Spoorthi Rao Nimmala

Spoorthi Rao Nimmala builds products for DigitalOcean’s AI data layer, including services that connect structured databases, vector search, and retrieval for AI applications. She previously worked on product management for developer platforms and cloud networking, after engineering roles at Cisco focused on network automation and telemetry. She coauthored DigitalOcean’s article on its data and retrieval layer for AI applications.

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Based in: San Francisco

DigitalOcean

Senior Product Manager
Mar 2026 — Present
Senior Product Manager
Mar 2022 — Apr 2026
Product Manager
Jun 2021 — Mar 2022

Cisco

Senior Software Engineer
Aug 2019 — May 2021
Software Engineer III
Oct 2016 — Jul 2019
Software Engineer
Oct 2014 — Sep 2016
San Jose, California, United States
Software Engineering Intern
Jun 2013 — Aug 2013

University of Texas - Austin

Master's studies

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University

Bachelor's studies in software

Cornell University

Penn State

Master's studies in software

Product School

Products & media

digitalocean.com

Inside the AI data and retrieval layer

Coauthored with Zach Peirce, this article explains how managed relational databases, knowledge bases and vector search fit together in AI applications, with concrete retrieval workflows and deployment tradeoffs.

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Spoorthi Rao Nimmala

DigitalOcean

Senior Product Manager

Senior Product Manager

Product Manager

Cisco

Senior Software Engineer

Software Engineer III

Software Engineer

Software Engineering Intern

University of Texas - Austin

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University

Cornell University

Penn State

Product School

Products & media

Inside the AI data and retrieval layer

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