About

Thiyagaraj T, also known as Thiyaga, is a UI Engineer with a passion for building web-based high fidelity editors and interactive data visualizers. With close to 5 years of relevant experience, he is currently working as a Senior Software Engineer at Eightfold. Thiyaga has a unique skill set that includes expertise in pixels, state management, and design systems. He is the creator of cutouts.app, which was featured on ProductHunt and currently has over 3000 active weekly users. In his previous role as Tech Lead - UI (L5) at Dgraph Labs, Thiyaga bootstrapped and led the frontend team. He was the architect of Dgraph's design system - typhoon-ui, which powers Dgraph Cloud (React). He also launched Dgraph Cloud and Slash GraphQL and built Dgraph's DB visualizer using React. Thiyaga's technical skills include React, JavaScript, TypeScript, GraphQL, Emotion, Webpack, and Docker. Additionally, he was responsible for technical hiring during his time at Dgraph Labs. Thiyaga was also a Senior Frontend Engineer at Mason, where he was a core contributor of getmason.io - Shopify award-winning web-based design editor that powers 3k+ e-commerce brands to publish content. He built product features such as image editing macros and evolved Kubric's proprietary low code language. He also built enterprise features that power the content team at Myntra, Swiggy & Dunzo. Thiyaga's technical skills at Mason include React, JavaScript, NodeJS, Webpack, Redis, SCSS, Firebase, and Docker. He was also responsible for technical hiring during his time at Mason. Thiyaga has a Bachelor of Technology (BTech) in Computer Science from VIT and completed his high school education from Mount Carmel School. His tech stack includes Software Engineer, UI, Frontend, Web, Senior Software Engineer, JavaScript, ReactJS, Docker, TypeScript, test, Redis, CI/CD, Mobile, and infra.