Mallika Rao@mallikarao

About me

Mallika Rao is an engineering leader at Zocdoc with deep expertise in designing and operating large-scale distributed systems at companies like Netflix, Walmart, Twitter, including search and recommendation infrastructure. Her work focuses on building AI-forward, production-grade platforms that seamlessly integrate models, embeddings, inference, and evaluation into core system architecture. Mallika brings a systems-thinking approach to solving complex problems, with an emphasis on resilience, transparency, and sustainable velocity. She is passionate about helping teams adopt AI-native engineering practices while maintaining rigorous standards of reliability and operational excellence. Outside of work, she draws inspiration from the structures of mathematics and the improvisation of music, and she mentors early-career engineers and emerging leaders navigating growth in high-performance environments.

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