Sanjit Saluja is a seasoned software engineer and engineering leader with 14 years of experience building production-grade AI/ML platforms and scalable engineering organizations. He has led cross-functional teams as Director of Engineering at HubSpot and served as CTO at Fooda, and today blends hands-on coding with strategic product architecture at Ashby. As a cofounder of a healthcare startup, he raised platform accuracy from 65% to 92% and helped establish the technical foundation for a $3M-funded product, demonstrating measurable impact on both ML performance and business outcomes. Known for adapting his leadership—switching between technical mentorship and removing organizational blockers—he focuses on using architecture and data insights to drive product strategy. Based in Chicago with an MS from UIUC and early systems experience at Microsoft and Zillow, he prefers solutions that move beyond demos into reliable production.
14 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelors of Technology Computer Science & Engineering, Bachelors of Technology Computer Science & Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati
M.S. Computer Science, M.S. Computer Science at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Contributions:1 release, 4 commits, 1 push in 5 years 5 months
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