Harshita Kasera
Software Engineer at Google
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolHarshita Kasera is a software engineer with 12 years of experience building front-end and full-stack features at scale, currently contributing at Google from Seattle. She has a strong background across major tech companies including LinkedIn and Flipkart, and holds a CS master’s from USC and a BTech from VIT. Pragmatic and user-focused, she has shipped UI features such as a markers system for the widely used MediaElement.js player, blending practical front-end work with attention to developer APIs. A problem solver who enjoys community-driven learning, she actively participates in online coding communities like Stack Overflow and Twitter. Driven by a “Tech for Good” ethos, she combines production engineering with mentorship and open-source contributions to make software more useful and accessible.
12 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Computer Science, Master's degree, Computer Science at University of Southern CaliforniaBachelor of Technology - BTech, Information Technology, Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Information Technology at Vellore Institute of Technology
English, Hindi
Stackoverflow
2,138reputation
666kreached
61answers
26questions
mysql
top-5%
collation
top-5%
Github Skills (14)
html10
javascript10
html5-video10
video-player10
mysql9
html5-audio9
collation9
css8
json6
momentjs6
http-live-streaming6
nodejs6
jackson6
java6
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
mediaelement/mediaelement
Aug 2016 - Sep 2016
HTML5 <audio> or <video> player with support for MP4, WebM, and MP3 as well as HLS, Dash, YouTube, Facebook, SoundCloud and others with a common HTML5 MediaElement API, enabling a consistent UI in all browsers.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:7 commits, 3 PRs, 7 comments in 1 month
Contributions summary:Harshita primarily contributed to the front-end aspects of the MediaElement.js project. Their work centered around implementing a "markers" feature, which involved adding visual cues to the progress bar and integrating a callback function. This feature allows users to add markers and trigger specific actions at designated points within the video. This also involved modifying the core JavaScript files and demo files.
mp3youtubevideo-playerhtml5video
hkasera/CSCI544-Project
Feb 2017 - Apr 2017
Contributions:109 commits, 23 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
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