Summary
Arun Seehra is a full-stack software engineer with 14 years of experience, currently building payments infrastructure at Stripe from his base in Charlotte, NC. Trained in statically typed languages at UCL and seasoned in dynamic languages like JavaScript and Python, he brings a pragmatist’s focus on clean APIs and clear abstractions. His background spans academic research in network and OS security at UT Austin and hands-on roles across RealPage, giving him a strong foundation in systems thinking and secure design. Passionate about programming language design, he watches the tradeoffs between safety, performance, and developer productivity—drawing lessons from Rust, Swift, and Go. Outside of engineering he’s an endurance motorsport enthusiast and a voracious reader, a combination that fuels both sustained attention to detail and long-term project thinking.
15 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Graduate coursework completed, Graduate coursework completed at The University of Texas at Austin
Engineering Immersion, Engineering Immersion at Thinkful
BSci, BSci at University College London, U. of London