Saarthak Chaturvedi
Founding Software Engineer at Vert
New York City Metropolitan Area United States
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Top SchoolSaarthak Chaturvedi is a founding software engineer and entrepreneur with nine years of hands-on experience building full‑stack web and mobile products from campus projects to paying customers. Based in the New York City area, he co‑founded Flock—growing it to 1,000+ users, 50+ paying customers, and organizing in‑person mixers across three cities—while now leading product engineering at Vert. An active open‑source maintainer at FOSSASIA, Saarthak has been a top contributor to the JavaScript Labyrinth game and multiple event sites, focusing on front‑end UX, internationalization, and game/UI polish. His background blends research in combinatorial game theory (including published work on the Rubik’s Cube) with practical skills in Python, JS, and data scraping, reflecting both mathematical rigor and product sensibility. He also brings early-stage venture diligence experience from BullMont, giving him a rare mix of founder, operator, and investor‑facing perspectives. Colleagues describe him as a builder who shifts fluidly between design, engineering, and community-driven open source.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Scholar's Program, Applied Science and Engineering, Scholar's Program, Applied Science and Engineering at Yale Young Global ScholarsHong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)High School Diploma, Computer Science, High School Diploma, Computer Science at Jayshree Periwal International SchoolBachelor's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at Princeton University
French, Hindi, English
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Github Skills (23)
javascript10
website-development10
css10
responsive-design10
navigationbar10
user-interface10
ui-design10
front-end-development10
html10
website-design10
game-development10
menu-navigation10
bootstrap9
github9
materialize9
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
fossasia/labyrinth
Jan 2018 - Dec 2018
FOSSASIA Labyrinth
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:110 commits, 39 PRs, 3 pushes in 11 months
Contributions summary:Saarthak primarily contributed to the front-end development of the Labyrinth game. Their work included improving code quality, modifying the `index.html` file, adding new tiles by modifying and adding code to `tiles.js` and `levels.js` and incorporating sound effects and background music. Their changes also encompassed UI and content updates.
labyrinth
fossasia/gci18.fossasia.org
Oct 2018 - Nov 2018
FOSSASIA Google Code-In Website 2018 https://gci18.fossasia.org
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:21 commits, 40 PRs, 90 comments in 1 month
Contributions summary:Saarthak primarily contributed to the front-end development of the website. Their initial work involved creating the landing page and subsequently adding a social media section with Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, GitHub, Flickr, LinkedIn, Google+, and Google Code-In links. They also implemented a "Thank You" section with multi-language support and incorporated a back-to-top button. Further contributions included integrating project displays and customising the footer and navigation bar.
google-code-injavascriptfirebase
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