Zahra Poonevala

Software Engineer @ Point72

New York, New York, United States

About

✌🏼 If you need to know one thing about Zahra, it's this: she loves solving problems using technology and software. 🎨 Zahra has a craving to find the intersection between technology and other fields. Most importantly, she's on a mission to leverage her technical skills in software and design to help revolutionize other sectors with the power of technology. ‍ 👨🏻‍🎤 As for her future, she's hoping to work as a software or data engineer alongside a diverse team committed to making the world a better place. 🏃🏼‍♂️ In her free time, she loves to play sports (especially Tennis). ⓔ [email protected]

Experience

  • Software Engineer - Macro Quant Analytics at Point72
    Dec 2025 - Present · 7 mos

  • Software Engineer at Jefferies
    Jul 2023 - Dec 2025 · 2 yrs 6 mos

  • Software Engineer Intern at MongoDB
    Jun 2022 - Aug 2022 · 3 mos

    • Implemented a function to handle different data types in the $fill command, making it more user friendly. Wrote unit and integration test with feature flags to test it • Aided on designing a plan cache that stores previously selected query plans using parameterization, cache keys and ABT’s. This boosts performance and reduces the amount of resources required for re-planning • Wrote python scripts to automate the code review process through slack making it more streamlined and interactive

  • Software Engineer Intern at GamePlay, Inc.
    May 2021 - Sep 2021 · 5 mos

    · translate application storyboards and use cases into functional applications · design, build, and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable code · integrate data storage solutions · ensure the best possible performance, quality, and responsiveness of applications

  • Academic Assistant at UC Berkeley Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences (EECS)
    Jan 2020 - Feb 2021 · 1 yr 2 mos

    -COMPSCI 10 - Worked under Professor Dan Garcia - Taught CS concepts and coding to students in lab - Helped with conceptual questions and questions in SNAP and Python