Simran B.
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Studied at Harvard Business School
Worked at TestParty AI
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About Simran
My name is Simran Bhatia and I am an MBA Candidate at Harvard Business School ('26). I graduated with distinction from the University of Virginia where I studied Computer Science. I was also a deferred admit in the 2+2 program and am happy to chat about the journey from application to matriculation. Prior to the MBA, I was a software engineer at Twitch (Amazon subsidiary) for four years. I worked as a full-stack engineer on the Product team and as a machine learning engineer on the Recommendations team. I also worked as a product manager at TestParty AI, a venture backed seed stage startup. I would be delighted to chat about my experiences working in Big Tech and at a startup, as well as my personal experiences in engineer and product roles.
Work Experience
Pre-MBA Intern
TestParty AI
May 2024 - July 2024
Hiring Manager
Led the complete 0-1 lifecycle of the company’s flagship accessible PDF to HTML AI remediation product, spearheading product strategy, engineering, and sales initiatives. Drove 300% growth in annual recurring revenue by successfully bringing the first product to market that achieved product-market fit. Conducted dozens of customer sales, discovery, demo, and support calls, ensuring deep alignment with customer needs and securing early adopters. Increased the number of customers signing annual contracts by 3x. Created detailed user stories and conducted extensive user interviews, directly deciding product design and feature prioritization. Coordinated efforts between engineering, sales, and customer support to ensure seamless product development and launch.
Machine Learning Engineer
Twitch
May 2023 - January 2024
Hiring Manager
Engineer on the Content Relevance team. Responsible for serving and ranking recommendations to users across platforms (iOS, Android, various web surfaces). Develop infrastructure around model pipelines and ETL tasks. Work closely with Applied Scientists to optimize algorithm development in Python using Tensorflow and deploy machine learning models using Sagemaker.
Software Engineer II
Twitch
August 2020 - January 2024
Hiring Manager
Full stack engineer with the Community Product Engineering team. Improved online and offline Twitch experience on web, embeds, mobile (iOS), and mobile-web (m.twitch.tv). Worked on products including Autohost, Freeform Tags, Endorsements, Offline Streamer Channel, Streamer Info Bio, Left Nav, Following, Browse, Sitemaps, Streamer Schedule, Streamer Dashboard, Search Engine Optimization, etc. Proficient in React, Typescript, AWS, Mode, Tableau, and Go.
Co-Instructor
Darden School of Business
August 2018 - July 2020
Teaching Assistant for MSBA 7217 (Software Applications) and GBUS 8633 (Software Development) at the Darden School of Business. Developed course assignments in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript; held office hours for over 100 students; created several web design programs using products such as WordPress and Google Firebase.
Undergraduate Teaching Assistant
University of Virginia
January 2019 - May 2020
Worked as Head Teaching Assistant for CS 3240 (Advanced Software Development) for three semesters, and Teaching Assistant for CS 4760 (Programming Languages for Web Applications), CS 4750 (Database Systems), and CS 2501 (Software Development Essentials) for two semesters. Led weekly lab sections and held office hours for over 1160 students. Graded course material, lectured on principles of software engineering (Agile methodologies, design patterns, sessions/cookies, etc.) and debugged Python, Django, Heroku/Travis CI, MySQL, PHP, Javascript, Ajax, and HTML/CSS code.
Software Engineer Intern
Twitch
June 2019 - August 2019
Worked as a Mobile Web Frontend intern to research and pave the way for Mobile Web to support a Progressive Web Application using service workers for m.twitch.tv. Built production-ready application, and enhanced non-progressive web application service worker. Added funnel for further event reporting and service worker instrumentation, improved asset caching, and helped solve challenges related to building offline user experience for the site. Developed critical test utility packages consumed across the company. Attended normal sprint planning and learned best project management practices. Worked in a monorepo using technologies such as React, Javascript, Typescript, Jest, Workbox, Next, and Webpack. Frequently worked in iOS and Android simulators to test capstone project.
Simran was also given offers to work at
Walmart
Amazon
Capital One
Education
Harvard Business School
Master of Business Administration - MBA
2024 - 2026
Awarded John H. McArthur MBA Fellowship.
University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Computer Science, Computer Science
2016 - 2020
Activities and societies: CyberHoos, Computer Network Security Club, Head Program Director for Volunteer Youth Mentoring Service, Sikh Students Association, Raven Society, Salsa Club, Jefferson Literary and Debating Society. Graduated with Distinction from the department of Computer Science.
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