Varun Ashwin Malhotra

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Principal Engineer at Valemont Group | ex-Snap

Valemont Group
Seattle, WA · PT (UTC-8)
11+ years experience
Ohio State University
English
Open to work
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Overview

Currently at Valemont Group, where I work on web frontends. Moved 63% of web traffic off a legacy monolith without a customer-facing incident. Most at home with accessibility and web performance.

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Skills
CSSReactweb performanceaccessibilityNext.js
Open to workLooking for a role
closes in 3 months

Frontend Engineer roles in logistics - Seattle or remote

Target roles
Frontend Engineer
Level
Senior
Industries
Consumer apps, Healthtech
Work mode
Remote
Available
30 days notice
Work authorization
Authorized to work in the WA
What I'm looking for
Hands-on work on web performance with room to mentor.
Not interested in
Agencies and outsourcing firms

19 years in web frontends. Strongest at accessibility and React. Available immediately.

Seattle, WAaccessibilityweb performancecss
Open

Experience

  1. Principal Engineer
    Dec 2024 - Present
    Valemont Group · 1 yr 10 mo · Full-time · Seattle, WA
    • Led or co-led 27 investments, 3 of them now at Series B or later.
    • Previously an operator for 5 years before investing.
    • Backed 40 founders at pre-seed and seed.
  2. Engineering Manager
    Jan 2023 - Dec 2024
    Snap · 1 yr 11 mo · Contract · Seattle, WA
    • Grew the web team from 3 to 24 engineers.
  3. Senior Frontend Engineer
    Apr 2020 - Jan 2023
    Comcast · 2 yr 9 mo · Full-time · Seattle, WA
    • Wrote the accessibility service that now handles 3 million requests a day.
  4. Senior Engineering Manager
    Oct 2018 - Apr 2020
    Nike · 1 yr 6 mo · Full-time · Seattle, WA
    • Wrote the React service that now handles 83 million requests a day.
  5. Senior Frontend Engineer
    Dec 2015 - Oct 2018
    Deloitte · 2 yr 10 mo · Full-time · Seattle, WA
    • Led the move of 217 screens to a shared React component library.
    • Led the migration of 41 services to Next.js.

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Education

  1. Ohio State University
    BA, Mathematics
    2003 - 2007

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