Samiya Akhtar
About Samiya Akhtar
Samiya Akhtar is a Member of Technical Staff at Chronosphere, where she has worked since 2022, focusing on observability tools for cloud-native organizations. She has a background in software engineering with previous roles at Microsoft and Christie Digital Systems.
Work at Chronosphere
Samiya Akhtar has been a Member of Technical Staff at Chronosphere since 2022. In this role, she focuses on the development of observability tools tailored for cloud-native organizations. Her work contributes to enhancing the capabilities of cloud infrastructure monitoring and management, aligning with the company's mission to provide robust observability solutions.
Previous Experience at Microsoft
Samiya Akhtar's tenure at Microsoft spanned from 2015 to 2022. She began as a Software Developer Intern in 2015, followed by a position as an Agile Software Engineer at Pivotal Labs for three months. She then advanced to a Senior Software Engineer role from 2018 to 2022. During her time at Microsoft, she worked on open-source tools related to GitOps and visualizations, leveraging her skills in software development and engineering.
Early Career at Christie Digital Systems
Samiya Akhtar worked as an Application Developer at Christie Digital Systems for three months in 2014. This early role contributed to her foundational experience in software development, preparing her for subsequent positions in the tech industry.
Education and Expertise
Samiya Akhtar studied at the University of Waterloo, where she earned a Bachelor of Software Engineering from 2011 to 2016. Her education included a co-op program, which provided practical experience in software engineering. She has developed expertise in tools for cloud-native environments and observability, drawing on her extensive experience in the tech industry.