# Lekha Surasani > Senior Software Engineer Location: Greater Boston, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/lekha I've worked in engineering organizations ranging from as small as 2 people to 200 people, contributing to tech stacks ranging from React and Ruby on Rails to my current role in Elixir and Phoenix LiveView. My main focus as an engineer has been helping to shape architecture while staying close to the code by delivering mission-critical projects, but I also enjoy mentoring newer engineers and sharing what I've learned through conference talks. ## Work Experience ### Senior Software Engineer @ AdPipe Jan 2023 – Present Leading technical strategy across a few core product areas, including AdPipe's video editor. Architected and executed several major features while collaborating with Product, Customer Success, and QA. Ensured code quality and speed of development were top of mind for whole team. Setting standards for best practices, especially for Phoenix LiveView as a framework. Managing a small contracting team, including collaboration on features end-to-end Meeting with mid and senior level engineers for mentorship bi-weekly or monthly Maintaining internal team documentation to ensure future onboarding of engineers can proceed smoothly. ### Senior Software Engineer, Tech Lead @ Salesloft Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 | Atlanta, Georgia, United States Responsible for setting technical direction, long term vision of Salesloft Dialer product area including leading consistent in depth design discussions, cross-team communication of vision, and adherence via code reviews Designed and implemented a reusable, maintainable integration strategy for third party dialers Onboarded 3 new engineers in 3 months without loss in team velocity by holding lunch n learns, writing documentation for knowledge share and working with individuals 1-on-1 Developing new telephony capabilities on Elixir and Ruby microservices using Twilio API Created a company Junior Engineer learning group to facilitate education and knowledge sharing Redesigned technical interview process including coding challenge and interview format, leading to hiring 30+ engineers in a year ### Software Engineer @ Salesloft Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | Atlanta, Georgia - Refactored UI components to use React from Angular, adding more test coverage using Jest and React Testing Library - Created a company Junior Engineer group to facilitate mentorship and education - Redesigned technical interview process including coding challenge and interview format ### Coding Instructor @ HYPE Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 Co-taught 3, 2-hour remote classes every week with 10 students at a time from a pre-made curriculum ### Software Engineer @ Experity Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Greater Atlanta Area - Implementing new features using Ruby on Rails and VueJS - Maintaining servers on AWS - Writing and maintain tests using rspec and selenium/ghost inspector - Working with product team to architect new features - Designing an API for integration with external systems (EMRs) - Created an internal serverless slack app using NodeJS and AWS Lambda to improve inter-company communication ### Full Stack Developer @ Fitspot Wellness, Inc. Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Atlanta, Georgia - Implemented new UI/UX design throughout the web application - Overhauled and re-implemented the consumer on-boarding system, including re-designing authentication process and on-boarding workflow - Refactored, replaced, and optimized entire code base - Implemented a PWA to replace current React Native mobile app - Used ReactJS, Redux, Python (Flask) ### Software Engineer @ Derm for Primary Care Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Greater Atlanta Area • Created comprehensive data analytics dashboard using D3.js to display statistics and site usage information to users • Implemented data analytics features in Django backend using Python and data from a PostgreSQL database • Redesigned and implemented a new landing page using CSS and JavaScript to give a more informative overview of the product ### Director Of Finance And Operations @ HackGT, Inc. Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Atlanta, Georgia - Lead a team of 20 people working on several different events and projects - Raised over $200,00 sponsorship money for four large-scale events (between 12-36 hour events, with 300-1000 participants) - Organized a 36-hour, national collegiate hackathon for over 1000 participants - Organized a high school student-targeted event to teach underrepresented-in-tech populations to code, with an attendance of 300 students ### Professional Services Operations Intern @ VMware AirWatch Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Atlanta, Georgia Worked as part of the Professional Services Operations team to: - Perform gap analysis on current bug tracking systems in comparison to other market alternatives - Analyzed existing reporting processes and developing software recommendations to increase speed efficiency of process by 50% - Identify and implement technological opportunities for enhancement of client interactions ### Software Engineer @ Derm for Primary Care Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | Atlanta, Georgia - Self-­‐taught UI/ UX principles and web development languages to create the entire front-­‐end of a web application - Leveraged position as sole front-­‐end developer to create my own, unique implementation of the UI - Researched and implemented libraries to visually enhance web application, such as Bootstrap, Semantic UI, and TokBox - Contributed immensely to high-­‐level business decisions as one of three-­person development team ### Project Lead, Student Consultant @ 21st Century STEM Foundation Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | Atlanta, GA - Interacted with client to determine needs of the organization and develop meaningful solutions - Led a team of 8 senior-­‐level, experienced students to provide market research and analysis to the foundation - Created a portfolio of innovative recommendations for the organization to gain sponsorship and volunteers ### Undergraduate Research Assistant at School of Interactive Computing @ Georgia Institute of Technology Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | Atlanta, Georgia Helped create e-book for AP Computer Science students and teachers to learn Python and Java; collect/analyze data from these findings ### Summer Intern @ New Jersey Department of Edcuation, Office of Educational Technology Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Trenton, New Jersey Helped create supplemental materials for new Computer Science curriculum in New Jersey schools, including teaching materials for teachers and students and training material for teachers regarding the new curriculum ### Bookseller/Sales Associate @ Barnes and Noble Book Store Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | Atlanta, Georgia Aided with customer service and sales in clothing department ### Private Tutor/Teaching Assistant @ JEI Learning Center Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 Teaching Assistant to math and language arts Tutored: K-12 Math, high school physics, chemistry, biology ### Intern @ Gensource RX LLC Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 ## Education ### Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Computer Science Georgia Institute of Technology Jan 2014 – Jan 2018 ### Biotechnology High School Jan 2010 – Jan 2014 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/lekha-surasani - Website: https://lekhasurasani.com/ --- Source: https://flows.cv/lekha JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/lekha/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-22