Selvi Chennai

Graduate Student at UW Law at University of Washington School of Law
Seattle, Washington, United States

Selvi Chennai is Senior Director of Machine Learning Engineering at Coupang and a graduate student at the University of Washington School of Law. She has previously held leadership and engineering roles at BMC Software, the Center for Ethical Leadership, DocuSign, Google, and IBM. Her expertise includes AI alignment and safety, engineering leadership, large-scale systems, natural language processing, and distributed systems.

  • University of Washington School of Law Graduate Student at UW Law 2025–present · current
  • Coupang Senior Director - Machine Learning Engineering 2024–present · current
  • Google Director of Engineering 2023–2024 · past
  • DocuSign Senior Director of Software Engineering 2021–2022 · past
  • Center for Ethical Leadership President Board Of Trustees 2019–2022 · past
  • Microsoft Sr.Director / Principal Group Engineering Manager 2004–2020 · past
  • BMC Software Principle Software Engineer 1998–2001 · past
  • IBM Senior Software Engineer 1995–1998 · past
  • Oracle Senior Software Engineer 1993–1995 · past

Education

  • University of Washington School of Law Master's Degree, American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence · 2025–2026
  • Foster School of Business Master of Science - MS Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies · 2024–2025
  • AI Safety Fundamentals AI Saftey fundamentals, AI Governance · 2025
  • Foster School of Business Women's Entrepreneurial Leadership, Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies · 2024
  • Pathwise Leadership Leadership training · 2019–2020
  • University of Madras Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), computer science and engineering · 1988–1992

Organizations

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  • University of Washington School of Law Graduate Student at UW Law 2025–present · current
  • Coupang Senior Director - Machine Learning Engineering 2024–present · current
  • Google Director of Engineering 2023–2024 · past

Education

  • University of Washington School of Law Master's Degree, American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence · 2025–2026
  • Foster School of Business Master of Science - MS Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies · 2024–2025
  • AI Safety Fundamentals AI Saftey fundamentals, AI Governance · 2025
  • Foster School of Business Women's Entrepreneurial Leadership, Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies · 2024
  • Pathwise Leadership Leadership training · 2019–2020
  • University of Madras Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), computer science and engineering · 1988–1992

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