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Lalitha Kolla

Questioner · DISC type c
Principal Software Engineer at Upstart
📍 Denver Metropolitan Area, United States

Lalitha is a Principal Software Engineer at Upstart with over a decade of experience in designing robust, scalable systems. A graduate of BITS Pilani, she is known for solving complex problems, from migrating monolithic products to microservices to implementing highly available and low-latency solutions for the telecom and healthcare industries.

Based in Colorado, Lalitha is a mother of two who enjoys an active outdoor lifestyle, including hiking and biking. She is passionate about encouraging women to explore technology and volunteers with organizations like Django Girls. She values creating family memories and celebrates traditions like Diwali.

She is dedicated to empowering women in her field by volunteering at free, one-day programming workshops.

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Experience
19 Years
Current Role
Principal Software Engineer
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Denver Metropolitan Area, United States
Personality Overview

How Lalitha shows up

Not Easily Convinced
Systematic
Price-Sensitive

They generally do not appreciate an overfriendly approach and prefer to stay to-the-point. They prefer to analyze every situation thoroughly.
 It is quite likely of them to ask for pricing or other concessions.

Priorities

Topics Lalitha cares about

Scalable System Design
Has extensive experience designing and implementing low-latency, scalable, and highly available solutions for multiple industries, utilizing tools like AWS, Kubernetes, and microservice architectures.
Women in Technology
Actively volunteers for organizations like Django Girls to empower and help women organize and attend free programming workshops.
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Career

Work history

8-2022
Principal Software Engineer
Upstart
11-2020
Sr.Software Engineer
Upstart
4-2018 - 11-2020
Software Engineer
Carium
6-2010 - 6-2018
Sr Software Engineer
Cyan, Inc. Ciena
11-2007 - 4-2010
Design Engineer
ADTRAN
In the press

Media appearances

We Are Carium: Meet Lalitha Kolla. Featured in Medium
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Education
1999 - 2004
B.E Hons
Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

c

Calculativeness (C)

Calculativeness (C) reflects the degree to which a person is likely to be cautious, systematic and analytical. Those scoring high tend to emphasise quality and accuracy.

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