Summary
Soumya Koppaka is a Senior Software Engineer based in Palo Alto with seven years of experience applying data science and engineering to real-world products, currently driving projects at Tesla. With a Masters from Stanford in Operations & Analytics and a background spanning machine learning, NLP, and product management, she bridges research-grade analytics and production engineering. Her trajectory shows rapid growth from ML internships and analytics roles to senior engineering at a leading EV company, reflecting strong curiosity and an appetite for cutting-edge AI. She combines hands-on model development and data platform work with teaching experience as a Stanford course assistant, signaling both technical depth and mentorship ability. Passionate about building AI that benefits society, she brings a pragmatic focus on shipping impactful, scalable systems. An understated strength is her versatility across roles—research, teaching, product, and engineering—which helps her translate novel techniques into deployable solutions.
7 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering - BE Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering - BE Computer Engineering at Bhartiya Vidya Bhavans Sardar Patel Institute of Technology Munshi Nagar Andheri Mumbai
Masters Operations and Analytics Computational Social Science, Masters Operations and Analytics Computational Social Science at Stanford University
English, Hindi, French, Telugu, Korean