Amit Kunal Kapoor

Software Engineer at Unity Learning · Rust, LSP

Unity Learning

Chicago, IL · CT (UTC-6)

3+ years experience

UCLA

English

Open to work

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Overview

Software Engineer at Unity Learning, focused on developer tools. Wrote the VS Code extensions service that now handles 14 million requests a day. Most at home with Rust and TypeScript. I read too many books about cities.

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TypeScriptVS Code extensionsLSPRust

Open to workLooking for a role

closes in 3 months

Next role: Software Engineer in robotics, Chicago or hybrid

Target roles: Software Engineer
Level: Senior
Industries: Climate tech, Developer tools
Work mode: Remote
Available: Immediately
Work authorization: Authorized to work in the IL
What I'm looking for: A team that ships weekly and owns developer experience end to end.
Not interested in: Pure people management

3 years in developer tools. Strongest at LSP and TypeScript. Available from next month.

Chicago, IL · remote OKlsptypescriptrust

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Experience

Software Engineer
Oct 2023 - Present
Unity Learning · 3 yr · Full-time · Chicago, IL
- Cut p99 latency on the developer experience services from 759ms to 138ms.
- Wrote the TypeScript service that now handles 84 million requests a day.
- Moved 94% of developer experience traffic off a legacy monolith without a customer-facing incident.

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Education

UCLA
BS, Computer Science
2019 - 2023

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