Veena Basavaraj

Veena Basavaraj is a seasoned engineering leader currently spearheading a team of over 150 engineers at WeWork Technology in San Francisco and New York. Her role involves driving key business objectives and KPIs for WeWork tech, collaborating with sales, marketing, and business stakeholders, as well as product and design teams. Veena's focus on team growth and individual career development showcases her dedication to nurturing talent.

With 15+ years of experience in engineering leadership, Veena has a diverse skill set encompassing frontend, backend, data pipelines, streaming, and ML platforms across enterprise and consumer products. Noteworthy achievements include leading the team at Salesforce post-Metamind acquisition to develop and expand the Einstein.AI deep learning platform, which powers the Salesforce bots engine. Additionally, she served as a technical lead for the data streaming platform at Uber, integral to the functioning of their data infrastructure for handling trips and dispatch. During her tenure at LinkedIn, Veena excelled as a staff engineer, overseeing the overhaul of core services and frontend infrastructure, leading to a significant user base growth from 60M to 350M in just four years.

Veena Basavaraj pursued her M.S. at Virginia Tech, laying a strong educational foundation for her illustrious career. Her professional journey includes roles such as VP of Software Engineering at WeWork, Senior Engineering Manager at Einstein.ai within Salesforce, Senior Software Engineer at Uber, Software Engineer at Cloudera, Staff Software Engineer at LinkedIn, Senior Software Engineer at Blackboard, and Software Engineer at ANZ (Australia New-zealand Software Division). Veena's innate ability to bridge global and local perspectives for effective execution and her passion for thriving in high-impact environments set her apart as a dynamic and accomplished leader in the tech industry.