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Rajesh Ottikunta

San Francisco Bay Area

Summary

Seasoned technology leader with 15+ years of experience building and scaling frontend platforms at startups and enterprise companies. Proven expertise in defining technical vision, leading global teams, and delivering highly scalable, high-performance applications. Specializes in system design, architecture, and setting engineering best practices.

Overview

26
26
years of professional experience

Work History

Frontend Architect

SambaNova Systems
01.2021 - Current
  • Lead cross-functional teams to build AI-based cloud platforms and apps with scalable frontend architecture:
  • Spearheaded SambaNova Cloud UI using ReactJS and Python backend APIs.
  • Created and evangelized snui-lib, a shared design system used across all products.
  • Delivered multiple LLM-powered apps: PDF Analyzer, Contact Center, AI Playground, and Semantic Search; adopted by enterprise clients within 6 months.
  • Built scalable APIs for real-time NLP and computer vision; deployed across AWS, GCP, and on-prem.

UI Staff Engineer, Technical Lead

VMware
01.2016 - 01.2021
  • Led UI architecture for Workspace ONE in the End User Computing group:
  • Built a shared Angular component framework used by Workspace ONE and AirWatch.
  • Designed core features like policy management, catalog services, and provisioning adapters.
  • Scaled frontend team from 1 to 7 engineers, doubling feature velocity and improving code quality by 30%.

Staff Engineer

Tintri
01.2013 - 01.2016
  • Founding engineer for Tintri Global Center-a responsive, analytics-heavy SPA:
  • Developed core features: global search, session handling, and 100K+ row virtual scrolling.
  • Built using Angular, Handlebars, and D3; contributed to shared AngularJS framework (OneUI).

Senior Member of Technical Staff

VMware (Zimbra)
01.2011 - 01.2013
  • Maintained and enhanced Zimbra suite: mail, calendar, contact, document sharing.
  • Implemented Zimbra Offline for mail access without internet.

Senior Member of Technical Staff

Oracle/Sun Microsystems
01.2004 - 01.2011
  • Key developer for Convergence, a Dojo-based web client integrating email, chat, calendar, and contacts.
  • Designed AJAX APIs and front-end MVC layers for calendar and preferences modules.

Senior Software Engineer

Hewlett-Packard
01.2000 - 01.2004
  • Developed and maintained HP Array Configuration Utility (ACU).
  • Migrated application from HP-UX to Linux and created CLI regression test suites.

Education

Master of Computer Applications -

Sri Venkateswara University
Tirupati, India
10.1999

Skills

  • ReactJS
  • NextJS
  • Angular
  • D3
  • HighCharts
  • TypeScript
  • JavaScript (ES6)
  • HTML5
  • CSS3
  • Webpack
  • SSR
  • Nodejs
  • Express
  • Python
  • FastAPI
  • Docker
  • Jenkins
  • AWS
  • GCP
  • Jasmine
  • Jest
  • Protractor
  • CodeceptJS
  • MongoDB
  • Postgres
  • Design Systems
  • UI Architecture
  • Responsive Design
  • Leadership
  • Strategy
  • Mentoring
  • Best Practices

Leadership Strategy

  • Built & scaled engineering teams across geographies
  • Defined UI architecture vision & engineering roadmaps
  • Created scalable systems with strong observability & performance
  • Mentored engineers and championed best practices

Timeline

Frontend Architect

SambaNova Systems
01.2021 - Current

UI Staff Engineer, Technical Lead

VMware
01.2016 - 01.2021

Staff Engineer

Tintri
01.2013 - 01.2016

Senior Member of Technical Staff

VMware (Zimbra)
01.2011 - 01.2013

Senior Member of Technical Staff

Oracle/Sun Microsystems
01.2004 - 01.2011

Senior Software Engineer

Hewlett-Packard
01.2000 - 01.2004

Master of Computer Applications -

Sri Venkateswara University

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