About

Amith Kaushal Rao is an experienced Embedded Software Developer currently working at Amazon Go/One. With a passion for making devices do things, Amith has been working in the technology industry for over 6 years. Before joining Amazon, Amith worked at Qualcomm as a Senior Software Engineer, where he was responsible for the development of Audio FWK on Snapdragon. He also worked on the real-time embedded DSP firmware architecture, design, development, and testing. Amith's experience in developing DSP frameworks for next-gen products and API design for various modules that sit on it has been invaluable. He has also developed several modules for various frameworks and was responsible for several layers in the end-to-end system. Amith's areas of interest include System Software, Linux, Real-Time OS, Networking, and Algorithms. He has a Master of Science (MS) degree in Computer Engineering from Virginia Tech. During his time at Virginia Tech, Amith gained valuable experience in the field of Computer Engineering, which has helped him in his current role. Amith is a skilled Software Engineer with experience in UI and test. He has a passion for developing Voice UI PoCs and working on Audio software for next-gen products on Qualcomm Snapdragon. His TechStack includes Software Engineer, UI, and test. Overall, Amith has 6.44 years of relevant experience in the technology industry and is a valuable asset to any team he works with.