Book IWD Speaker: Preksha Mahajan
Preksha Mahajan is a Member of Technical Staff - I at Nielsen.
She is a data engineer, specialising in building scalable data pipelines, optimizing distributed queries and architecting cloud-native systems.
She has been working on various projects using:
- Languages: Python, SQL
- Frameworks and Orchestration: FastAPI, Apache Airflow
- Databases: MySQL, Trino, PostgreSQL, AWS DynamoDB
- Libraries (Python): Numpy, Matplotlib, Pandas, Boto3, Pydantic, etc.
- AWS: S3, Lambda, SNS, RDS, DynamoDB, Amazon MQ, SSM
- Developer Tools: Postman, Docker, Git, GitLab, Dbeaver, Kiro, GitHub Copilot
Beyond her technical work, Preksha is a passionate developer advocate and community builder. She is also a WTM Ambassador with Technovation and an organiser of WTM Amritsar chapter. She has served as the Community Organiser at Open Source Chandigarh, a dynamic tech community committed to redefining the Open Source and technology ecosystem in Chandigarh, Punjab region and beyond.
She has delivered multiple talks around Open Source, Data Engineering, Programming, Backend Development and Community Building. She has spoken at notable events like:
- FOSS United Jalandhar Meetup ’24
- DevFest Jalandhar ’24 & ’25
- International Women’s Day ’25 by GDG & WTM Jalandhar
- MongoDB User Group Chandigarh Meetup ’25
- DevFest Madurai ’25 etc.
Outside of her primary technical domain, Preksha is active in technical content creation, community leadership and competitive chess.
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