Leandra King
Staff Data Scientist
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolLeandra King is a Staff Data Scientist based in Seattle with a decade of experience applying statistical rigor and population-genetics training to product and research problems across tech leaders including Reddit, Stripe, Google, and Microsoft. She holds a PhD in Population Genetics and a Master’s in Statistics from Harvard, where she also taught data science and evolutionary biology—bringing a rare combination of theoretical depth and hands-on product analytics. Leandra excels at turning noisy, large-scale data into actionable insights and has shifted between research-driven roles and high-impact product teams, demonstrating strong cross-functional leadership. Bilingual in French and English, she combines academic publishing instincts with practical experimentation to influence both model development and business decisions.
10 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Population Genetics, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Population Genetics at Harvard University
English, French
Github Skills (2)
immigration8
python5
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
guyrt/court-reminder
Mar 2017 - Jan 2019
Helping keep the Immigration Courts just
Contributions:41 commits, 11 PRs, 33 pushes in 1 year 10 months
immigrationpythoncourtskeep
leandraking/20160401NPEB_data
Apr 2016 - May 2016
Contributions:12 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
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