Vinod Santharam

Leads a greenfield product, from Figma UX flows to a Next.js monorepo and a shared component registry.

• Led a greenfield project and the team's agile process
• Designed the UX flows in Figma
• Ran Next.js monorepo projects on Turborepo
• Built a React UI component library (Tailwind CSS, shadcn/ui) and its publishing pipeline as a registry
• Designed and built an AI agent proof of concept with the OpenAI Agents SDK

Built open-source examples, customer APIs and starter kits for a real-time collaboration platform.

• Developed the React Native example using Liveblocks
• Designed and built REST APIs on Node.js used by customers
• Added a new feature to the administration section (Next.js)
• Built the foundations of the Next.js starter kit
• Integrated Auth0 into the authentication system
• Wrote documentation

Shaped frontend architecture, led Angular apps and built a React UI kit, with some .NET on the side.

• Took part in frontend decisions inside the architecture team
• Led and developed Angular web applications
• Designed and built a UI kit and custom components with React and MUI
• Wrote the frontend coding guidance
• Trained junior developers on Angular and React, and ran a workshop on RxJS
• Worked on the back end: .NET, C#, SQL Server, Service Bus and Azure Functions

Owned frontend architecture and designed the UI in Figma, after two years as a senior full-stack developer.

• Produced mockups in Figma as the team's UI/UX designer
• Led the frontend architecture and built Angular 8 and Vue.js 2 applications from scratch
• Designed and built the UI kit and custom components with Angular Material
• Advised on Scrum and development process: Git branching, code review, pull requests
• Wrote frontend coding guidance and trained junior developers on Angular, Vue.js, CSS and RxJS
• Gave bi-monthly company talks on UI/UX and on blockchain, and analysed mobile and web trends

Redesigned a WPF application as XAML integrator and led its custom controls architecture.

• Built custom WPF controls in Microsoft Blend and led their architecture
• Wrote the XAML/MVVM coding guidance and trained developers on WPF
• Worked on the UI/UX revamp with the business analyst and the lead designer
• Resolved performance issues, built development tools and reviewed code
• Awarded best monthly department employee

Built Orckestra Commerce Cloud features, then led a Windows 10 point-of-sale app for B2B customers.

• Led the POS project: technical decisions, full-stack development, analysis, design and code review
• Helped build the redux.NET framework and used it in the POS, developing features test-first with NUnit
• Built Silverlight features on MVVM with Prism, custom controls in Blend, and integrated Telerik controls
• Added a REST API layer with ServiceStack and improved the product management experience
• Customised Microsoft Dynamics AX7 MPOS/CloudPOS in HTML, CSS and TypeScript
• Built a Xamarin Android and iOS proof of concept, and wrote integration tests with SpecFlow
• Onboarded new team members and led knowledge transfer on the frontend stack

Migrated a legacy z/OS banking system to .NET and shipped the Silverlight app built on it.

• Silverlight software in production from September 2012, released in Scrum iterations
• .NET information system in production from July 2012
• Batch programs for the BI team in production from December 2011, then reworked for a SAP BusinessObjects upgrade

Prototyped a web portal on IBM WebSphere for a biomedical research institute.

• Installed and maintained WebSphere Application Server and Portal 7.0
• Built Java/J2EE portlet applications with JSP and jQuery
• Deployed web services with Axis and Tomcat for biological computation in Java and Python

A wine tasting-notes app in React Native, published on the App Store and Play Store.

• Set up the development environment, libraries and project structure
• Integrated Firebase for storage and Google Analytics for tracking
• Built custom components such as an expander, input and toggle button
• Automated releases with Fastlane

Software engineering, algorithms, bioinformatics, networks, semantics

Software engineering, databases, data structures, mathematics