Neeraj Chandra
AI ML Program Manager at Defense Innovation Unit (DIU)
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolNeeraj Chandra is an AI/ML program manager and former engineering leader with a decade of experience building product-focused software and driving technology policy for the U.S. government. He has led identity, growth, and redesign engineering teams at Pinterest and transitioned to public service roles—most recently as a Special Advisor to the USAF Chief Scientist and now at the Defense Innovation Unit—bridging industry-grade engineering practices with national-security AI adoption. Neeraj pairs hands-on full‑stack engineering and technical leadership with policy and research experience from Harvard’s Belfer Center and the Bipartisan Policy Center, giving him a rare fluency across product, tech, and governance. He holds advanced degrees from Harvard (MBA and MS) and a computer engineering background from Northwestern, which informs his ability to translate complex technical tradeoffs for senior stakeholders. Outside of work he leans into risk-taking and adrenaline—an interesting personal thread that complements his iterative, experiment-driven approach to product and program delivery.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Master of Science - MS at Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied SciencesMajor: Computer Engineering; Certificate: Managerial Analytics, Major: Computer Engineering; Certificate: Managerial Analytics at Northwestern UniversityMaster of Business Administration - MBA, Master of Business Administration - MBA at Harvard Business School
Github Skills (7)
api8
ruby5
python-client3
client-library2
python2
css1
javascript1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
soccernee/prosperworks-ruby
Jul 2017 - Jun 2018
A Ruby gem to interface with the ProsperWorks API
Contributions:33 commits, 20 PRs, 40 pushes in 10 months
apiruby-gemgemruby
soccernee/CS262_Project1
Feb 2023 - Feb 2023
Contributions:3 PRs, 39 pushes, 1 branch in 16 days
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