Addy Rao | Cloud-Native Software Engineer | NYU MS CE

Aditya "Addy" Rao

Cloud-Native Software Engineer | Engineering FinTech & Advanced AI/ML Systems

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Education

New York University

M.S. in Computer Engineering

Focus: AI & Machine Learning

Coursework: Cloud, Project Management, Big Data, Machine Learning & AI, Deep Learning, Networking and Security.

May 2025

Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering

B.Eng in Computer Science

Coursework: Machine Learning, Business Management, Cloud, Data Structures & Algorithms, IoT & Network Security.

May 2020

Skills

Programming Languages
Python Java C/C++ SQL JavaScript TypeScript HTML CSS XML
Cloud & Data Engineering
Oracle Cloud GCP AWS Kubernetes Docker Cloudflare CI/CD Terraform NoSQL (MongoDB, Firebase, CosmosDB) Apache Spark Apache Hadoop/MapReduce REST APIs SOAP APIs Big Data Analytics BI Reporting Cloud Integrations
AI, Machine Learning and Engineering
PyTorch TensorFlow LLM fine-tuning Pandas Neural Networks Deep Learning CUDA Gemini DeepSeek-R1 NotebookLM Huggingface Scikit-learn High Performance & Distributed ML System Design Cybersecurity Linux/Shell Scripting Git Full-Stack Development Data Structures & Algorithms
Technologies and Frameworks
React.js Node.js Numpy Salesforce Square WordPress Google Workspace Microsoft Office Confluence Email Templating (GMass, Mail Merge, Jinja2) OpenGL AutoCAD
Management
Agile Project Management/Scrum SDLC DevOps Technical Consulting People Management Project Management Business Management Event Management JIRA Microsoft Project Mentoring & Training
Creative
Adobe Creative Suite Final Cut Pro Canva Blender Audacity GIMP Handbrake Open Broadcaster Software (OBS) Studio Multi-source live streaming

Professional Experience

Principal Technical Architect | Operations Lead (Pro Bono)

The Actors Theatre Workshop, New York, NY

Sept 2025 - Present
  • Deployed Google Gemini and NotebookLM to digitize institutional knowledge into RAG-ready repositories
  • Automated and streamlined several HR, onboarding and CRM processes using AppsScript and Google Workspace configurations. Hardened IT security by developing processes, conducting UAC security audits and transitioning from password sharing to SSO and 2FA based integrated workflows.
  • Implemented Cloudflare DDoS & Bot protection along with edge network caching to improve speed, reliability and security. Updated their WordPress site using HTML, CSS and JavaScript, refining content flow and improving formatting.
  • Directed theater operations as an onsite lead, reporting to the CTO. Handled technical onboarding & offboarding, HR, and complex scheduling for a multi-use facility.
  • Managed a workforce of 120+ recurring and single-day volunteers, engaging people from diverse cultures, backgrounds and abilities to improve coordination and cohesion.

Independent Technical Contractor

Multiple Clients

Sept 2025 - Present
  • Provided detailed technical solutions to meet customer requirements, combining technology and business goals into productivity.
  • Designed websites using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React and Wordpress, improving clients' web presence and solidifying their brand identity.

Staff Technical Consultant

Oracle, Bengaluru, IN

Mar 2022 - Jun 2023
  • Optimized SQL and Java code to improve report scaling and runtimes by up to 400% through cache optimization, execution plan analysis, source analysis and pipeline streamlining
  • Identified and patched a critical calculation issue that affected 900+ users by coordinating with cross - functional and support teams, minimizing impact and improving reliability
  • Developed, validated and deployed cloud integrations, fintech cloud solutions, BI reports and email blast reports
  • Optimized data ingestion pipeline by refactoring Java processing blocks and REST API handling, reducing latency and decreasing error rates by 12%.
  • Configured security policies, migrated environments & resolved JIRA tickets as a certified DevOps Engineer

Cloud Technical Consultant

Oracle, Bengaluru, IN

Sept 2020 - Mar 2022
  • Implemented complex user requirements as Oracle Cloud applications in Java and SQL for a major U.S. Healthcare project, specializing in financial and supply chain management (SCM) cloud
  • Designed and upgraded Java based user access controls (UAC) and workflow hierarchies, ensuring application security, data privacy and HIPAA compliance for over 40 roles
  • Developed large-scale SQL based business intelligence (BI) reports, executive dashboards and data analyses
  • Supported Agile project delivery through configurations, data loads & performance testing across multiple cycles
  • Mentored 30 junior analysts on Java, Cloud and SQL, promoting knowledge sharing
  • Facilitated development environment and workflow rule migrations as a technical consultant
  • Ensured data consistency across UI, multiple tools and reports. Validated SQL-based financial reports against Excel calculations to ensure zero errors when deployed

Full Stack Developer

InternCube, Bengaluru, IN

Jun 2019 - Sept 2019
  • Led a team of 4 to create a serverless web application using Flask, Firebase, and Cloud Run for the college's official internship portal.
  • Prioritized scalability and minimal compute requirements, implementing the entire application on the client side using JavaScript.

Featured Projects

AI Optimization: Financial Reasoning

Python, Huggingface, QLoRA

Fine-tuning Gemma 3 and DeepSeek-R1 using Quantized LoRA for specialized financial logic and inference.

Disease Outbreak Prediction

LSTM/ARIMA, GCP, React

Engineered hybrid ML model achieving 83% accuracy; architected multi-client data ingestion on GCP for regional forecasts.

ResNet Digit Recognition

Python, PyTorch

Implemented a 6.5M parameter ResNet architecture achieving 97% accuracy on image datasets.

Certifications

Cloud Engineering

Google

OCI Certified Associate

Oracle

Neural Networks & Deep Learning

DeepLearning.AI

DevOps Foundation

Oracle

Oracle Cloud ML Certified Associate

Oracle

Application Integration with Oracle Cloud

Oracle

Introduction to TensorFlow

Google

Leadership Essentials

NonprofitReady

Recruiting and Retaining Employees

NonprofitReady