Anjana Vakil
Freelance Software Engineer & Developer Educator
San Francisco, California, United States
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Top SchoolAnjana Vakil is a freelance software engineer and developer educator based in San Francisco with 12 years of experience building and teaching modern JavaScript and TypeScript systems. She blends hands-on engineering—contributing to projects like Mapbox GL JS and improving mobile gesture and internationalization support—with a deep commitment to developer education as a long-time instructor at Frontend Masters. Her roles have spanned senior engineering, developer advocacy, and learning & development leadership, where she created company-wide onboarding curricula and organized large developer events. Comfortable in both hands-on coding and public speaking, she designs workshops and technical content that demystify complex topics such as WebGL, serverless AWS patterns, and testing. Anjana’s background in philosophy and language technology informs a clear, pedagogical approach to tooling and API design that favors clarity and internationalization. As an independent educator and consultant she continues to partner with companies and communities to ship open-source features and elevate developer experiences.
12 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Philosophy, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Philosophy at University of California, BerkeleyMaster of Science (M.Sc.) Language Science and Technology, Master of Science (M.Sc.) Language Science and Technology at Universität des Saarlandes
English, German, French, Italian, Spanish
Github Skills (115)
testing10
hasura10
phonetics10
3d10
apollo10
web-development10
javascript10
spellchecker10
safari10
browser10
webkit10
microsoft-edge10
elm10
firefox10
html10
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
vakila/net-set
Nov 2015 - Jan 2016
A networked multiplayer game inspired by the card game Set®
Contributions:215 commits, 29 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
multiplayer-game
vakila/javascript-first-steps
Sep 2022 - Oct 2022
Companion site & code exercises for the Frontend Masters course "JavaScript First Steps"
Contributions:93 commits, 37 pushes in 1 month
frontendjavascript
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