London, UK
Mino De Raj
Software Engineer at Meta, based in London.
Welcome to my personal website. A little about me, what I do, and the easiest way to get in touch.
Get in touch enquiries@minoderaj.com LinkedIn X · @minoderajAbout me
I'm driven by an insatiable curiosity to understand the fundamental truth behind complex problems. This perspective has shaped my approach to software engineering - I believe the most elegant solutions emerge from deep understanding rather than quick fixes.
My philosophy is that asking the right questions is often more challenging and valuable than providing immediate answers. This mindset has guided me through complex technical challenges and helped me deliver impactful solutions.
I thrive on solving challenging problems and am passionate about pushing the boundaries of what's possible through technology. As an engineer, I find joy in coding, creating, and innovating - but what truly motivates me is the potential to contribute to transformative solutions that can make a meaningful difference.
"The best way to predict the future is to create it."
Experience
Software Engineer — Meta
May 2025 – Present · London Area, United Kingdom · Hybrid
Software Engineer at Meta (full-time), working in the London area.
Software Development Engineer — Amazon
Jan 2023 – Apr 2025 · Greater London, United Kingdom · Hybrid
Software Engineer at Prime Video, specialising in scale readiness for live streaming events such as Thursday Night Football.
- Improved the scale readiness framework for major live events, cutting downstream traffic by 55K TPS through better customer profile simulation and traffic optimisation.
- Built an enterprise-wide CPU utilisation dashboard for Prime Video services.
- Architected multi-region scale readiness capabilities and enhanced the Test Override Service, reducing its service traffic by 30%.
Earlier roles
- Freshworks — Lead Software Engineer, then Senior Software Engineer · Jul 2019 – Jan 2023 · Chennai, India. Built product integrations (Google Calendar, Microsoft Teams, Jamf) and APIs with Ruby on Rails, JavaScript and Node.js.
- GlobalLogic — Senior Software Engineer · Mar 2017 – Jun 2019 · Chennai, India. Application development for data management and analysis, with Java, Kafka and the Hadoop ecosystem.
- Epic — Software Developer · Jul 2015 – Sep 2016 · Greater Madison Area, USA. Built the smart charge bundling module for insurance companies and a framework for hospital billing recurrence payments.
What I do
Software development
Designing and building software, with a focus on clean, maintainable code.
Web applications
Building web experiences that are simple to use and reliable to run.
Problem solving
Breaking down complex problems and turning them into working solutions.
Education
University of Oregon — Master's degree, Computer and Information Sciences · 2013 – 2015
Graduate Teaching Fellow. Research on Adversarial Machine Learning — learning and inference with probabilistic graphical models, under Dr. Daniel Lowd.
Karunya University — Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Computer Engineering
Contact
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