Search Overflow
Information retrieval system built as part of NYU coursework. Implemented indexing, ranking, and query processing pipelines to enable efficient full-text search over a large document corpus.
Hi, I’m
Narasimman Sairam
Staff Software Engineer · Google
I engineer platform infrastructure at scale — currently building the smart home platform at Google. Passionate about distributed systems, developer experience, and products that work reliably for millions of users.
about.ts
const narasimman = {
name: "Narasimman Sairam",
role: "Staff Software Engineer",
company: "Google",
location: "San Francisco Bay Area",
focus: [
"Smart Home Platform",
"Distributed Systems",
"Platform Engineering",
],
education: "MS CS · New York University",
languages: ["English", "Tamil", "Kannada"],
};
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01 — About
A bit about me
I’m a software engineer at Google in the San Francisco Bay Area, currently working on platform infrastructure for smart home — engineering systems that operate reliably at massive scale for consumers around the world.
I hold a Master’s in Computer Science from New York University, where I explored distributed systems, information retrieval, NLP, and big data analytics. Before that I built enterprise software in India, earning a Certified System Architect credential from Pegasystems and a CCNA from Cisco.
Outside of work I enjoy tinkering with home automation (naturally), reading about engineering culture, and catching up in Tamil, Kannada, or Hindi.
15+
Years of experience
Google
Current employer
NYU
MS Computer Science
5+
Languages spoken
02 — Skills
What I work with
Languages
Platforms & Protocols
Data & Storage
Cloud & Infrastructure
03 — Experience
Where I’ve worked
Staff Software Engineer — TLM, Smart Home Devices Backend & Cloud & Camera
Tech Lead Manager across the Smart Home Devices backend, Cloud, and Camera app teams within Google’s smart home platform. Leading engineering direction, roadmap, and a cross-functional team of engineers delivering device and cloud experiences at scale.
Senior Software Engineer — TL, Smart Home Devices Backend
Tech Lead for the Smart Home Devices backend team, driving technical design and execution for smart home energy features. Defined architecture, led code reviews, and mentored engineers while delivering reliable backend services at scale.
Software Engineer — Backend Infrastructure
Joined Google as a backend infrastructure engineer in New York, building and maintaining core platform services. Contributed to large-scale distributed systems powering Google’s smart home products.
M.S. Computer Science
Graduate study with a focus on distributed systems, information retrieval, natural language processing, and large-scale data analytics. Completed projects in search, NLP text classification, big data, and key-value store design.
Software Engineer
Worked in enterprise software development across India’s tech hubs. Achieved Certified System Architect (Pegasystems, 2013) and Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA, 2010) credentials during this period.
04 — Projects
Things I’ve built
NYC Taxi Mobility Analysis
Big data analytics project analysing New York City taxi trip records to uncover mobility patterns, peak demand zones, and fare trends across the five boroughs. Processed hundreds of millions of records using distributed compute.
Distributed Key-Value Store
Built a fault-tolerant, distributed key-value service for the NYU Distributed Systems course. Implemented consistent hashing, replication, and leader election to guarantee availability under node failures.
NLP Text Classifier
Natural language processing project implementing text classification pipelines. Explored feature engineering (TF-IDF, word embeddings) and compared Naive Bayes, SVM, and neural network classifiers on benchmark datasets.
Surprise Planner
A mobile and web application that helps users organise surprise events — coordinating guests, tasks, and schedules while keeping the plan hidden from the guest of honour. Built as a full-stack project at NYU.
05 — Contact
Let’s talk
Whether you have a project in mind, want to discuss a role, or just want to say hello — my inbox is always open.
Say hello