Nithya Rajagopalan

Director of Software Engineering, LinkedIn

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Nithya Rajagopalan is Director of Software Engineering at LinkedIn, where she leads engineering teams building AI-powered hiring experiences that help organisations hire better and faster.

Based in Bengaluru, she drives innovation across LinkedIn’s Talent products, focusing on scaling intelligent, trusted, and enterprise-grade solutions for recruiters worldwide.

Throughout her career at LinkedIn, Rajagopalan has played a key role in advancing the company’s hiring technology platform and delivering large-scale product innovations.

She has led engineering efforts supporting flagship AI initiatives such as LinkedIn Hiring Assistant and Recruiter System Connect Plus (RSC+), which bring together data, workflows, and AI capabilities to streamline recruiting and improve hiring outcomes. Through these innovations, recruiters can access unified applicant insights, AI-powered candidate evaluations, and seamless integrations across hiring systems, helping teams save time and make more informed decisions.

Today, Rajagopalan is helping shape LinkedIn’s vision for the future of AI-powered hiring. She champions the development of AI systems that augment, not replace, human decision-making. This enables recruiters to focus on judgement, relationship-building, and strategic talent decisions.

Her work spans around supporting Hiring Assistant’s advanced candidate evaluation capabilities, and the data foundations that power intelligent hiring experiences at scale.

Beyond her work in AI and talent innovation, Rajagopalan is a passionate advocate for women in technology and an active contributor to fostering a more inclusive engineering culture. As a leader and mentor, she is committed to helping the next generation of women engineers build confidence, grow their careers, and see themselves in leadership roles.

Through her involvement in LinkedIn’s Women in Technology community, she helps create opportunities for learning, sponsorship, and career growth while inspiring future technologists to pursue careers at the intersection of innovation and impact.