Dhruv Parmar is a Staff Software Engineer based in the New York City metro area with 13 years of experience building full-stack web and backend systems. He blends Java, Clojure, Python and modern JavaScript frameworks with Spring/Hibernate and databases including MySQL, PostgreSQL and MongoDB to deliver production-grade services. At The Washington Post he progressed from senior to staff engineer, driving scalable application development and cross-functional initiatives. An active open-source contributor, he has improved React UI components (notably popup/tooltip behaviors and controlled modal stories) demonstrating attention to UX details beyond core backend work. His background in data pipelines and observability (Logstash, Elasticsearch, Kibana) complements his end-to-end delivery skills, and he holds an M.S. in Computer Science from California State University, Los Angeles.
13 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.S.) Computer Science, Master of Science (M.S.) Computer Science at California State University, Los Angeles
Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) Electronics and Communications Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) Electronics and Communications Engineering at Gujarat Technological University (GTU)
React Popup Component - Modals,Tooltips and Menus — All in one
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Contributions:6 commits, 2 PRs, 5 comments in 2 days
Contributions summary:Dhruv focused on enhancing the React popup component by adding new functionalities and improving the user interface. They implemented features such as specifying multiple positions and a bounding element for tooltips. Their contributions also included creating new stories to showcase different use cases of the popup component, like bounded tooltips and controlled modals, which improved usability. The changes involved modifying existing components and adding new ones to the stories section.
Contributions:4 commits, 6 PRs, 11 pushes in 3 months
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Dhruv Parmar - Staff Software Engineer at The Washington Post