Her Story
About Mansi
I have been working as a machine learning and computer scientist for almost 8 years across many different domains. My dad and cousins have been in the computer industry, so I have been really motivated to build applications and software architecture since I was a kid. Currently, I am a Senior Machine Learning Engineer at a video streaming company in San Francisco, where I've been since February 2026. The application I work on has an impact on over 1 million users, and my company's basic motto is that everybody should get an equal chance to showcase their story, no matter where you come from or if you don't have the resources. Building and impacting these kinds of users is a huge proud moment for me. Before this, I worked at a neuroscience biotech startup for almost 2 years, from 2024 to 2026. I was the only founding engineer who did the scaling up and ramp up. When I joined, we were around 10 employees, and by the time I left, we did a huge ramp up and our company was able to get multiple rounds of funding, around 40 million dollars. I was building their data infrastructure, internal tooling apps that helped the neuroscientists and neuro-research scientists, and working on machine learning models. The company is a therapeutic drug discovery company trying to find and accelerate drug discovery for neurodegenerative diseases, specifically Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, and ALS. Before that, I worked as a research assistant with my professors, building an AI-based app for Level 1 diagnosis for dermatologists, specifically for skin diseases. One of my proudest moments was a couple of months ago at my previous job, when I was working in a team of 15 engineers and scientists of all demographics, including people with 25 to 30 years of industry experience. I was the only female person there, giving presentations and driving meetings and making decisions. The skills I have are super transferable, so my opportunities are open. I have worked for biotech, entertainment, and previously for the oil and gas industry. I'm not put in a box.
Her Interview
Ten minutes with Mansi
01What advice would you give to young women entering your industry?
I would say, do not ever get discouraged. If you're working in a company setup and there are setbacks, do not ever get discouraged. When you are in a room full of people, a woman has to spend twice the amount of effort to get their point proven or actually quantify their impact. So if that happens, never get discouraged. If you believe in yourself, and if you believe in the cause and in the solution, fight for it. If not now, then at some point, you'll definitely get recognized with the right kind of people. And always, always, own the room that you walk in.
02What are the biggest challenges or opportunities in your field right now?
This industry is kind of booming. One of the biggest advantages is that the skills are super transferable, so no matter what domain you are working in, I'm not put in a box. I worked for biotech, I'm working for an entertainment industry, and previously I worked for oil and gas industry. So that's one of the biggest advantages - your skills are super transferable, so your opportunities are open. And with the wave of AI that has come in California specifically, and then it's now crossing globally, the skills that I have, or people in my industry have, are super, super critical, because ideas come easy, the tough part is the implementation, and that's where people with my skills come handy.
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