What Empathetic Engineering Leadership Looks Like: Lessons From Aishwarya Babu

Engineering leadership isn't just about shipping code, it's about building cultures where people can thrive,” says Aishwarya Babu, an Engineering Manager currently leading high-impact teams in Seattle. With over a decade in the software industry, including a transformative tenure at Amazon, Aishwarya exemplifies the kind of leadership the tech world needs more of: strategic, human-centered, and deeply scalable.

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Starting her career as an individual contributor at Amazon, she spent over six years architecting scalable, customer-facing systems before stepping into management. “Having built systems from the ground up gave me the empathy to lead engineers effectively,” she reflects.