# Maanasa Narayan — Software Engineer

> Software Engineer at Google (Search AI Mode), Mountain View / Bay Area, CA. Specializes in building scalable web applications, backend cloud systems, search infrastructure, and airline integrations.

## About & Skills

Maanasa Narayan is a Software Engineer at Google (Mountain View, CA) with a background in distributed backend systems and full-stack web applications. She holds an M.S. in Computer Science from Northeastern University (GPA 3.9/4.0) and a B.E. in Computer Science from KSIT, VTU.

### Languages

Java, Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, SQL, HTML, CSS

### Web Technologies

React, Redux, Node.js, Express, Spring Boot, REST APIs, Astro, Tailwind CSS

### Databases

MySQL, MongoDB, SQLite, PostgreSQL

### Tools

Elasticsearch, Kibana, Puppeteer, JUnit, Jest, IntelliJ, VS Code, Git

### Cloud & DevOps

AWS Lambda, API Gateway, S3, Docker, Kubernetes, GitHub Actions, CI/CD, Cloudflare Workers

### Education

- **Northeastern University** — Master of Science in Computer Science (2021 – 2023, GPA: 3.9/4.0)
- **KSIT, Visvesvaraya Technological University** — Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science (2014 – 2018)

## Work Experience

### Software Engineer at Google

- **Period:** June 2026 – Present
- **Location:** Mountain View, CA
- Search team (AI Mode) working on search backend infrastructure and AI capabilities.

### Software Engineer at Kayak

- **Period:** July 2023 – May 2026
- **Location:** Boston, MA
- Implemented and optimized direct airline integration endpoints (Search, Seat-map, Availability, Baggage, Booking, Receipt) in Java.
- Shipped via CI/CD with automated testing, canary deployments, and Kibana monitoring.
- Managed A/B experiments driving checkout conversion and latency improvements.

### Software Engineering Intern at Amazon

- **Period:** September 2022 – December 2022
- **Location:** Seattle, WA
- Built "Bug Bash", a full-stack tool using React, Node.js, and AWS Lambda to validate Amazon's Choice badge assignments, saving ~20 engineer-hours weekly.

### Application Developer Co-op at Nokia

- **Period:** May 2022 – August 2022
- **Location:** Raleigh, NC
- Developed internal automation services and developer tooling using Python and REST APIs.

### Software Engineer at Adobe

- **Period:** November 2018 – August 2021
- **Location:** Bengaluru, India
- Built enterprise cloud backend features and automated quality engineering workflows.

### Systems Engineer Trainee at Infosys

- **Period:** July 2018 – September 2018
- **Location:** Mysuru, India

## Featured Projects

1. **Stock Trader — MERN Web App**: Full-stack investment portfolio platform with secure authentication, transaction histories, and live financial API integration.
2. **Bug Bash — Automation Tool**: React + AWS Lambda automation pipeline validating Amazon's Choice badge rules across retail catalogs.
3. **Interactive Adventure Game — Java App**: Object-oriented MVC game with customized GUI elements and comprehensive JUnit test coverage.
4. **BeatBeat — Android App**: Java rhythm and music game for Android devices.

## Contact & Links

- **Email:** [mnsnryn@gmail.com](mailto:mnsnryn@gmail.com)
- **LinkedIn:** [https://www.linkedin.com/in/maanasa-narayan/](https://www.linkedin.com/in/maanasa-narayan/)
- **GitHub:** [https://github.com/maanasanarayan](https://github.com/maanasanarayan)
- **X / Twitter:** [https://x.com/maanasa_narayan](https://x.com/maanasa_narayan)
- **Resume (PDF):** [https://maanasa.dev/documents/MaanasaNarayan.pdf](https://maanasa.dev/documents/MaanasaNarayan.pdf)
- **LLMs Documentation:** [https://maanasa.dev/llms.txt](https://maanasa.dev/llms.txt)