# Vikas Rao

> Infrastructure at Verkada

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

Currently part of the Infrastructure team at Verkada. Building tools to simplify workflows in Engineering and Operations teams at Verkada.

Previously at Magic Leap working on building the middleware layers of the AOSP Magic Leap stack and custom homegrown settings applications on Magic Leap 1 and 2. 

I completed my Master's in Computer Engineering from the University of California, Irvine.

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer @ Verkada
Jan 2022 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area
• Contributed as an early member of the Infrastructure team at Verkada, focusing on internal tooling and security projects.  
• Developed a feature flag system that enhances the reliability of feature releases across the company.  
• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to ensure the successful implementation of platform and security-focused initiatives.

### Senior Software Engineer @ Magic Leap
Jan 2019 – Jan 2022 | Sunnyvale, California, United States
Developing performance efficient, low latency applications and services in the LuminOS.

### Software Engineer 2 @ Infinera
Jan 2016 – Jan 2019 | Sunnyvale, CA
Development of YANG based device data-model software modules for the next generation of Infinera system software. 
This primarily involved C++ code for performance and fault monitoring of Infinera's OTN based network elements. 

Also involved in the development of standalone, unit testable modules using object-oriented concepts to evolve a monolithic codebase into re-usable components. 
Understanding how the working of the build system and the intricacies of Makefiles and shared libraries was a critical part of this.
Developed and worked on rule-based correlation, suppression, and soaking engine involving code generation using a java based xml parser. 

Used and worked extensively on C++ / C building multi-threaded system/application software.

### Software Development Intern @ ON Semiconductor
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | San Jose
Designed and implemented the software architecture for a test system for the automotive ISP AP0200 on an Embedded Linux based Freescale i.Mx6 based Nitrogen6x_max board. This involved implementation of the Linux V4l2 and I2C drivers for the ISP and the camera sensor (AR0132) to obtain and analyze image data on a remote system.

### Software Development Intern @ Microhard Infotech L.L.C
Jan 2012 – Jan 2012 | Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Optimized computer vision kernels suited to the ARM NEON SIMD architecture and benchmarked its performance.

### Graduate Technical Intern @ GE Healthcare
Jan 2011 – Jan 2011
1.Dealt with the safety requirements for biomedical equipments
2.Installation of ultrasound and X-ray equipments


## Education
### Master's degree in Computer Science
UC Irvine

### Bachelor’s Degree in Electronics and Communications Engineering
Manipal Institute of Technology

### All India Senior School Certificate (CBSE) in Higher Education/Higher Education Administration
Our Own High School,Dubai


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/mvrao92

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Last updated: 2026-04-05