Opender Singh
Software Engineer at Tend Health Ltd
Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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Top SchoolOpender Singh is a seasoned software engineer with 10 years’ experience building full-stack web and cloud solutions, currently crafting health tech at Tend Health in Auckland. He brings deep expertise in .NET, Azure, SQL and modern React stacks (TypeScript/JS) and has led delivery of PWAs with offline support, CI/CD pipelines, and front-end component libraries for high-profile event and consumer platforms. As a primary maintainer at Kong he contributed significant gRPC networking features and UI/test improvements to the popular open-source Insomnia client, demonstrating strong OSS leadership and cross-team collaboration. He pairs hands-on engineering with people leadership—running sprint ceremonies, mentoring juniors, and hiring interns who later joined teams—while thriving on challenging migrations and performance optimisation efforts. Notably, his background in mechatronics and early startup co-founder experience give him a practical systems-thinking edge when solving complex integration problems.
10 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
CIE IGCSE and AS-Level, CIE IGCSE and AS-Level at Auckland Grammar School (AGS)Bachelor of Engineering (B.E. Hons.), Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering (B.E. Hons.), Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering at University of Auckland
English, Punjabi
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Github Skills (17)
javascript10
api-client10
react10
grpc10
user-interface9
test-automation9
software-quality8
electron8
api-design7
testing7
xml6
logging6
eventlog6
ninject6
asp-net-mvc6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
Kong/insomnia
Apr 2019 - Jan 2022
The open-source, cross-platform API client for GraphQL, REST, WebSockets, SSE and gRPC. With Cloud, Local and Git storage.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:1564 reviews, 579 commits, 760 PRs in 2 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Opender contributed to the Insomnia API client by implementing new features, addressing bugs, and improving the user interface. Their work focused on enhancing the gRPC support, including implementing Unary and Client streaming, in addition to various UI improvements and bug fixes. They also contributed to improving the test suite by adding unit tests, refactoring tests, and adding checks for more complete coverage.
graphqlgrpcrestwebsocketelectron-app
istoleyocookies/insomnia
May 2021 - Sep 2021
The open-source, cross-platform API client for GraphQL, REST, and gRPC.
Contributions:20 commits in 3 months
graphqlgrpcrest
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