Harshil Shah
Senior Software Engineer at Meta
New Jersey, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolHarshil Shah is a Senior Software Engineer with 11 years of experience building high-impact products and scalable systems, currently driving mobile checkout and pub/sub infrastructure at Meta. He blends hands-on iOS craftsmanship—demonstrated by open-source projects like NotchKit and a polished DeckTransition animation library—with backend expertise in queueing and large-scale integrations such as Shopify for Shops Ads. Comfortable moving between individual contribution and leadership, he has led engineering teams and served as the first engineer at a startup, tackling full-stack challenges from trading platforms to consumer apps. Known for a steep learning curve and a bias toward elegant, efficient solutions, he combines quantitative rigor from early finance roles with a pragmatic product focus. Based in New Jersey, he enjoys shipping delightful mobile experiences and quietly improving UX details that others overlook.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
JAI HIND COLLEGE, MUMBAIBS Computer Science, BS Computer Science at Rutgers University
English, Hindi, Gujarati, Marathi, French
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (12)
swift10
uikit10
ios10
mobile-development10
modals10
ui-design10
transition10
ux-design8
html6
twitter-bootstrap6
uiscrollview6
jekyll6
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
HarshilShah/NotchKit
Jul 2017 - Jan 2018
A simple way to hide the notch on the iPhone X
Role in this project:
iOS Mobile Developer
iOS Mobile DeveloperContributions:6 releases, 45 commits, 1 PR in 6 months
Contributions summary:Harshil primarily contributed to the development of an iOS application, specifically focusing on hiding the iPhone X notch. They added a custom `Corner` type, implemented extensions for `CGRect` to handle corner calculations and insets, and created a `CornerView` for drawing rounded corners. Furthermore, they developed a `NotchKitWindow` to manage the notch-related UI adjustments, including the ability to mask specific edges and incorporate a toggle to show/hide the notch. The final commit refactored an existing `UIScreen` extension.
iphonehideiphone-xiosnotch
HarshilShah/DeckTransition
Oct 2016 - Sep 2019
A library to recreate the iOS Apple Music now playing transition
Role in this project:Mobile Developer (iOS)
Mobile Developer (iOS)Contributions:24 releases, 159 commits, 53 PRs in 2 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Harshil primarily worked on implementing the core functionalities of the `decktransition` library, specifically focusing on the presentation and dismissal animations for a modal view controller. They added transition classes, implemented the `DeckPresentationController`, `DeckPresentingAnimationController`, and `DeckDismissingAnimationController`. The user enhanced the user experience with swipe-to-dismiss gestures and fixed numerous issues related to the animations and the handling of status bar changes.
now-playingtransitionswiftiosrecreate
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