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Leela Gautam Yanamaddi

Founder

Founder at scale.jobs

San Francisco Bay Area

Foundedscale.jobs

About

Leela Gautam Yanamaddi is a co-founder at Scale.jobs, a company building AI-assisted, human-in-the-loop tools aimed at reducing the operational workload of job searching. Earlier in her career, she held product roles in retail banking, fintech, and e-commerce, and co-founded Nearby News, a media-tech platform focused on hyperlocal personalization and analytics. She is a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University and works on AI systems including LLMs, RAG, embeddings, vector databases, and agent workflows.

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Experience

  1. StealthCo-Foundercurrent2026 — present
  2. scale.jobsCo-founder and CEOcurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  3. Founders NetworkMembercurrent2025 — present
  4. TechstarsTechstars Founder2024 — 2025Atlanta Metropolitan Area
  5. Tekion CorpProduct2023San Francisco Bay Area
  6. The Home DepotProduct Manager2022
  7. WalmartProduct Manager (Graduate Summer Intern)2022
  8. nearby newsCo-founder and Product Lead2018 — 2021Hyderabad, Telangana, India
  9. Ashoka UniversityEntrepreneur In Residence2018 — 2020
  10. RBL BankProduct Manager2017 — 2018Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Skills & more

PL/SQLSQLUnixC++3Microsoft Excel3PowerPoint2Microsoft Word2Microsoft Office2Windows2Strategy and PlanningTeam Leadership6Analytical Skills
+12 moreCommunicationStrategic PlanningStrategyTeamworkRecruitingInternational RecruitmentIT RecruitmentContract RecruitmentGraduate RecruitmentCareer ManagementCareer OpportunitiesJob Search Strategies

Languages English · Hindi · Telugu

  • Master of Science — Carnegie Mellon University

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Leela Gautam Yanamaddi?
Leela Gautam Yanamaddi is a co-founder at Scale.jobs, a company building AI-assisted, human-in-the-loop tools aimed at reducing the operational workload of job searching. Earlier in her career, she held product roles in retail banking, fintech, and e-commerce, and co-founded Nearby News, a media-tech platform focused on hyperlocal personalization and analytics. She is a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University and works on AI systems including LLMs, RAG, embeddings, vector databases, and agent workflows.
Where does Leela Gautam Yanamaddi work?
Leela Gautam Yanamaddi is Founder of scale.jobs.
What companies did Leela Gautam Yanamaddi found?
Leela Gautam Yanamaddi founded scale.jobs.
Where did Leela Gautam Yanamaddi go to school?
Leela Gautam Yanamaddi studied at Carnegie Mellon University (Master's degree); Carnegie Mellon University - Tepper School of Business (Master of Science - MS); Ashoka University (Young India Fellowship, Liberal Arts and Sciences).

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