About

Kashif Shamaz is an experienced Principal Software Engineer with over 10 years of experience in web development. He has a proven track record of leading front-end and cross-functional teams, driving micro-frontend architecture (SPA), scalability, and web performance. Kashif is passionate about hackathons, integrations, browser extensions, and keeping the code DRY. Kashif's current front-end stack includes Typescript, React-Router, React, Redux(Saga), Jest, and Webpack. He is also proficient in backend technologies such as Node (Express), Django, and Serverless/AWS Lambda. He has developed app integrations with Slack, Microsoft Teams, and Trello. Kashif's technical expertise includes proficiency in Typescript, Javascript (es6/es7), Python, React, Next.js, React-Router, Redux, Redux Saga, Redux-Toolkit, Redux-Thunk, MobX, Node.js, Django, AWS Lambda, CSS modules, Styled components, Less, Webpack, Grunt, Jest, React Testing library, Enzyme, AWS (S3, CloudFront, Route53), Akamai, Jenkins, Rundeck, NewRelic, SumoLogic, Git, and Github. Currently, Kashif is working as a Principal Software Engineer (Web), Frontend at Carousell. In the past, he has worked as a Principal Engineer and Lead Engineer at BlueJeans Network. At BlueJeans, he led the BlueJeans Smart Meetings squad and developed key app integrations with Slack, Microsoft Teams, and Trello. He also implemented the WebRTC-based browser Meeting Client and led efforts in migrating to Micro-frontends architecture, resulting in more product velocity through independent development and deployment life-cycles for each SPA. Kashif holds a Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) degree in Information Technology from the National Institute of Technology Karnataka. He has also completed his Pre-University from S B R Pre University College of Science and his schooling from Kendriya Vidyalaya. With over 12 years of relevant experience, Kashif is a skilled software engineer with a strong focus on web development, integrations, and microservices.