Shruti Padamata has a strong background in computer science, holding a Bachelor of Engineering from Birla Institute of Technology and Science and a Master of Science from Georgia Institute of Technology. Professional experience includes roles as a software engineer at Google since February 2015, working on backend infrastructure for Firebase, and as a teaching assistant for an Advanced Operating Systems course at Georgia Tech. Prior experience includes an internship at VMware and a technical position at NetApp, focusing on performance improvements in compression and decompression technologies.