Summary
Ruby Shrestha is a PhD candidate and graduate research assistant at Rochester Institute of Technology with 11 years of software engineering experience focused on large-scale data analytics and healthcare reporting. She has a strong production background from Deerwalk, where she progressed from intern to team lead and development manager working with Elasticsearch, Java/Grails, Python, and AWS to build complex analytics, visualization, and HIPAA-aware systems. Her recent work blends academic research with applied engineering, bringing practical experience in Elasticsearch query optimization and big healthcare data pipelines to her doctoral studies. Having also consulted for startups and tutored undergraduates on Elasticsearch, she combines hands-on mentoring and product-minded development. Based in Rochester, NY, she pairs deep technical skills with a history of coordinating cross-continental teams and sprint planning for enterprise analytics products.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computing and Information Sciences, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computing and Information Sciences at Rochester Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Science, Computer Science and Information Technology, Bachelor of Science, Computer Science and Information Technology at Tribhuvan University
Cambridge International Examinations (CIE) GCE Advanced Level, Science, Cambridge International Examinations (CIE) GCE Advanced Level, Science at GEMS Institute of Higher Education
English, Nepali, newari (nepal bhasa), Hindi