Akash Raj is a Senior Software Engineer with 8 years of experience building full-stack systems, leading small teams, and shipping production-grade web and mobile apps from Bengaluru. He has driven impactful projects such as a GIS for the Government of India, a GitStats open-source GitHub analyzer with thousands of users, and a cross-platform React Native library for on-device AI. Comfortable across TypeScript, Python, Java, React/Next.js and databases like MySQL and MongoDB, Akash combines hands-on coding with system migrations that significantly improved performance and maintainability. He also contributes to prominent open-source projects like p5.js, improving frontend animation and media handling, and has applied ML skills from a DRDO traineeship to product-focused solutions. Known for turning complex data workflows into automated, reliable pipelines, he doubles as a pragmatic recruiter and mentor who helps scale engineering teams.
8 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan
Bachelor of Technology Computer Science, Bachelor of Technology Computer Science at Dr Akhilesh Das Gupta Institute of Technology & Management
BTech - Bachelor of Technology Computer Science, BTech - Bachelor of Technology Computer Science at Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University
p5.js is a client-side JS platform that empowers artists, designers, students, and anyone to learn to code and express themselves creatively on the web. It is based on the core principles of Processing. http://twitter.com/p5xjs —
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Contributions:5 commits, 4 PRs, 2 comments in 2 months
Contributions summary:Akash primarily contributed to the `p5.js` project by updating and correcting JavaScript code related to the animation of images and the handling of video elements. Their work involved modifications to existing animation examples, including adjustments to image coordinates and animation logic. They also corrected errors in function calls and argument passing, showing a focus on improving the library's usability and functionality.
Live Collaborative Drawing with live chat using node js server and sockets. Need more than one concurrent user to work.
Contributions:12 PRs, 32 pushes, 5 branches in 1 year 11 months
socket-iolive-chatnode-js-servernode-jsjavascript
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