Rohan Verma
Founder at SurfSense
San Jose, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRohan Verma is a founder and software engineer based in San Jose with a track record of building scalable enterprise systems and developer-focused open-source tools. With roots at Infosys where he modernized legacy backends, built microservices and CI/CD pipelines, and led delivery teams, he later shifted into AI and developer tooling during internships that produced multi-agent chatbots and visualization tools for code comprehension. He created and maintains SurfSense, a widely noticed project that earned significant community traction on GitHub, and has contributed polished front-end work to notable repos like a Notion-style WYSIWYG editor. Comfortable across full-stack, cloud-native, and AI-infused workflows, he combines pragmatic engineering—reducing costs and manual effort at scale—with a knack for developer UX improvements. A Northeastern MS graduate, Rohan blends enterprise discipline with startup speed and a focus on tools that help engineers understand and ship code faster.
2 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Computer Science, Master of Science - MS, Computer Science at Northeastern UniversityBachelor of Technology - BTech, Computer Science, Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Computer Science at SRM IST Chennai
Github Skills (11)
css10
prosemirror10
javascript10
nextjs10
tailwindcss10
react10
openai9
youtube-api9
youtube9
tiptap8
chatgpt8
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
steven-tey/novel
Apr 2024 - Jun 2024
Notion-style WYSIWYG editor with AI-powered autocompletion.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:2 reviews, 5 PRs, 17 comments in 1 month
Contributions summary:Rohan primarily contributed to the front-end development of the "novel" repository, a Notion-style WYSIWYG editor. They implemented features such as YouTube video embedding and character count support within the editor's components. The commits demonstrate a focus on UI improvements, styling adjustments, and integrating external libraries like `highlight.js` for code block rendering, enhancing the user experience and functionality of the editor. The user also addressed styling issues related to text coloring and highlighting within the editor.
ai-sdkchatgptnextjsnotionopenai
MODSetter/SurfSense
Aug 2024 - Mar 2025
Highly Customizable AI Research Agent just like NotebookLM or Perplexity, connected to external sources such as search engines (Tavily), Slack, Notion, and more.
Contributions:1 review, 4 PRs, 127 pushes in 7 months
aceternity-uiagentagentsaichrome-extension
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