Nihar Damarasingu
Software Engineer at Google
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolNihar Damarasingu is a software engineer with three years of professional experience building reliable systems at Meta and Google, grounded in a BS in Mathematics from the University of Texas at Austin. He blends a strong foundation in core programming (Java, Unix, SQL) with practical QA and test-automation expertise, contributing to high-profile open web-platform-tests (wpt) work such as wptrunner enhancements, SIGTERM handling, and memory-leak detection. Comfortable in both development and automation roles, he has experience across consulting and product teams, shipping fixes that improve test execution and result handling for web platform specs. Based in New York, he pairs analytical rigor from his actuarial-style math background with hands-on engineering at scale. Outside work he enjoys tennis, which reflects his competitive, disciplined approach to problem solving.
3 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Heritage High SchoolBachelor of Science (BS), Mathematics, Actuarial Core, Bachelor of Science (BS), Mathematics, Actuarial Core at The University of Texas at Austin
Github Skills (6)
python10
test-automation10
testing9
web-standards9
javascript6
browser5
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
web-platform-tests/wpt
Nov 2022 - Jan 2023
Test suites for Web platform specs — including WHATWG, W3C, and others
Role in this project:
QA Engineer / Test Automation Engineer
QA Engineer / Test Automation EngineerContributions:18 reviews, 3 commits, 70 PRs in 1 month
Contributions summary:Nihar primarily contributes to the test suite for the web platform specifications within the wpt repository. Their commits focus on improving the wptrunner, adding features like handling SIGTERM signals and memory leak detection. The user also addresses specific issues related to content shell execution and test result handling.
microsoft-edgetest-runnerspecssafarifirefox
nihardamar/wpt
Dec 2022 - Aug 2023
Test suites for Web platform specs — including WHATWG, W3C, and others
Contributions:39 pushes, 12 branches in 8 months
web-platformtestingsuitesspecsspec
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