Kabir Sarin

Staff Software Engineer

kabir@sarink.net
Austin, TX

Typescript
6 years
React
9 years
Node
10 years
GraphQL
6 years
Python
3 years
Docker
8 years

Education

University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire

Class of 2010

Computer Science

Organizations: ACM, PRAXIS Math Team, The Spectator Newspaper, Delta Sigma Phi Fraternity

Experience

MIXIM

2023-Current

Co-Founder/CTO

Typescript, React, Node, GraphQL, Docker, AWS, Arduino, C++

  • Built an automatic bartender capable of pouring any cocktail at the touch of a button.
  • Owned all engineering aspects: frontend, backend, and microcontroller programming; circuit and mechanical design; and electrical engineering.

Nomad Health

2022-2023

Staff Software Engineer

Typescript, React, Node, GraphQL, Python, Docker, Kubernetes

  • Led engineering teams as a senior member of the Architecture Committee and team lead.
  • Spearheaded tech migrations: rearchitect to microservices, Mongo to Postgres, and GraphQL adoption.
  • First-place winner of the company hackathon.

A Place For Mom

2019-2022

Staff Software Engineer

Typescript, React, Node, GraphQL, Docker, AWS

  • Served on the VP of Technology's leadership team, advising on technical and organizational strategies for 20+ engineers.
  • Directed a large-scale overhaul of aplaceformom.com, resolving React performance issues for SEO.
  • Modernized CI/CD pipelines by transitioning from Bamboo to GitHub Actions
  • Migrated all legacy APIs to federated GraphQL APIs with microservices.
  • Developed a custom babel plugin and webpack loader to precompile all JSS into raw vanilla CSS files at build time (plus custom ESLint rules to ensure it never broke)

Apollo Hospitals

2018-2019

Staff Software Engineer (Contract)

Typescript, React, Node, GraphQL, Docker, Azure

  • Managed a 14-person engineering team to deliver iOS, Android, and web apps for India's largest hospital chain, serving 3M+ weekly users.
  • Delivered telehealth, pharmaceutical ordering, and appointment scheduling solutions through apollo247.com.
  • Collaborated with VP-level leadership to align technical delivery with business goals.

Verizon

2016-2018

Senior Software Engineer (Contract)

Javascript, React, Node, Docker

  • Built the frontend of Verizon's media-streaming platform, tv.verizon.com.

World Singles Networks

2015-2016

Senior Software Engineer (Contract)

Javascript, React, Node, Docker

  • Rearchitected worldsingles.com, to unify over 20 applications displaying 8 different languages, into one codebase.

Imagine! Print Solutions

2013-2015

Senior Software Engineer

Javascript, Backbone, jQuery, Ruby on Rails

  • Designed and implemented an interactive SVG JavaScript framework (conceptually similar to React, but pre-dating its public release) for managing the SVG DOM.
  • Enabled clients like Dairy Queen, Auntie Anne's, and Famous Dave's to create pixel-perfect, interactive, SVG-based food menus.

Propulsion Studios

2009-2013

Software Engineer

Javascript, jQuery, PHP

  • Developed various medium-sized dynamic/interactive websites with custom backend CMS's for clients.

Open Source

Stack Overflow

Rep: 18.5k, top 3% overall

https://stackoverflow.com/users/1181570/kabir-sarin