Works
- AutomatticLink
automattic.com- Active role: April 2021 to presentCode wranglerFull-timerActive role: April 2021 to present
- Developed the Openverse media search engine.
- Worked on features with the WordPress FOSS community.
- Onboarded & mentored new open source contributors.
- WordPressLink
wordpress.org/openverse/- Active role: April 2021 to presentProject maintainerFOSSActive role: April 2021 to present
- Center of CILink
centerofci.org- Active role: June 2021 to presentSoftware engineerPart-timerActive role: June 2021 to present
- BrowserStackLink
browserstack.com- Past role: February 2020 to March 2021Software engineerFull-timerPast role: February 2020 to March 2021
- Identified & fixed issues tantamount to a GDPR breach.
- Built audit logs to prevent, detect & alert for breaches.
- Integrated all email providers with the Central Email System.
- Created system to track & visualise email engagement.
- Set up systems to improve email deliverability & reputation.
- Creative CommonsLink
creativecommons.org- Active role: September 2019 to presentProject maintainerFOSSActive role: September 2019 to present
- Past role: July 2020 to December 2020FOSS community coordinatorContractorPast role: July 2020 to December 2020
- Identified, organised & triaged issues & reviewed PRs.
- Onboarded & mentored new open source contributors.
- Maintained the open-source site and automation workflows.
- Increased reach & engagement of the official Twitter handle.
- Past role: December 2019 to December 2020Internship mentorFOSSPast role: December 2019 to December 2020
- Onboarded & guided applicants through the processes.
- Reviewed, scored & ranked proposals from candidates.
- Mentored Google Season of Docs in 2020.
- Mentored Outreachy in winter 2019-20 & summer 2020.
- Past role: May 2019 to August 2019GSoC engineerInternPast role: May 2019 to August 2019
- Conceived, designed & developed Vocabulary from scratch.
- Initiated & supported Vocabulary integration with CC sites.
- FamPayLink
fampay.in- Past role: November 2019 to December 2019Software engineerPart-timerPast role: November 2019 to December 2019
- Developed the end-to-end payment flow for the application.
- Integrated with Razorpay and Cashfree payment gateways.
- HackerEarthLink
hackerearth.com- Past role: May 2018 to July 2018Infrastructure engineerInternPast role: May 2018 to July 2018
- Wrote the IaC for the entire production architecture.
- Created tooling to deploy the IaC in an alternate AWS AZ.
- Developed scripts to launch and terminate EC2 instances.
- Isolated staging env from production in a separate VPC.
- Enabled one‑click provisioning of staging environments.
- Past role: May 2017 to July 2017Software engineerInternPast role: May 2017 to July 2017
- Wrote a code‑evaluation engine to evaluate Java projects.
- Created tooling to automatically build and execute projects.
- Wrapped Ant in an async message‑based Python evaluator.
- Developed the scaffolding architecture using RabbitMQ.
- Added provider‑agnostic database connectivity using JDBC.
- Installed security policies such as memory and I/O limits.
- IMG, IIT RoorkeeLink
img.channeli.inInformation Management Group (IMG) is the student body that developed, manages and upgrades both the CMS powering the IIT-R website and Omniport, the official intranet portal.
- Past role: January 2016 to April 2019Chief coordinator (tech)Part-timerPast role: January 2016 to April 2019
- Pivoted IMG as a group from app to platform development.
- Upgraded the legacy portal, tech stack & apps to Omniport.
- Containerised, decoupled & stabilised dev processes.
- Halved timelines by revamping the development paradigm.
- Mentored a team of over 50 developers and designers.
- Fostered OSS culture by open-sourcing 40+ repos.
- Led IMG to 10 and 13 GSoC selections in 2018 and 2019.
- Reinvigorated IMG's popular image on various social media.
- Réschumé
- pls
`pls` is a prettier and powerful `ls` for the pros. It has many additional features targeting tech-savvy users.
- Designed the command-line API & developed the app.
- Enabled endless customisation using YAML config files.
- OpenverseWordPress
Openverse is an open-source search engine for openly-licensed media that is free to modify and reuse.
The search engine is the primary channel to access the 600M+ openly-licensed creative works in Openverse catalogue.
- Developed a performant web app with server-side rendering.
- Implemented best practices for peak
a11y,i18nandL10n.
The API enables access to the Openverse catalogue via a RESTful API for the search engine and 3rd-party integrations.
- Developed the API with OAuth2 auth and rate limits.
- Expanded scope to new media such as audio and 3D models.
- 2Fac
- see·el·aye
- VocabularyCreative Commons
Vocabulary is a cohesive design system & component library to unify the web-facing Creative Commons.
- Developed a system of design tokens and Vue components.
- Documented UI patterns using an interactive Storybook.
- OmniportIMG, IIT Roorkee
Omniport is an end‑to‑end platform and app ecosystem for institutes to deploy their web portal, by and for the students.
- Designed architecture to be cloud-native and scalable.
- Deployed as micro-services with Docker (+Compose).
- Designed to be unopiniated, flexible & customisable.
- Developed plug-&-play system for Django-based apps.
- Added WebSockets support for real-time interactive apps.
- Portfolio
My portfolio is my small personal slice of the Internet.
- Deployed as a static site with an automated CI + CD pipeline.
- Built using cutting-edge frontend tech to ship negligible JS.
- Renders a printer-friendly version as the main résumé.