Ashu Ghildiyal
Software Engineer II at Microsoft
Karnataka, India
Summary
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Top SchoolAshu Ghildiyal is a Full Stack Software Engineer II with 8 years of experience, currently building developer-focused products at Microsoft from Karnataka, India. He blends front-end craftsmanship with practical UX improvements, contributing notable enhancements to popular open-source projects like the Headlamp Kubernetes UI and the p5.js web editor. Ashu has a track record of shipping polished UI components, accessibility-minded features (keyboard shortcuts), and editor integrations that preserve cursor/formatting behavior—small details that noticeably improve developer experience. His background includes cloud-native and intern roles at Kinvolk and hands-on frontend projects using React/Next.js, reflecting a strong foundation in web tooling and open-source collaboration.
8 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Computer Science, Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Computer Science at Bhagwan Parshuram Institute Of Technology
Github Skills (13)
html10
css10
typescript10
javascript10
user-interface10
typescripts10
front-end-development10
react10
typescript-types10
kubernetes-pods9
dashboard9
kubernetes9
p5js7
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
kubernetes-sigs/headlamp
Jul 2020 - Jan 2023
A Kubernetes web UI that is fully-featured, user-friendly and extensible
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:496 reviews, 159 commits, 150 PRs in 2 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Ashu primarily focused on enhancing the front-end of the Headlamp Kubernetes web UI. They implemented new UI components, like a flexible empty component and a notification bar. The user also improved existing features, such as fixing a bug related to displaying error messages in the documentation viewer and adding a legend for empty charts in workloads. They also worked on improving user experience by adding keyboard shortcuts, and integrating a new code editor.
kubernetes-uiweb-uiorchestrationdevopskinvolk
processing/p5.js-web-editor
Jan 2020 - Jan 2020
The p5.js Editor is a website for creating p5.js sketches, with a focus on making coding accessible and inclusive for artists, designers, educators, beginners, and anyone else! You can create, share, or remix p5.js sketches without needing to download or configure anything.
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:7 commits, 14 PRs, 67 comments in 15 days
Contributions summary:Ashu contributed to the p5.js-web-editor by modifying the Editor.jsx component. Their work primarily focused on correcting cursor positioning and addressing indentation issues related to the code beautification process, affecting how code is automatically formatted. They refined the code to ensure the cursor's position is maintained after code formatting is applied and adjusted timing mechanisms. The user also removed console logs.
web-editorlaunchedjs-webjavascriptp5-js
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