Arjith Natarajan

Arjith Natarajan

Product Engineer in Bengaluru, KA 🇮🇳, ^+C / ^+V

About

Tinkerer ∘ Serial Hacker ∘ Domain Hoarder ∘ Full time Dad ∘ Generalist

Juggles coding with Jack Reacher novels & a pocketful of startup dreams

-- Respects commitment to the craft
-- Probably prompting...

Teams

Current
Hckrs One

Work Experience

2021 — 2023
Bengaluru, IN

Managed client relationships, partnerships, vendors. Handled business, design & tech issues. Led 5-person team, developed & managed 30k+ LOC. Worked with YC-backed client & other startups.

2020 — 2021
Remote

A Mental wellness Co. Translated Figma to code, optimized product UX, added components for multi-TZ, automated matching, & migrated React components.

2017 — 2020
Chennai, IN

Hired from hackathon to build successful food ordering app. Developed core platform, integrated 3rd party APIs & payment gateway. Led product launch & 10+ member engineering team.

Projects

2021
  • Developed a location-based React application for NGO to report city-wide garbage, contributing to waste management efforts

  • Migrated a barebones project in Vue to full-blown React app

  • Uses Strapi.io for backend, MapBox for maps & tailwindcss for styling

Side Projects

2023
  • Link collection & sharing tool for organizing web urls, built with NextJS

  • With mutiple potential uses cases like Link-in-bio, nano blog, research tool

  • Adding AI based features to become the next biggest invention on internet after the search engine

  • garnered about 30-40 users

Certifications

2019
Professional Program on Artificial Intelligence from Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad

On Campuse Residential Programme

2017
React Nanodegree from Udacity

Education

2014 — 2018
Chennai, IN

Affiliated to Anna University

Volunteering

2021 — 2022

Vaazhvi equips children with a comprehensive education curriculum that enables them to face the challenges of life.

2020 — 2021
2018 — 2020

Writing

2024

A satirical piece on how to Read Between the Lines of Tech Job Postings - A Survival Guide for Confused Souls

Speaking

2021
Demystifying React at Industry Essentials
Dept. of CSE, SSN

Contact

LinkedIn
GitHub
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Website