Rashmi Chitrakar
Sr Director, Engineering at Qualcomm
San Diego, California, United States
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Top SchoolRashmi Chitrakar is a senior engineering leader with 11+ years of experience building and scaling software teams and products, now serving as Sr. Director of Engineering at Qualcomm in San Diego. She specializes in web applications, software compliance and open source, leading Qualcomm’s Open Source Program Office to balance legal due-diligence with a thriving engineering community. Technically fluent across Python, Ruby, Java and C/C++, she has designed large-scale scanning and NLP-driven compliance systems underpinned by PostgreSQL and Linux deployments. Known for turning complex regulatory and distribution requirements into automated, auditable workflows, she drives adoption of embedded due-diligence processes across organizations. Beyond product delivery, she mentors engineering leaders and cultivates cross-cultural teams, drawing on a background that spans embedded, services and infrastructure work dating back to early mobile ecosystems. Her blend of hands-on engineering, open-source advocacy and startup-focused leadership (SLP fellow and chapter lead) gives her a rare mix of technical depth and entrepreneurial instincts.
11 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
Fellow, San Diego Chapter, Enterpreneureal Studies, Fellow, San Diego Chapter, Enterpreneureal Studies at Startup Leadership ProgramGrade 12, MPC (Maths, Physics, Chemistry), Grade 12, MPC (Maths, Physics, Chemistry) at Ratna Junior CollegeMaster of Science, Computer Science, Master of Science, Computer Science at University of Illinois ChicagoBachelors in Engineering, Computer Science, Bachelors in Engineering, Computer Science at Osmania UniversityHigh School, High School at St. Mary's Public School
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