About

Ramya Rao is a Senior Software Engineer with over 5 years of experience in the information technology and services industry. She is skilled in Blockchain practices, Web Development, and Product Management. Ramya is a strong engineering professional with a Masters's degree in Engineering Management from Duke University. Currently, Ramya works as a Frontend Engineer at knotch. In her previous role as a Senior Software Engineer at chainyard, she designed and developed a web interface adhering to the style guides in a supplier-buyer relationship model and integrated multiple plugins and microservices on a blockchain network. She also built a microservice front-end component in React providing isolation from the main application, boosting the deployment and release cycle time per sprint by 50%. Ramya defined, created, and integrated reusable and scalable UI services which provided fast and secure communication between the front-end and the backend RESTful APIs. She led the frontend team of a blockchain application across the supply chain space for connecting relief efforts during natural disasters, winning the International Stevies Award for Community Impact. Ramya also built a project called “ProjectKicker” using React and Blockchain Technologies, which enabled any team in the company to conserve two weeks of effort lost in setting up a project. Ramya's previous experience as a Software Engineer at chainyard involved developing a distributed ledger that aids financial institutions to settle transactions using cryptocurrency, reducing the settlement process from three days to a few minutes. She also built UI and backend components for dynamic form generations using JSON file loaders, reducing the code complexity and automating the task of creating react forms. Ramya was responsible for the React component development and integration with the backend, for new features and enhancements in every sprint and participated in agile sprint planning with the product and QA team. Ramya has a Bachelor of Technology degree in Computer Science from Manipal Institute of Technology. Her tech stack includes Frontend, Blockchain, Web, Product Management, Software Engineering, Microservices, Backend, UI, QA, and Integration.