Shruthi Rajani Raju

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Principal Engineer at Wren HQ · Web frontends · CSS, TypeScript

Wren HQ
Chennai, India · IST (UTC+5:30)
15+ years experience
BITS Pilani
English, Hindi, Tamil
Open to work
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Overview

Currently at Wren HQ, where I work on web frontends. Grew the web team from 5 to 12 engineers. Led the move of 114 screens to a shared React component library. Before that: Cognizant and TCS. Parent of two, so mostly sleep-deprived.

Good reasons to reach out
  • Roles in B2B SaaS
  • Thoughtful intros to people in my field
  • Working sessions on Next.js
  • Second opinions on GraphQL decisions
Please don't message about
  • Agency or outsourcing pitches
  • Offshore staffing offers
  • Decks without a clear ask

Checks messages twice a week

Skills
GraphQLweb performanceNext.jsReactaccessibilityTypeScriptCSS
Open to workLooking for a role
closes in 3 months

Next role: Frontend Engineer in cybersecurity, Chennai or hybrid

Target roles
Frontend Engineer
Level
Mid
Industries
Healthtech, B2B SaaS
Work mode
Remote
Available
From next quarter
Work authorization
Indian citizen
What I'm looking for
Scope to lead B2B SaaS work, with a manager who gives direct feedback.
Not interested in
Pure people management

19 years in web frontends. Strongest at TypeScript and Next.js. Available immediately.

Chennai, Indianext.jsgraphqlreact
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Experience

  1. Principal Engineer
    May 2023 - Present
    Wren HQ · 3 yr 5 mo · Full-time · Chennai, India
    • Led or co-led 8 investments, 5 of them now at Series B or later.
    • Sit on 7 boards.
  2. Engineering Manager
    Dec 2019 - May 2023
    Cognizant · 3 yr 5 mo · Full-time · Chennai, India
    • Shipped 23 launches on the web team without a rollback.
  3. Senior Engineering Manager
    Mar 2017 - Dec 2019
    TCS · 2 yr 9 mo · Contract · Chennai, India
    • Built the experimentation framework 22 product teams use to ship changes safely.
    • Led the move of 85 screens to a shared React component library.
  4. Senior Frontend Engineer
    May 2014 - Feb 2017
    Axis Bank · 2 yr 9 mo · Full-time · Chennai, India
    • Mentored 14 engineers through their first promotion.
  5. Senior Frontend Engineer
    Apr 2012 - May 2014
    Tata Motors · 2 yr 1 mo · Full-time · Chennai, India
    • Reduced cloud spend on web by 25% in two quarters.
    • Cut the main bundle by 35% and got LCP under 1.2 seconds.

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Education

  1. BITS Pilani
    B.E., Electronics and Communication
    2003 - 2007

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