Richa Kotni is a Software Engineer at Datadog since July 2023, focusing on the caching platform team. Previously, Richa held the position of Data Engineer at McKinsey & Company, where responsibilities included building data pipelines and dashboards. Richa has significant experience in education, having served as an Undergraduate Student Instructor for the Data Structures course at UC Berkeley, and held roles as a Junior and Senior Mentor with Computer Science Mentors. Additional internships include a Software Engineer Internship at Datadog concentrating on security, an Internet Computer Fellowship at DFINITY, and a Software Developer Internship at SAP. Richa's academic background includes a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and Data Science from the University of California, Berkeley.