Akshat Patel
Software Developer II at IBM
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolAkshat Patel is a Software Developer II based in Toronto with eight years of experience building scalable web applications and enterprise front-ends at IBM. He specializes in Angular, TypeScript, and data visualization—contributing bug fixes and feature enhancements to high-impact open-source Carbon projects that see tens of thousands of weekly downloads. At IBM he improved micro-frontend performance by 25%+, led Carbon/Angular migrations, and built a customizable B2B dashboard and internal styling library to unify design across microservices. Comfortable across the full stack, he has hands-on experience with Kubernetes, logging pipelines, and GDPR-compliant systems, and frequently mentors and reviews code as a core maintainer. Notably, his open-source work addressed nuanced chart rendering edge cases (scatter, radar, donut) and improved tooltip and mapping behaviors, reflecting an attention to both UX and robustness. He combines pragmatic engineering with design-system thinking to ship consistent, production-ready interfaces for large enterprise customers.
7 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Computer Software Engineering, Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Computer Software Engineering at Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology
Github Skills (14)
html10
css10
typescript10
javascript10
typescripts10
carbon-design-system10
front-end-development10
d3js10
react10
typescript-types10
angular10
charts10
vue4
svelte4
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
carbon-design-system/carbon-components-angular
Sep 2021 - Jan 2023
An Angular implementation of the Carbon Design System for IBM.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:1 release, 582 reviews, 673 commits in 1 year 4 months
Contributions summary:Akshat's commits primarily focused on updating Carbon Design System class prefixes, modifying HTML templates, and CSS class names within several Angular components. The work involved significant changes to align with a new styling standard ("cds") throughout various components, including pagination, combobox, and timepicker elements. The user's contributions included extensive code modifications related to user interface elements.
carbon-design-systemibmdesign-systemangularcarbon
carbon-design-system/carbon-charts
Jun 2021 - Dec 2022
:bar_chart: :chart_with_upwards_trend:⠀Robust dataviz framework implemented using D3 & typescript
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:71 reviews, 53 commits, 49 PRs in 1 year 6 months
Contributions summary:Akshat primarily contributed to the `carbon-charts` repository by fixing bugs related to the rendering of charts and enhancing their functionality. They addressed issues in various chart types, including scatter, radar, and donut, ensuring accurate display and handling of data. Their work involved modifying component code, adjusting event listeners, and updating configurations to improve the user experience and address edge cases. The user also implemented features like adding options to map values to other keys within pie charts, and improving the display of tooltips.
vuechartsjavascriptcarbon-design-systemdataviz
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