Gaurav Juvekar
Senior System Software Engineer at NVIDIA
California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolGaurav Juvekar is a Senior System Software Engineer with 13 years of experience, currently advancing system-level software at NVIDIA while pursuing an MS in Computer Science at Georgia Tech focused on computing systems. He has progressed through engineering roles at NVIDIA from intern to senior contributor, bringing deep expertise in low-level systems, performance optimization, and rendering pipelines. An active open-source contributor, he has improved the Cinnamon Linux desktop’s UI by optimizing SVG handling and JavaScript widgets, reflecting a practical eye for both visual polish and runtime efficiency. Based in California, he blends academic rigor with production experience from industry internships at VMware and hands-on leadership on a university satellite communications project, showing a rare mix of systems engineering, team leadership, and front-end finesse.
13 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, Bachelor’s Degree at College of Engineering PuneMaster of Science - MS, Master of Science - MS at Georgia Institute of Technology
Github Skills (9)
uid10
cinnamon10
javascript10
front-end-development10
ui-design10
graphical-user-interface9
frontend9
user-interface9
gnome7
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
linuxmint/cinnamon
Dec 2012 - Apr 2013
A Linux desktop featuring a traditional layout, built from modern technology and introducing brand new innovative features.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:55 commits, 20 comments, 20 issues in 4 months
Contributions summary:Gaurav primarily contributed to the Cinnamon desktop environment's user interface, with the commit messages indicating efforts to optimize and integrate SVG elements within the settings and theme aspects. The code changes include modifications to JavaScript files related to extensions, desklet management, and the settings widgets, suggesting a focus on enhancing the visual presentation and functionality of Cinnamon's components. The user appears to have made specific changes to ensure smoother rendering and performance improvements in how the system handles scalable vector graphics.
electrontraditionallayoutlinuxinnovative
gauravjuvekar/LINDSaY
Dec 2014 - Jul 2015
Contributions:89 commits, 28 pushes, 5 branches in 7 months
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