rahul.dev
04 — BACKGROUND

About

Rahul Reddy Chidipudi

I'm a software engineer in McLean, Virginia, working mostly on backend and distributed systems — the request paths, pipelines and infrastructure that only get noticed when they break.

Most of what I enjoy sits at the boundary between systems: forking live traffic without disturbing it, keeping two databases honest against each other, deciding what a Spark job should shuffle. The projects are largely about that boundary.

Education

B.S. Computer Science

Rowan University · Glassboro, NJ

Graduated December 2024 · Merit-based International Credit Transfer Scholarship

Data Structures & Algorithms · Databases · Operating Systems · Distributed Systems · AI & ML

Certifications

  • AWS Certified Developer
  • Machine Learning Specialization — StanfordOnline
  • IBM Enterprise Design Thinking Practitioner
  • Anthropic AI Fluency for Business

Leadership & activities

Tech Coordinator

ACM · Rowan University

Organized 6 hackathons and 12 tech talks on AI, cloud and software architecture — around 300 students and $15K in regional sponsorship.

Graphic Designer & Team Member, AI & Cloud

Google Developer Student Club · LPU

Led ML and Google Cloud workshops for 150+ students, growing membership by 40%.

Public Speaker & Event Coordinator

Orator Student Club · LPU

Hosted 8 public-speaking workshops and debates, growing participation from 30 to 120+.