Tejas Shetty

Work History

Apollo.io

11.2022 - Current

Led a team of 4 engineers to successfully deliver features.
Increased adoption of a feature (Plays) by 120%.
Improved the UX of a feature (Plays), Identified usability issues with Plays builder, proposed a solution, and iterated based on user feedback, resulting in a 60% reduction in support tickets.
Collaborated with cross-functional teams (design, product) to prioritize features for the product roadmap based on user needs.

Rubrik

10.2020 - 11.2022

Owned UI development for M Teams' backup & recovery (files & conversations), fostering seamless user experience through cross-functional collaboration (design, PM, UI/backend teams) via regular meetings & reviews.
Championed UI for Notes functionality, impacting various product areas and requiring strong cross-team communication.
Mentored new joiners, providing product & codebase knowledge.
Streamlined codebase by addressing technical debt with codemods, improving maintainability and performance.

Directi

10.2019 - 09.2020

Architected and built App Centre, a comprehensive in-house mobile application development and management platform (similar to Firebase) from the ground up.
Developed a reusable web socket library, streamlining real-time communication functionalities.
Enriched the internal Vue component library by contributing reusable UI components like Breadcrumbs and Dropdowns.
Leveraged Vue.js with TypeScript for robust development, Vuex for efficient state management, and Vue Router for seamless navigation.

ClearTax

01.2018 - 06.2019

Owned and maintained the end-to-end web infrastructure supporting the marketing team's content creation needs, handling high traffic volume of ~1 million requests daily.
Developed an external singleton client-side analytics library with an event queue for efficient data collection and analysis.
Significantly improved Cleartax's content page performance (DCL, FCP) by ~50 points in PageSpeed Insights and Lighthouse Audits.
Developed a headless CMS using JavaScript, Jekyll, Ruby, CSS, and WordPress, empowering the content team with flexible article creation, editing, and publishing functionalities, including dynamic templating for each article.
Optimized content page build process, reducing build time by ~78%, significantly improving developer and content creator efficiency.
Developed a library for integrating One Tap login by Google with the in-house SSO system, streamlining user experience.
Implemented a frontend performance monitoring system with alerts triggered when Lighthouse audit scores fall below a threshold, ensuring optimal user experience. (Demonstrates proactive problem-solving and user experience focus)
Contributed to the in-house component library by developing reusable UI components in React.js.
Automated image optimization using a script, streamlining content creation workflow and reducing storage requirements.