Heena Surve
Senior Lead Software Engineer at DraftKings Inc.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolHeena Surve is a Senior Lead Software Engineer with nine years of hands-on experience building scalable, user-focused systems at DraftKings, where she progressed from Software Engineer to senior leadership roles. She blends full-stack expertise and product-minded engineering to solve domain-specific challenges in sports technology, shipping features that enhance fan engagement. Her background spans web and mobile stacks, RESTful APIs, graph databases, and integrations across payments and cloud search, informed by early work optimizing SEO and race search at RunSignUp. Heena’s academic research in software repositories and mobile security adds a research-driven rigor to her engineering approach, enabling her to balance rapid delivery with thoughtful architecture and secure design. Based in Philadelphia, she is known for turning complex requirements into practical, production-ready solutions while mentoring teams through technical growth.
9 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.S.) Computer Software Engineering, Master of Science (M.S.) Computer Software Engineering at Rochester Institute of TechnologyBachelor of Engineering (B.E.) Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) Computer Engineering at Modern Education Society's College of Engineering, PuneHigher Secondary Certificate (H.S.C.) Computer Science, Higher Secondary Certificate (H.S.C.) Computer Science at Nowrosjee Wadia College, PuneSecondary School Certificate (S.S.C), Secondary School Certificate (S.S.C) at St.Mira's English Med. Sec. School
English, Hindi
Github Skills (6)
css5
javascript4
github3
git3
accessibility1
wcag1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
heenasurve/Chromium-after-rapid-release-cycles
Apr 2018 - Sep 2018
Contributions:2 pushes, 1 branch in 5 months
heenasurve/Software-Architecture
Mar 2018 - Apr 2018
Contributions:7 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
autonomous-vehiclesfault-detectionfault-recoveryobstacle-detection
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