Aseem Kishore
Founding Engineer at Tolan
San Francisco, California, United States
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Top SchoolAseem Kishore is a founding engineer and seasoned technology leader with 15 years of experience building high-growth consumer and fintech products from early-stage startups to scale. He blends hands-on full‑stack engineering (he authored the JSON5 parser) with demonstrated leadership as VP/Head/Director of Engineering, scaling teams, launching products, and navigating acquisitions. Currently building an AI-powered, voice-native 3D companion at Tolan with >100k paying users and $1M monthly revenue, he has a track record of shipping delightful consumer experiences and robust backend platforms. Comfortable in both IC and executive roles, he excels at hiring, mentoring, cross-functional EPD leadership, and solving high-stakes production incidents. He favors socially positive missions with strong business models and brings a practitioner’s eye for product-quality engineering and team culture.
15 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Computer Science and Engineering, BS, Computer Science and Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Github Skills (22)
json10
javascript10
parser10
testing10
test-framework10
neo4j10
parsing10
parse10
nodejs10
api-design9
escaping9
dom-events9
cypher9
html9
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Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
thingdom/node-neo4j
Apr 2011 - Jan 2018
[RETIRED] Neo4j graph database driver (REST API client) for Node.js
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:481 commits, 4 PRs, 102 pushes in 6 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Aseem primarily refactored and modernized test code for the `node-neo4j` project, migrating from a generated code structure to a more readable, Streamline.js-based syntax. This involved substantial changes to testing frameworks and test organization, specifically splitting tests into separate files and improving logging. Additionally, the user adapted tests to support Neo4j 1.5 indexing API changes.
neo4j-graphneo4j-graph-databasecypherneo4j-databasenodejs
json5/json5
May 2012 - Oct 2022
JSON5 — JSON for Humans
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:2 reviews, 163 commits, 7 PRs in 10 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Aseem primarily focused on implementing the core functionality of the JSON5 parser. They started by stubbing out the initial implementation using `eval()` and subsequently replaced it with a recursive descent parser based on Douglas Crockford's `json_parse.js`. The user then added features, including single and multi-quoted strings, comments, unquoted keys, and trailing commas in arrays and objects. They also refactored the test suite and added a Node.js require hook, demonstrating a deep understanding of JSON5 and its features.
for-humansjson5json-viewerjson
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