Software and hardware power the contemporary world, but its reliability is all too often assumed. The apps that people use daily, whether to read the newspapers, purchase products, or watch their investments, rely on background architectures of testing and automation that guarantee each update performs its task correctly. A failure at such a scale can cost businesses millions, shut down services for millions more, and destroy customer confidence. Relatively few engineers have played a role in avoiding such failures as Reena Chandra.
Throughout her career at eBay, Amazon, and Apple, Reena has led in automation, testing, and performance engineering. She also mentored several colleagues and graduates. Reena developed frameworks that fast-tracked release cycles, added testing to continuous delivery, and got products to users sooner with better quality. Her accomplishments have been noted from inside by executive leadership, propagated across teams, and in sync with world-leading best practices that are molding the larger field of software engineering.
