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Saurabh Daware

Lead Frontend Engineer

  Bengaluru, India / Remote saurabhdaware99@gmail.com

Summary

Hi, I'm Saurabh, a Lead Frontend Engineer at Razorpay. Passionate about open source, I enjoy building creative side projects for both fun and learning. At Razorpay, I have worked in Frontend Core team and Razorpay.com's Team.

Over the last 6 years, I've authored multiple libraries, tools, and products like abelljs.org (featured in ViteConf. Fun fact: This resume is built using Abell), Text-to-Handwriting (4k+ github stars), VSCode Terminal Manager (27k downloads on VSCode Marketplace), and many more! Most of my work can be found on my GitHub and Portfolio.

Work Experience

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Lead Frontend Engineer, Razorpay

Oct 2024 •

Design System, React, TypeScript, Node.js

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Senior Frontend Engineer, Razorpay

Apr 2022 - Oct 2024 • 2 years 7 months

React, React Native, Node.js

  • Worked on Razorpay's Open Source Design System, which has 500+ stars on GitHub, has been featured in Figma's Official Blog, and is adopted by nearly all teams at Razorpay with 90%+ CSAT.
  • Design System: Wrote API decisions, RFCs and implemented 9+ components, spearheaded Razorpay's rebranding through it's design system and helped teams migrate to the new brand.
  • Reduced bundle size of our Design System by 60% by fixing tree-shaking issues in the bundler (44kb -> 13kb in components, 47kb -> 23kb in node_modules).
  • Made our A/B service universal by adding support for Server and Edge, and reduced client-side AB response time on subsequent hit by 99% (instant) using memoization.
  • Moved razorpay.com's A/B experiments to Lambda@Edge to perform A/B experiments with 0 server hits.
  • Mentored 2 juniors through Razorpay's 1:1 mentorship program.
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Frontend Engineer, Razorpay

Dec 2020 - Apr 2022 • 1 Year 4 months

React, Node.js

  • Was awarded "MVP Rookie" for building Razorpay's App Store in just 20 days after joining and another "MVP Award" for building a one-stop monitoring dashboard for any issues on razorpay.com.
  • Improved the loading performance of razorpay.com by 40% from 4.3s to 2.6s. Also documented the process which was referred by other internal teams to improve performance of their apps.
  • Migrated a legacy codebase of razorpay.com from gulp and pug setup to modern TypeScript + Custom React SSR.
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Full-Stack Intern, The Souled Store

Jul 2018 - Sep 2018 • 2 Months

Vue, Django (Python)

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MEAN Stack Intern, Bew Digital

Jan 2018 - Apr 2018 • 3 Months

Angular, Node.js

Achievements

Open-Source Contributions

Technical Skills

JavaScript / TypeScript
Node.js
React
Vue
React Native
HTML
CSS
Accessibility
Documentation
Design System
Infrastructure
Compilers
Writing RFCs & Tech Specs
Bundlers and Build Tools

Education

Bachelor of Engineering in I.T.
Terna Engg College, Mumbai University
 Apr 2016 - Nov 2020
GPA: 6.7/10

Still not convinced about hiring me? You can check out my portfolio at srbh.dev or reach out at saurabhdaware99@gmail.com for any clarifications or questions. Thanks!