# Tinou Bao > Software Guy Location: San Francisco, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/tinou Software architect, engineer and team manager. Likes to build large scale data applications. ## Work Experience ### Staff Software Engineer, Machine Learning Platform @ Sift Jan 2021 – Present | San Francisco Helping everyone trust the internet. ### Software Engineer @ Evolv Technologies Jan 2018 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco Building the next great optimization platform. Cloud-based (AWS), Python, Athena, Snowflake, machine learning, evolutionary algorithms. ### Architect, Search and Personalization @ One Kings Lane Jan 2011 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco Architect and manager for search and recommender system (personalization) team. Elasticsearch, machine learning, Python and Ruby. ### Software Architect @ FanIQ Jan 2009 – Jan 2011 ### Senior Software Engineer @ Rearden Commerce Jan 2008 – Jan 2009 ### Senior Software Engineer @ Alexa Internet Jan 2006 – Jan 2008 ### Senior Software Engineer @ Hotwire Jan 2004 – Jan 2005 ### Senior Consultant @ Novell Jan 2000 – Jan 2004 ### Software Engineer @ Xuma Jan 2000 – Jan 2000 ### Associate Consultant @ Cambridge Technology Partners Jan 1999 – Jan 2000 ## Education ### BS in Nuclear Engineering University of California, Berkeley ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/tinou - Portfolio: http://work.tinou.com --- Source: https://flows.cv/tinou JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/tinou/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-12