Raghunandan Balachandran
Software Engineer at Spotify
Stockholm County, Sweden
Summary
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Top SchoolRaghunandan Balachandran is a seasoned software engineer with 11 years of experience, currently building developer-facing products at Spotify from his base in Stockholm County. He brings a solid backend-to-UI skill set honed across companies like Qubole and Myntra, and has a B.E. (Hons.) in Computer Science from BITS Pilani. Raghunandan contributes to prominent open-source projects such as Backstage, focusing on front-end improvements, accessibility and documentation UX—work that improves developer productivity at scale. Known for pragmatic UI enhancements (aria-labels, header and sidebar fixes) and attention to documentation usability, he blends product-minded engineering with hands-on delivery. Colleagues rely on him for tightening the loop between polished interfaces and robust platform behavior.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
BITS Pilani, Birla Institute of Technology and Science
Github Skills (11)
uid10
backstage10
typescript10
typescripts10
front-end-development10
ui-design10
react10
typescript-types10
html9
accessibility9
css8
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
backstage/backstage
Feb 2020 - Jul 2022
Backstage is an open framework for building developer portals
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:92 reviews, 212 commits, 98 PRs in 2 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Raghunandan primarily contributed to the front-end aspects of the Backstage developer portal, focusing on UI component enhancements and layout adjustments. Their work included modifications to existing components like `Header`, `HeaderTabs`, and `SupportButton`, and the addition of accessibility features such as `aria-labels`. The user also addressed issues related to sidebar scrolling within the TechDocs reader and made overall improvements to the user interface of the documentation pages.
portalsinfrastructureopen-platformdxbackstage
soapraj/playlist-example
Sep 2020 - Mar 2024
Contributions:5 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 6 months
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