# Cheenar Banerjee

> Senior Software Engineer at YouTube

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/cheenar

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer @ YouTube
Jan 2023 – Present
YouTube homepage recommendations quality: ranking, whole page optimization (reranking), video clustering

### Software Engineer @ YouTube
Jan 2020 – Jan 2023

### Software Engineer @ Google
Jan 2018 – Jan 2020
Stadia gamer experience (commerce backend)

### Course Assistant @ Stanford University
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Fall 2017: CS 56N, Great Discoveries & Inventions in Computing
Winter 2018: CS 194, Software Project
Spring 2018: CS 194, Software Project

### Software Engineering Intern @ Verily Life Sciences
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Mountain View, CA
Software Engineering Intern at Verily Life Sciences (formerly Google Life Sciences)

Developed QC metrics and pipelines for molecular data collections, with a major focus on mass spectrometry

### CS 106A Section Leader @ Stanford University
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016
-- Teach a weekly discussion section for CS 106A, Stanford's introductory Computer Science course
-- Grade student assignments and exams, discuss student strengths and weaknesses one-on-one
-- Staff course office hours and help students with both debugging and conceptual questions

### Software Engineering Intern @ Google
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | Mountain View, California
-- Full stack web development on an internal tool for Google Fiber Community Impact
-- Worked with Go, SQL, and Polymer

### Software Engineer Intern @ Facebook
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Menlo Park, CA
-- Full-stack web development on an internal tool for Reach and Frequency Ads. 
-- Worked in C++, PHP, Python, React JS
-- Mentored freshman interns as part of a buddy program

### FBU Intern @ Facebook
Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | Menlo Park, CA
As part of the Facebook University program:
-- Completed a 2-week intensive Big Nerd Ranch iOS training program
-- In a team of 3, developed an iPhone application that connects users based on shared interests. Application incorporates Parse mobile backend and includes search and messaging features.


## Education
### Master’s Degree in Computer Science
Stanford University
Jan 2016 – Jan 2018

### Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science
Stanford University
Jan 2013 – Jan 2017


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/cheenarb

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Source: https://flows.cv/cheenar
JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/cheenar/resume.json
Last updated: 2026-03-20