Akshay Gupta
Software Engineer at Tokens Studio
India
Summary
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Top SchoolAkshay Gupta is a software engineer with nine years of experience building user-focused web applications and security tooling, currently shaping design-system tooling at Tokens Studio. He transitioned from data and cybersecurity roles at PwC—working with RSA Archer, SOAR platforms, and Symantec stacks—into hands-on developer roles at fintech firms before moving into product engineering. Akshay contributes front-end improvements to the widely used open-source Penpot project, focusing on UX, accessibility of interactions, and design tooling polish. He combines a pragmatic security mindset with UI/UX sensitivity, helping bridge design and engineering workflows. Based in India and trained in computer science, he brings a track record of turning security and design requirements into practical, user-friendly implementations.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science, Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science at NIIT UniversityHigh School, ISC, High School, ISC at Don Bosco School, Park Circus, Kolkata
English, Hindi
Github Skills (9)
ux-design10
front-end-development10
ui-design10
clojurescript10
typography9
reactn9
react9
react-r9
prototyping8
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
penpot/penpot
Apr 2023 - Nov 2025
Penpot: The open-source design platform for Product teams that need scalable collaboration.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:13 reviews, 11 PRs, 14 comments in 2 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Akshay primarily contributed to the front-end development of the Penpot design tool, focusing on UI and UX improvements. Their work includes implementing features like duplicating objects via drag + alt, adding messages for empty states in color and typography palettes, and enhancing the user experience by allowing full value selection with a single click. Furthermore, the user addressed dashboard search functionality by focusing input on the search field and improved the typography and shadows functionalities.
penpotprototypingux-experienceopen-source-designclojurescript
akshay-gupta7/test-tokens-sync
May 2025 - Mar 2026
Contributions:5 PRs, 55 pushes, 9 branches in 10 months
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