Rashmi K A
I am a graduate student in the Masters in Software Engineering program at Carnegie Mellon University. I have around 2 years of experience in the industry, having worked at Intuit after completing my undergrad in 2019.
Work Experience
Software Engineer 2
Core infrastructure Team
Life so far
PyCon'21 Presenter
September 2021
Presented a talk at PyCon 2021 (India) on the topic "Building GraphQL API's with Ariadne - a schema first approach"
Semifinalist
June 2021
Shortlisted as semi-finalist for TechGig Code Gladiators Hackathon with over 300K participants.
Speaker
June 2021
Gave a talk on Serverless computing at PSG Institute of Technology, Coimbatore organized by their Institute of Engineers India(IEI) chapter in coordination with the college.
GSoC Student
May 2021 - August 2021
Selected for working on CHAOSS, a Linux Foundation project which is focused on creating analytics and metrics to help define community health.
Committee member
March 2021
Invited to be committee member for the Computer Systems Engineering track where I reviewed papers, presentations and workshops for the Grace Hopper Conference.
Circle leader
April 2021
Circle leader for Lean In Circle to help women navigate the remote work environment during pandemic.
Speaker
August 2020
Invited to give a talk on "Making the best out of your undergraduate degree" to freshmen students for the batch 2020-2024.
Recipient of Outstanding student achievement award
March 2019
Awarded for demonstrating exceptional talent, consistent performance in exams and exhibiting extraordinary initiative and leadership.
President
August 2018 - April 2019
Elected to be President of the Computer Science Engineering Association at my university.
Executive Member
July 2016-December 2017
Through iTech Dialogue, our campus's version of TED Talks, we organized a variety of talks on environmental awareness, following your passion and women empowerment attended by over 600 students.
Secretary
August 2017 - April 2018
Elected to be Secretary of the Computer Science Engineering Association at my college.
Ed support volunteer
August 2016 - May 2017
Taught math and science to underprivileged children in shelter homes over the weekends.
Class valedictorian
August 2015
Scored highest rank among students of batch 2015.