Summary
Anushka Saxena is a software engineer at Datadog with eight years of hands-on experience building backend systems, having progressed from intern to Software Engineer II while focusing on distributed systems and data infrastructure. She holds BS and MS studies in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon with an AI/ML concentration, and has taught CS courses, authored autograders, and written extensive test suites that emphasize secure, production-ready practices. Her background spans internships at Intel and Bank of America, applied research on biases in AI for child welfare, and practical web/mobile work for nonprofits—demonstrating a mix of systems engineering, human-centered research, and product delivery. Anushka is active in tech communities (ScottyLabs, Rewriting the Code, BUILT BY GIRLS) and enjoys connecting technical systems thinking with societal impact and finance/VC interests. Notably, she combines production experience with educational impact—creating tooling and documentation (autograders, tutorials) that scale learning for hundreds of students and contributors.
8 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
High School Diploma, High School Diploma at The Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science, and Technology (GSMST)
Dual Enrollment Mathematics, Dual Enrollment Mathematics at Georgia Institute of Technology
Master of Science - MS Electrical and Computer Engineering Concentration in AI/ML, Master of Science - MS Electrical and Computer Engineering Concentration in AI/ML at Carnegie Mellon University
Spanish, Hindi