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Rohith Venkatesh

Work Experience

Senior Software Engineer · Brightspot

August 2021–Present Reston, Virginia

Directed engineering across six projects with Brigham Young University, BYU–Idaho, BYU–Hawaii, Pathway Worldwide, Ensign College, and Wharton—collectively powering 2,000+ sites and 100k+ visitors. Managed 2–3 engineers per project, standardizing CI/CD with GitHub Actions and improving release reliability.
Led engineering partnership with the Los Angeles Times, collaborating with their CTO to design scalable CMS infrastructure, execute zero-downtime weekly AWS blue-green deployments via Brightspot's Beam/Gyro IaC, and ensure continuous production stability.
Architected large-scale data migration and ingestion pipelines in Java to process thousands of records from legacy systems and external APIs into Brightspot CMS records, ensuring idempotent updates and data integrity.
Integrated secure authentication workflows using SAML/Okta SSO to support federated identity for hundreds of daily users.
Boosted CMS search relevance by 80% through Smartlogic Semaphore (Semantic AI), surfacing key content 60+ ranks higher and improving visitor engagement metrics for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Applied LLM-based tools (OpenAI/Anthropic) to improve debugging accuracy, code clarity, and documentation speed—accelerating delivery cycles. Prototyped prompt-engineered assistants and AWS Bedrock integrations during internal hackathons.

Frontend Engineer & Designer · Share

March 2019–May 2021 College Park, Maryland

Engineered and delivered the beta for a cross-platform C2C rental marketplace using Flutter/Dart.
Designed user flows and UI/UX in Figma, streamlining the end-to-end rental experience.
Developed a marketing website with React and GatsbyJS to drive user acquisition.

Teaching & Research Assistant · University Of Maryland—College Park

August 2019–May 2021 College Park, Maryland

Mentored students in web development and led office hours, improving average student performance by ~10%.
Developed a fake-news detection filter using Independent Component Analysis (ICA) and machine learning classifiers in MATLAB, in collaboration with Prof. Zois Boukouvalas.

University of Maryland, College Park

Graduated May 2021 · College Park, Maryland

B.S. Computer Science, Minor in Mathematics

GPA: 3.64 / 4.0 · Honors: Dean's List

Languages: Java, JavaScript, Python, SQL, GraphQL
Frameworks & Libraries: JUnit, React, HTML/CSS, Retrofit, Django
Cloud & DevOps: AWS, Docker, Kubernetes (k9s), GitHub Actions, Beam/Gyro (IaC), Gradle, Datadog, Coralogix, Zabbix
AI & Tools: OpenAI & Anthropic APIs, RAG concepts, GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, Cursor, Git, Figma

Lead Guitarist & Co-Founder · The Laterals (Local Rock Band)

December 2023–Present

Composed, recorded, and produced original music, releasing 15+ songs across major streaming platforms via DistroKid and reaching 3,000+ monthly listeners.
Managed rehearsals, studio sessions, and live performances—including 10+ DC-area shows and a Battle of the Bands win securing 12 booked gigs.
Oversaw marketing and visual design, creating artwork and promotional assets for digital releases and events.