Work

I contract regularly and am always open to discussing work.
I am based out of Bangalore, India. I am flexible with my schedule and can be available on US/EU timelines as needed. #

In the past, I have worked on #

• building design systems
• architecting data-heavy front ends
• design engineering

Apart from this, I would like to work on #

• engineering management
• building graph-based UIs
• data visualisation
• building a WebRTC product
• your problem here?

Here is an (inexhaustive) list of work I have done over the last few years. #

Math and Pencil

Math and Pencil builds technology to streamline operations in the medical and property insurance space. I was part of a team that built a medical compliance product that would provide middle managers at BigCorp with a single admin interface that simplifies case intake, FMLA verification, and other workflow stages. #

• I designed a system that allowed anyone in the business unit with the necessary information to instantiate a form by feeding it a JSON schema. This significantly freed up engineering load and allowed faster prototyping from non-core engineers.
• I architected the client interface to handle local and offline data reliably to prevent data loss.
• I built out all the form and complex UI components necessary.
• I integrated OAuth with the app.

Appsmith

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Appsmith is an open-source low-code platform for tech power users to quickly build internal tools. In order to unify several competing UX patterns around the app, increase polish, and pay down tech debt, a design system was necessary. #

• We built the appsmith design system to be complete, accessible, well-tested, and correctly themed.
• We refactored ~50k loc to use this system across all parts of the codebase, and upon release received no p0 or p1 bugs. This project was derisked by a set of smaller initiatives:
  • We carried out a similar effort in a smaller scope earlier in the process.
  • I fixed existing typescript errors.
  • I enforced stricter linter checks across the engineering organisation.
• I set up processes to streamline hand-off between design<>dev using the design system components on Figma.
• I wrote documentation and some tests for the design system.

Sprinto

Sprinto helps fast-growing cloud companies acquire security compliances (such as SOC2, ISO, GDPR, etc) by providing continuous monitoring and a centralized management dashboard. #

• I built a proof-of-concept around creating a design system on top of ant.design.
• I set up clear guidelines for the shape of components, created a composable layout system for them, and refactored several existing components to be more generic and fit with the guidelines.
• I set up a component storybook, and also a component UI testing workflow.

Obvious/Wikipedia

Obvious was an award-winning product strategy and design agency that partnered with startups, unicorns, industry titans and non-profits to create digital experiences their customers love. I was their first intern, and I later did my first full-time role with them. #

As part of the web team, we worked with the New Readers Team at Wikipedia to help them understand how to reach the next billion users. #

• I wrote a script to scrape about thirty articles from Wikipedia across three different languages.
• We built a mobile-first application with several unique UI components - eg: stories, interactive quizzes.
• We ensured a seamless localised experience for Punjabi and Hindi users.