Arun Rao
About Arun Rao
Arun Rao is the Senior Vice President of Engineering at Weave, where he oversees product delivery and drives engineering strategy. He has extensive experience in software architecture and engineering, having held various leadership roles in notable companies such as UniGroup, Qualys, Samsung Electronics, and Amazon Web Services.
Current Role at Weave
Arun Rao serves as the Senior Vice President of Engineering at Weave, a position he has held since 2023. In this role, he oversees the end-to-end delivery of Weave's products and services, ensuring high quality, reliability, and performance. He drives scalability and strategy for Weave, which is a cloud-based platform designed to connect businesses with their customers. Rao empowers and inspires a team of engineers to innovate and solve complex problems using cutting-edge technologies.
Previous Experience in Engineering
Prior to his current role, Arun Rao held various engineering positions in notable companies. He worked as Vice President of Engineering at Weave from 2021 to 2023. His experience includes serving as a Director of Engineering at Twilio from 2018 to 2020, and as an Engineering Leader at Amazon Web Services (AWS) from 2020 to 2021. He also worked as a Senior Software Architect at Qualys from 2016 to 2017 and at Samsung Electronics from 2017 to 2018.
Education and Expertise
Arun Rao holds a Master's Degree in Computer Science from the University of Nebraska at Omaha. He also earned a Bachelor's Degree in Engineering from the Manipal Institute of Technology. His educational background provides a strong foundation for his expertise in software engineering and DevOps/SRE practices.
Career History
Arun Rao has a diverse career history in software engineering. He began as a Software Engineer at WoodmenLife from 2003 to 2005, followed by a role as a Senior Software Engineer at Werner Enterprises from 2005 to 2011. He then worked at CSX Transportation as a Senior Software Engineer from 2011 to 2012. His career progressed with significant roles at UniGroup, Inc as a Software Architect from 2012 to 2016, and various positions in leading technology firms in the San Francisco Bay Area.