Courtney Ligh is a Staff Software Engineering Manager at Google with 11 years of engineering experience and a decade-long tenure driving large-scale projects from the San Francisco Bay Area. She blends deep technical leadership with hands-on delivery, having progressed from internships and research roles at Dartmouth, Schrödinger, Gilt.com and startups to managing senior engineering teams at a top-tier tech company. Courtney’s background includes academic research and teaching roles, signaling strong mentorship skills and an ability to translate complex technical problems into practical solutions. Comfortable across product-stage companies and enterprise engineering, she focuses on building reliable systems and developing engineering talent. An international-educated technologist with roots at Beijing Normal University and Dartmouth, she brings a global perspective to team-building and technical strategy.
10 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Beijing Normal University
Dartmouth College
High School Diploma, High School Diploma at Hunter College High School
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Courtney Ligh - Staff Software Engineering Manager at Google