Saihajpreet Singh
Co-Founder at The Guild Software
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolSaihajpreet Singh is a co-founder and engineering leader with 7 years of experience building GraphQL platforms, blockchain tooling, and AI-enabled startups from prototype to production. He blends hands-on full-stack delivery and site reliability expertise with product and growth leadership, having led integrations, scalability, and customer-facing features at The Guild and as a founding engineer at soundxyz. An active open-source maintainer, he has contributed to cornerstone projects like GraphQL JS, Envelop, GraphQL Code Generator and the Graph Node, improving performance, tooling and developer experience. He thrives in dynamic environments where technical strategy, mentoring, and rapid reliable delivery intersect, and is especially focused on aligning engineering decisions with business outcomes. Based in Ottawa, he brings a pragmatic product-first engineering style and a track record of shipping infra-level improvements that quietly unlock developer productivity.
7 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Computer Science, Computer Science and Internet Security Stream B.C.S. Honors, Bachelor of Computer Science, Computer Science and Internet Security Stream B.C.S. Honors at Carleton UniversityChitkara International SchoolHigh School Diploma, High School/Secondary Diplomas and Certificates, High School Diploma, High School/Secondary Diplomas and Certificates at Wayzata High School
Hindi, Punjabi, English
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Github Skills (57)
code-generator10
javascript10
graphql-api10
restructuredtext10
postgresql10
back-end-development10
graphiql10
css10
responsive-design10
typescript10
user-interface10
nextjs10
wpgraphql10
plugin10
type-system10
Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
graphql-hive/envelop
Sep 2021 - Oct 2022
Envelop is a lightweight library allowing developers to easily develop, share, collaborate and extend their GraphQL execution layer. Envelop is the missing GraphQL plugin system.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:84 reviews, 60 commits, 83 PRs in 1 year 1 month
Contributions summary:Saihajpreet contributed significantly to the Envelop project by implementing features and addressing issues across both the frontend and backend. They integrated Apollo Server v3 and configured the GraphQL playground. Furthermore, they added functionality to the core Envelop library, including the "enableIf" option for plugins and the "@skipAuth" directive. Additionally, the user addressed a typo in the documentation and refined the Sentry integration.
plugin-systemcollaboratemissinggraphql-pluginjavascript
graphql-hive/graphql-yoga
Dec 2021 - Nov 2022
🧘 Rewrite of a fully-featured GraphQL Server with focus on easy setup, performance & great developer experience. The core of Yoga implements WHATWG Fetch API and can run/deploy on any JS environment.
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:263 reviews, 89 commits, 234 PRs in 11 months
Contributions summary:Saihajpreet contributed extensively to the `graphql-yoga/graphql-yoga` repository, primarily focused on the frontend aspects. They worked on setting up and configuring the documentation site and implementing UI components, as shown by the changes to the `website` directory's `_app.tsx`, `index.tsx`, `_document.tsx`, `next.config.js`, `style.css` and `routes.ts` files. Furthermore, they addressed bugs and updated the readme, alongside some CI/CD setup with husky and pretty-quick. The user also worked on integrating the GraphiQL interface, including color theme improvements and features, and has experience working on examples for different frameworks (nextjs, deno, etc.).
easy-setupgraphql-serverjavascriptnodejsbun
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