Kriselda Samala
Engineering Manager at Discord
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKriselda Samala is an engineering manager based in New York with a track record of leading teams at high-growth consumer platforms including Discord and Spotify. Over a compact but impactful career, she progressed from backend engineer to team lead and now manager, demonstrating strong hands-on technical chops alongside people leadership. She specializes in building and scaling backend systems for large user bases and translating product needs into reliable engineering execution. Known for moving quickly between IC and management roles, she brings empathy for engineers’ workflows and a pragmatic approach to shipping. A University of Maryland computer science graduate, she combines startup-style agility with experience at major tech firms to drive measurable team outcomes.
3 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Computer Science, Bachelor's degree Computer Science at University of Maryland
Github Skills (5)
api-documentation10
api10
discord-bot10
discord10
documentation9
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (2)
discord/discord-api-docs
Aug 2022 - Feb 2024
Official Discord API Documentation
Contributions:4 PRs, 4 pushes, 1 comment in 1 year 6 months
apidiscordmemescalediscord-botapi-documentation
MinnDevelopment/discord-api-docs
Aug 2022 - Aug 2022
Official Discord API Documentation
Contributions:2 pushes in 1 day
apidiscorddiscord-botapi-documentationdiscord-api
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