Rishabh Saxena
Engineering Manager at ReDI School of Digital Integration
Hamburg, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolRishabh Saxena is an engineering manager with 11 years of experience leading distributed teams across the UK, US, Canada and Germany, currently focused on user acquisition and AI adoption at Yelp. He pairs hands-on backend and platform expertise—built at Mozilla, BrowserStack, Intel and open-source projects like ssh_scan and OSEM—with product leadership that has shipped multi-million dollar business growth initiatives. Rishabh mentors engineers and managers, drives technical and product roadmaps for cross-functional groups, and built an internal platform to standardize leadership operations at Yelp. He contributes to open source and security tooling (notably enhancements to Mozilla’s ssh_scan) and sharpens his security instincts through CTFs and hackathons. A volunteer teacher and community-builder in Hamburg, he blends technical depth with a strong commitment to inclusion and practical impact.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Kendriya Vidyalaya SangathanBachelor of Engineering, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering, Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Birla Institute of Technology, MesraOrganizational Leadership, Organizational Leadership at Harvard Business School
German, Hindi, English
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (29)
ruby-rails10
apidoc10
stripe10
rspec10
rails10
ruby10
sinatra10
api10
activerecord10
job-queue10
video-conferencing9
caching9
devops9
conferencing9
eventsource8
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
mozilla/ssh_scan
Sep 2016 - May 2017
DEPRECATED - A prototype SSH configuration and policy scanner (Blog: https://mozilla.github.io/ssh_scan/)
Role in this project:
Back-end & DevOps Engineer
Back-end & DevOps EngineerContributions:28 commits, 16 PRs, 1 push in 8 months
Contributions summary:Rishabh contributed to adding support for a new operating system (DOPRA) and its associated SSH library within the scanner, modifying banner specifications and implementing specific OS and SSH library classes. They also worked on the packaging and build processes, introducing a `wrapper.sh` script for running the application. Furthermore, the user designed and implemented a job queue system with a dedicated worker to handle scan requests, including result caching and API endpoint development.
policyscannerscansecurityssh
openSUSE/osem
Mar 2016 - Nov 2016
Open Source Event Manager. An event management tool tailored to Free and Open Source Software conferences.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:59 commits, 25 PRs, 170 comments in 8 months
Contributions summary:Rishabh primarily focused on enhancing the event management tool's functionality by implementing features related to ticket purchasing and payment processing. They added a payment model and integrated Stripe for handling transactions. Additionally, the user modified the registration views and controllers, and added tests for the new features. The user also refactored tests and fixed typos, indicating a commitment to code quality and maintainability.
eventsevent-managementrailsrails-applicationtailored
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