reduced p75 latency by up to 78% (~175–210ms faster), cut operational cost by collapsing 15+ services into 3, and boosted experimentation velocity 4× (from quarterly to weekly). Scale & Efficiency — Scaled search systems to support 160M+ assets while reducing ML pipeline costs by 10× and doubling processing speed. Leadership & Mentorship — Managed and mentored interns and new grads, led cross-org initiatives, and served as incident commander during SEV0/SEV1 events impacting company-wide systems. ### Technical Team Lead - Quip/Slack @ Slack Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco Bay Area ### Software Engineer @ Quip Jan 2018 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco Bay Area Worked on Quip advanced search ### Technical Team Lead @ Quip Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco Bay Area Technical team lead at Quip, guiding team of 6 engineers on Salesforce–Quip integrations, collaboration features, and search redesign. Quip & Salesforce integration — Led integration projects end-to-end (sharing, authentication, connectivity), deployed by 450+ companies and supporting ~1.5k daily document associations. Template Platform — Drove design and launch of Quip’s automation APIs and template system, powering a template library with ~80k WAU across web and desktop. Search Redesign — Applied Spacy NLP to improve Quip search relevance via phrase extraction/ranking; rolled out to all documents with production backfills. Implemented a complete redesign of search UI in React/TypeScript. Mentorship & Culture — Mentored engineers, led onboarding sprints and chaired Quip’s interview committee, improving hiring practices across the org. Hackathon Recognition — 3-time winner in Quip internal hackathons, earning category awards for innovations including Google Calendar sidebar integration, Slack template proof-of-concept, and template insights. ### Intern Program Manager @ Quip Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco Bay Area Managed the entire Quip intern cohort end-to-end — from planning and project scoping to onboarding, mentorship, and final offer decisions. ### Software Engineer @ Avaya Jan 2016 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco Bay Area Worked on the Avaya Engagement Designer team, building orchestration and communication solutions on top of BPMN and cloud APIs. Key Contributions - Developed core features of the BPMN engine for process orchestration, enabling scalable engagement solutions with Java and JavaScript. - Integrated Engagement Designer with Zang cPaaS communication APIs, delivering flexible, cloud-based communication capabilities. - Owned new UI simplification features to make workflow logic more intuitive for users, delivered on tight timelines. - Designed and implemented call routing features. - Built carrier lookup functionality via Java snap-in and Designer tasks, working as part of a two-person team. - Conducted performance testing with JMeter to validate quality before release; delivered fixes and enhancements for future versions. - Enhanced visualization by modifying SVGs to track workflow execution paths. - Collaborated cross-functionally with product management, documentation, and QA across the full product lifecycle (requirements → design → integration → release → maintenance). ### Software Engineer Intern @ Avaya Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | San Francisco Bay Area - Collaborated with clients to define problem specifications and workflow designs aligned to their business needs. - Supported third-party applications integrating with Avaya Engagement Designer, improving interoperability. - Developed UI features with Bootstrap, JavaScript, AJAX, and Java Servlets to streamline user workflows. - Resolved escalated CRM issues through deep debugging, leading to SDK improvements and higher customer satisfaction. - Refactored enterprise codebase for modularity, enabling smoother integration with cPaaS platforms. - Enhanced reliability by expanding JUnit test coverage across core services. ### Software Engineer Intern @ Avaya Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | San Francisco Bay Area - Designed, built, and deployed dynamic tasks, including a custom task that automatically called meeting participants based on their schedules. - Delivered customer demos and presentations showcasing dynamic task functionality, helping drive adoption. - Worked in an Agile environment (epics, stories, scrums), improving the task creation process and development velocity. - Contributed to user-friendly composite documentation, simplifying task creation and supporting customer success. ## Education ### Master of Science (M.S.) in Computer Science University of Southern California Jan 2014 – Jan 2016 ### Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) in Computer Science and Engineering Vellore Institute of Technology Jan 2010 – Jan 2014 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/swati-kothari --- Source: https://flows.cv/swati JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/swati/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-22