Pooja Salpekar
Head Of Engineering, Americas at Babbel
New York City Metropolitan Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolPooja Salpekar is a seasoned engineering leader with 13 years of hands-on software and management experience, currently serving as Head of Engineering, Americas at Babbel. She has progressed through technical and leadership roles at Babbel—from senior engineer to head of region—driving technical vision, cross-functional delivery, and agile transformation for language-learning products. Her background at ThoughtWorks and Runnr gave her deep full-stack experience in Ruby on Rails and Python-Django, plus domain exposure to SMS and USSD integrations for emerging markets. Known for building high-performing teams and systems that prioritize collaboration and measurable customer value, she balances strategic planning with an eye for engineering craft. Based in the New York City area, she brings a global product perspective and a track record of delivering complex projects end-to-end. Colleagues often note her ability to translate product goals into pragmatic engineering roadmaps while fostering transparency and continuous improvement.
13 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University
English, Hindi, Marathi
Github Skills (7)
trend9
analyzer8
testing7
python2
automation1
vagrant1
vagrant-plugin1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
pooja-salpekar/GirlsDay
Apr 2018 - Apr 2018
Contributions:2 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
babbel-careers/automation-challenge
May 2019 - May 2019
Automation Challenge
Contributions:2 PRs, 2 pushes, 2 branches in 5 days
pythonautomation
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