Nishita Dutta is a Senior Software Engineer based in Singapore with a decade of professional experience and a strong background in Java, Kotlin, Android development, databases and REST microservices. Currently pursuing a Master's in Computer Science at NUS while leading engineering work at PSA Singapore, she blends academic rigor with production-grade delivery. Her contributions to the sqlancer open-source project—implementing database testing features like NoREC oracles and advanced expression handling—highlight a rare depth in database correctness and automated testing. She has shipped resilient systems at scale across roles at PhonePe, Ninja Van and PSA, and brings a practiced troubleshooting mindset from both backend and mobile stacks. Colleagues appreciate her analytical approach and ability to translate complex query-level issues into robust, testable solutions.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering - BE Information Technology, Bachelor of Engineering - BE Information Technology at Bhartiya Vidya Bhavans Sardar Patel Institute of Technology Munshi Nagar Andheri Mumbai
Ashok Hall Girls Higher Secondary School
Masters in Computing Computer Science, Masters in Computing Computer Science at National University of Singapore
Automated testing to find logic and performance bugs in database systems
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer / Database Engineer
Contributions:1 review, 7 commits, 3 PRs in 9 days
Contributions summary:Nishita primarily contributed to the development and testing of the HSQLDB component within the sqlancer project. Their work included implementing new features like update statements and select expressions, as well as addressing code style violations. The user also added binary comparison and arithmetic expressions and implemented a NoREC oracle, which involved writing code to compare the results of queries. The contributions demonstrate a focus on extending the project's capabilities to test database systems.
Contributions:6 reviews, 2 PRs, 37 pushes in 8 years 9 months
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Nishita Dutta - Senior Software Engineer at PSA Singapore