Front End Developer
Principal Engineer | Frontend Platforms | Design Systems | Ai Tooling
Principal-level engineer with 13+ years of experience designing and scaling frontend platforms, design systems, and high-impact developer tooling used at global scale. Proven technical leader with strong systems thinking, deep expertise in JavaScript ecosystems, and a track record of influencing architecture, standards, and engineering practices across organizations. Strong interest and hands-on experience in AI-assisted development, automation, and improving developer productivity through tooling and platform leverage.
Experience: 11 years
Yearly salary: $150,000
Hourly rate: $150
Residency: 🇮🇳 India
Experience
Senior Software Engineer (Staff-level Scope)
Uber 2017 - 2021
Key contributor to Rider Web, one of Uber’s most critical and highest-traffic frontend platforms. Drove frontend architecture and performance strategy across onboarding and booking flows used globally. Reduced bundle size and load times by ~90%, setting new performance baselines adopted across teams. Contributed to shared frontend infrastructure, code-splitting strategies, and platform-level improvements. Partnered with design and accessibility teams to improve WCAG compliance across core user journeys. Participated in architectural reviews and RFCs, influencing frontend best practices across the org. Built resilient, fault-tolerant experiences optimized for low-end devices and unreliable networks.
Technical Lead (Platform & Design Systems)
Practo 2014 - 2017
Architected and built shared frontend platforms and component libraries used across multiple healthcare products. Led the evolution of frontend standards, reusable UI components, and integration patterns. Owned system design and long-term maintainability for large React + Node.js applications. Established testing practices, CI pipelines, and release standards to improve quality and velocity.
UI Developer
Flipkart 2013 - 2014
Built scalable seller-platform UI components using Angular. Contributed to shared frontend patterns for a high-traffic commerce ecosystem.
Software Engineer
Cleartrip 2012 - 2013
Developed search, booking, and rescheduling flows for web and mobile web. Worked on performance-sensitive consumer-facing frontend systems.
Skills
ai
blockchain
data-science
layer-2
solidity
user acquisition
front-end
english