Makarand Patwardhan
Software Engineer at Finley Technologies, Inc.
Redmond, Washington, United States
Summary
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RockstarMakarand Patwardhan is a seasoned software engineer with over two decades of experience building operating systems, real-time media, and distributed web applications, currently focused on capital markets infrastructure from Redmond. He combines deep systems and C/C++ expertise with modern TypeScript, React and GraphQL skills, and has significant hands-on experience with WebRTC and media streaming from roles at Twilio and Facebook Messenger. At Twilio he contributed to the open-source Twilio Video JavaScript SDK and quickstarts, adding features like dominant speaker detection and resilient reconnection handling that improved real-world developer and user experiences. His background spans platform-level work—from Windows and Xbox system components to cross-platform media frameworks at HBO—giving him a rare end-to-end perspective on performance-sensitive client and server systems. Comfortable working across backend cloud stacks (AWS, Lambdas, Athena) and frontend UIs, he also experiments with LLMs and MCP servers to augment modern data pipelines. Known for bridging product needs and low-level implementation, he excels where hard systems engineering meets polished developer-facing APIs.
12 years of coding experience
28 years of employment as a software developer
Github Skills (17)
javascript10
testing10
sdk10
front-end-development10
webrtc10
image-processing9
quicklaunch9
electron9
startup9
360-video9
multicasting9
multicast9
media9
broadcast9
autostart9
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
twilio/video-quickstart-js
May 2019 - Apr 2020
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:16 reviews, 40 commits, 15 PRs in 11 months
Contributions summary:Makarand primarily focused on enhancing the Twilio Video JavaScript QuickStart application and other example applications within the repository. They updated the QuickStart to listen for participant track events, demonstrating a deeper understanding of the Twilio Video SDK's event-driven architecture. Additionally, they implemented features such as dominant speaker detection and reconnection state management for various video examples, showcasing their work across multiple UI-focused aspects and improved usability.
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twilio/twilio-video.js
May 2019 - Aug 2022
Twilio’s Programmable Video JavaScript SDK
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:27 releases, 343 reviews, 387 commits in 3 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Makarand contributed to various aspects of the Twilio Programmable Video JavaScript SDK. They implemented and tested electron-based testing environments, addressing build and testing issues. They also fixed documentation errors and worked on features related to media stream management, including track switching and video element behavior. Further, they made improvements to the build configuration, addressing various unit test and integration test issues.
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