Akhil Wali
Senior Developer at Indi
Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
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Top SchoolAkhil Wali is a Senior Developer and software architect with 13 years of experience building full-stack systems and shaping product architecture at companies like Xero and Indi. He is a published author of multiple Clojure books and brings deep functional-programming expertise to high-performance JVM and ML-focused projects. Akhil is an active open-source contributor—his work on the popular Doom Emacs framework includes new modules, themes, and live Markdown previews, reflecting a knack for improving developer ergonomics. He blends hands-on coding, refactoring, and secure integrations (e.g., encrypted token handling) with product-level thinking developed as a Product Architect. Based in Wellington, New Zealand, he pairs formal graduate training in computer engineering with a practical track record of shipping reliable, maintainable software across startups and enterprise teams.
14 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering (BEng), Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering (BEng), Computer Engineering at Visvesvaraya Technological UniversityMaster of Science (MS), Computer Engineering, Master of Science (MS), Computer Engineering at Santa Clara University
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Github Skills (19)
emacs-lisp10
emacs10
spacemacs10
markdown9
markdown-it9
gnupg8
pg8
org-mode7
git7
actor6
xml6
sql-server6
clojure6
code-generation6
ipv66
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
doomemacs/core
Sep 2019 - Dec 2022
An Emacs framework for the stubborn martian hacker
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:2 reviews, 23 commits, 17 PRs in 3 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Akhil primarily contributed to the Emacs configuration framework, Doom Emacs, by adding and modifying modules and features. Their work included implementing new themes and integrating a god-mode module to enhance the editing experience. They refactored code for better organization and added support for live Markdown previews using the grip-mode extension. They also updated the org-gcal token handling, which involved moving and encrypting the token file.
emacsvimemacs-lispemacs-configurationdoomemacs
darth10/doom.d
Sep 2019 - Dec 2022
Contributions:238 commits, 215 pushes, 5 branches in 3 years 3 months
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