Akash Pillai
Software Engineer, Web at Sprout Social, Inc.
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAkash Pillai is a front-end-focused software engineer based in Chicago who builds scalable, user-friendly web experiences using JavaScript, React, Vue, Laravel/PHP, and Java/Spring. Since graduating UIC in 2022 he’s contributed to growth-focused product work at Sprout Social, improving trial conversion, sign-up flows, and driving a TypeScript migration across the org. He has end-to-end experience from redesigning PHP apps to modern Laravel/Vue stacks to delivering RESTful Spring services, and a knack for improving internal tooling and analytics validation. Comfortable in both product and infrastructure contexts, he pairs pragmatic engineering with a user-first design sensibility shaped by hands-on roles in academia and state government. A minor in music and history of teaching CS courses hint at strong communication skills and an eye for thoughtful UX.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
High School Diploma, High School Diploma at Maine West High SchoolBachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science (Minor, Music), Cum Laude, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science (Minor, Music), Cum Laude at University of Illinois Chicago
English, Malayalam
Github Skills (12)
physics-engine9
clock8
rigid-bodies8
physics8
laravel7
javascript7
php6
canvas6
nextjs4
react4
game-engine4
gradient3
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
FestiveAkp/clock
Jan 2020 - Mar 2023
A simple clock in front of a moving gradient
Contributions:5 releases, 73 PRs, 130 pushes in 3 years 3 months
clockreactjavascriptgradientnextjs
FestiveAkp/splashpoll.app
Nov 2020 - Jul 2022
Poll web app proof of concept
Contributions:17 PRs, 46 pushes, 18 branches in 1 year 8 months
javascriptpollproof-of-conceptwebappprogressive-web-apps
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