Ankit Tailor
Founding Engineer at Cesto
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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Top SchoolAnkit Tailor is a founding engineer and front-end specialist with six years of experience building cross-platform web and mobile apps using React, Next.js, React Native, and TypeScript. He has driven performance-focused design systems and a universal CSS-in-JS library, cutting render times by over 60% and unifying APIs across Expo and Next.js for consistent developer ergonomics. An active open-source contributor, Ankit has enhanced NativeBase and React Native itself—adding accessibility states, improved TypeScript typings, and richer component interactions. Based in Bengaluru, he combines startup grit (scaling 100M transactions at Blockscratch) with deep component-level craft, often solving platform gaps that make cross-platform UI feel native.
6 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Engineering, Bachelor's degree, Computer Engineering at Government Engineering College, Dahod 018
English, Gujarati, Hindi
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Github Skills (21)
accessibility10
javascript10
react-native10
mobile-development10
ui-components10
typescript10
typescript-types10
typescripts10
react10
ui-designer9
ios9
cross-platform9
app-framework9
android9
mobile7
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
GeekyAnts/NativeBase
Jan 2022 - Nov 2022
Mobile-first, accessible components for React Native & Web to build consistent UI across Android, iOS and Web.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:2 releases, 16 reviews, 298 commits in 9 months
Contributions summary:Ankit primarily contributed to the NativeBase UI component library, implementing and modifying various UI elements for React Native and web platforms. Their commits focused on adding new features such as hover, pressed, and focus states to components like Checkbox, Radio, and Switch. They also addressed prop-related issues and performed design adjustments to improve the visual appearance and user interaction of the UI elements.
reactreact-nativeaccessibleios-androidweb-native
facebook/react-native
Sep 2022 - Oct 2022
A framework for building native applications using React
Role in this project:Mobile Developer (Android/iOS)
Mobile Developer (Android/iOS)Contributions:5 reviews, 3 commits, 9 PRs in 1 month
Contributions summary:Ankit made significant contributions to the React Native framework, focusing on accessibility enhancements and code refactoring. Their work included implementing accessibility state aliases, allowing for better integration with ARIA attributes, and improving the accessibility of various components. The user also updated TypeScript definitions, fixing inconsistencies in the typings for style properties, particularly regarding `fontWeight` and `fontVariant`, improving the developer experience and code quality.
reactnative-applicationsmobile-developmentreact-nativeandroid
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