Kruti Shah

Tech Lead Manager/Staff Engineer at Netflix

San Francisco Bay Area

About

Accomplished lead software engineer that thrives to push the envelope on building simplistic and delightful interfaces. I have 15+ years of experience in the Frontend/UI space. My experience encompasses working at companies such as Netflix, LinkedIn, ServiceNow, Nutanix, Medallia to name a few

Experience

  • TLM/Staff Engineer at Netflix
    Aug 2020 - Present · 5 yrs 11 mos

    Technologies: React.js, HTML5, CSS3, SASS, GraphQL, Git Product-focused engineer driving strategy, vision, and technical direction for major projects across Netflix, spanning Ads, Marketing, Communications, Studio Management, and Post-Production. Own end-to-end execution across the full development lifecycle — from product discovery and architecture to development and delivery. Designed, architected, and launched security tools and dashboards that help the Netflix workforce understand their security posture and take action with ease. Partner closely with cross-functional teams to deeply understand their needs and deliver high-impact solutions aligned to their goals.

  • Senior Software Engineer at LinkedIn
    Apr 2019 - Aug 2020 · 1 yr 5 mos

    Technologies: Ember.js, HTML5, CSS3, SASS, Git Media Analytics in Talent Brand Engagement: helps customers measure ROI on their spend. - Gathered early requirements by partnering with Product Managers and Designers. - Implemented and launched the project to 100% of LinkedIn Talent customers. Built and launched UI features for the flagship product (LinkedIn.com). Developed features for LinkedIn Talent Solutions to improve the recruiting workflows. Coached junior developers on the team and provided guidance on career development. Mentored international women (TechWomen) from underdeveloped countries to help get their ideas funded and grow them into emerging leaders.

  • Sr. Frontend Engineer at Suki
    Sep 2018 - Apr 2019 · 8 mos

    Technologies: React.js, HTML5, CSS3, SASS, GraphQL, Git - Architected and led the efforts to build a reusable UI components library system. - Advocated for structured processes around code review and product delivery. - Led and built critical UI workflows for Suki AI Assistant. - Provided leadership and guidance to coach, motivate, and lead team members.

  • Sr. Front End Engineer at Medallia
    Jul 2017 - Sep 2018 · 1 yr 3 mos

    Technologies: React.js, Redux, HTML5, CSS3, SASS, REST API, Git UI Components library - reusable uniform design system for company-wide FE engineers. - Strategized the plan to build the design system for about 50 engineers. - Built influential partnerships with designers, product managers and developers to negotiate and align on desirability, viability & feasibility of the components. - Implemented the library as one of the four founding core team members. Founding UI engineer to build the ‘Packages’ app that helped professional services to deploy app metadata changes from customer’s sandbox to production instances. Helped junior team members grow by providing them with hands-on coaching.

  • Senior Front End Engineer at Birst
    Apr 2016 - Jul 2017 · 1 yr 4 mos

    Technologies: AngularJS, HTML5, CSS3, LESS, REST API, Git Birst’s Visualizer is a Self-Service, Visual Exploration and Data Discovery tool used to create powerful visualizations. - Contributed to the in-house built canvas based interactive charting library. - Created various re-usable visualization components that the end users consume by dragging and dropping data elements on the canvas to generate interactive visuals. - Contributed to building the expression editor v2 - Worked closely with Designers, PMs and developers to build a desirable UI.