Summary
Bharathi Saravanabhavan is a Lead Software Engineer with a decade of experience building health-tech solutions, currently driving engineering at Firefly Health. She combines a biomedical engineering BS from Georgia Tech with an MS in Computer Science from Columbia, enabling her to bridge clinical domain knowledge and scalable software design. Her career spans roles in digital health, medical device R&D, and robotics at organizations like Johnson & Johnson and Vero Biotech, where she translated clinical requirements into production systems. Comfortable in remote and distributed teams, she has progressed from hands-on engineering to technical leadership within the same fast-growing health startup. Known for practical problem-solving, she brings a research-informed perspective from academic roles and industry co-ops to product-focused engineering. Based in Los Angeles, she’s passionate about applying engineering rigor to improve healthcare access and outcomes.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree Biomedical/Medical Engineering, Bachelor’s Degree Biomedical/Medical Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology
Master's degree Computer Science, Master's degree Computer Science at Columbia University
Tamil, Kannada, Spanish, English