JavaScript experts, mentors, speakers

Pratyusha Singaraju is a Senior Software Engineer at Netflix Inc., where she architects and builds sophisticated backend services that power the content understanding infrastructure behind Netflix's search, collections, and ratings systems. Her work directly impacts how millions of users discover and engage with content across the platform. Prior to Netflix, Pratyusha was part of Microsoft's data team for Bing, where she worked on knowledge graph initiatives spanning diverse public domains, including food, nutrition, politics, events, and building an enterprise knowledge graph.

Julia is a Software Developer at ec0lint, a tool for frontend developers which mitigates the carbon footprint of websites. Besides, she works as a Software Engineer at Akamai. She is also a laureate of the IT for SHE program. In her free time, Julia practices yoga and makes handcrafted candles.

Javier Alcaide is a mathematician and software developer focused on data science and machine learning. His professional career is based on the use of advanced analytics and big data techniques within the financial sector. His current role is the design and construction of AI models and the analysis of data using ETL processing with Big Data technologies.

Shifra Williams is a Developer Relations Engineer at Render who specializes in making complex technical concepts accessible and actionable. With a background spanning data science, technical writing, and support engineering, they bring hands-on experience in deploying and debugging real-world applications. Shifra has taught over 135K+ Crash Course learners and holds a deep passion for creating breakthrough moments when deployment strategies and developer tools finally click. She excels at bridging the gap between technical teams and practical implementation.

I'm Selam and I'm currently a software engineer. I've always been fascinated by technology and its potential to make our lives better and more equitable. As an advocate for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), I'm committed to making tech a come inclusive place for everyone. I'm passionate about computer ethics and ensuring that technology is developed and used in ethical and responsible ways. I believe that technology can be a powerful force for good, but only if we approach it with a thoughtful and ethical mindset.

Julia Wallin is a passionate Software Engineering Manager focused on building and scaling high-performing engineering teams that both build and use AI to build. With more than a decade of industry experience, she leads cross-functional teams to deliver reliable, production-grade platforms and large-scale products and services. A sought-after speaker, Julia presents on the intersection of AI and software engineering, sharing practical strategies for team structure, developer productivity, and engineering culture. Her clear, energetic delivery leaves audiences with actionable insights for improving technical processes, scaling teams, and accelerating delivery.

Wesley Fuchter is Director of Software Engineering at Modus Create, where he spends his time turning AI coding tool experiments into organization-wide practice. After leading a structured A/B experiment that demonstrated a 40% reduction in development time, his focus shifted to the harder challenge: getting a full engineering team to actually leverage agentic coding. His team built the knowledge-sharing systems, workshops, and practical resource libraries that are driving the shift. With 14+ years in cloud architecture, enterprise modernization, and engineering leadership across healthcare, fintech, and Fortune 100 organizations, Wesley brings a practitioner's perspective, including what didn't work. He holds the AWS Solutions Architect Professional certification and has previously spoken at worldwide tech conferences.

Samhitha is a full-stack software engineer at BlackRock, currently spearheading the UI architecture for the second generation of a high-scale, data-intensive investment management application. She is a University of Southern California alumna with a Master’s degree in CS, where she was also a Graduate Teaching Assistant and a Webmaster. Passionate about youth education and empowering women in STEM, Samhitha advocates for these causes through panel discussions, coding workshops and teaching. She serves as a mentor and judge at various hackathons, helping young developers refine their skills, and is also a contributor to freeCodeCamp. Outside of work, she loves to paint and has been doing it for over 20 years now.

Co-Founder at nxtedition Maintainer at CasparCG Collaborator & Technical Steering Committee Member @nodejs

Allison is a solutions engineer at Hasura.

Co-Founder & COO at LambdaTest || SAAS || Continuous Testing Cloud.

Ana is a Senior Software Engineer at Clutch, specializing in building scalable, high-quality applications with Node.js and TypeScript, with a strong passion for testing and software reliability. She is a former Google Women Techmakers Ambassador and currently leads one of the largest Node.js communities in Brazil, NodeBR, where she fosters learning and collaboration among developers. Ana also creates advanced technical content through videos and her free newsletter, reaching an audience of around 100,000 followers worldwide. A strong believer in community and knowledge sharing, she balances her tech career with her love for travel, having explored countries across four continents, as well as playing heavy metal bass and practicing yoga.

Kevin Lamping is a Front-end Engineer and Tester. He runs a course on automated testing at http://learn.webdriver.io and has a YouTube Tutorial Channel (Front-end Testing with Kevin Lamping). In his free-time, when he's not playing with his kids, Kevin dabbles in tabletop gaming, disc golf and gardening.

Lachlan Bradford is a Tech Lead at Tiktok and a core contributor to the Tiktok's design system TUX. He is forward thinking; having worked with VR and AR technology, and enjoys implementing a challenging design.

Material Science Engineer, DevOps turned Solution engineer with Snyk.

Astro core maintainer & web developer.

Oz is a Game Dev Evangelist at Backtrace, A Sauce Labs Company. He has over 15 years of experience in the game industry in various senior technical roles in gaming and software engineering. His major interests are emerging tech, machine learning and creating new tech products involving gaming or gamified applications.

Solutions Engineer | Helping companies develop fast & stay secure @ Snyk

Tech Lead @ Attest.

Aikerim Belispayeva is a Senior Analyst at Memorial Healthcare System, where she leads data-driven initiatives to improve hospital billing accuracy, detect improper payments, and modernize revenue cycle management. With a Master’s in Data Analytics and a strong background in SQL, Python, and EHR systems like EPIC, she works at the intersection of data science, healthcare finance, and regulatory compliance. Aikerim brings a unique perspective to the tech world — blending deep industry expertise with hands-on analytics to advocate for smarter, more user-centric data tools. She is also a recognized speaker and award-winning advocate for using data to drive impact in public health systems.

Passionate about improving testing practices and supporting projects to improve its quality.

GraphQL Technical Steering Committee, Principal Software Engineering Manager at PayPal.

Is a Principal Engineer at Zalando, focusing on partner facing platforms, their component library, and the developer experience around them.

Dünya Kırkalı is an engineering leader and software engineer whose journey spans building mobile apps, web services, data pipelines, and visualizations across diverse industries and teams. This breadth of experience shaped him into a true generalist, an asset when leading engineers from different disciplines. It also set him on the path to the field he fell in love with: engineering management. Left to his own devices, Dünya enjoys putting on a Joe Pass record and reflecting on ways to create tools and techniques to help engineering managers discover their own global maxima.