Satyajith Bhat is a seasoned software engineering manager with 14 years of experience building and scaling backend systems, currently leading teams at Meta after a decade of impact at J.Crew where he progressed from developer to Head of Engineering. He specializes in API design, Node.js/TypeScript backends, Docker and AWS, and has led high-throughput systems serving millions of requests per hour and a loyalty program with 7M active users that materially increased revenue. A pragmatic advocate of Agile and lean principles, he repeatedly delivers company-first initiatives—reducing costs, improving performance, and launching ML-driven recommendations as side projects. He’s also an author (Practical Docker with Python), organizer in the tech community, and an active open-source contributor demonstrated by full-stack projects like a Spotify playlist downloader. Known for coaching and growing leaders, he combines hands-on engineering depth with a track record of building durable teams and developer-friendly processes. Based in New York, he brings a rare blend of product focus, operational rigor, and sustained delivery at scale.
14 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Manipal Academy of Higher Education
BE, Computer Science Engineering, BE, Computer Science Engineering at Visvesvaraya Technological University
Contributions:9 releases, 31 reviews, 138 commits in 6 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Satyajith primarily contributed to the development of a Spotify song downloader. They implemented core features such as fetching songs from Spotify playlists, retrieving YouTube URLs, and downloading songs using youtube-dl. Additionally, they enhanced the project by adding features such as a command-line interface with argument parsing, improving error handling, and refactoring code for maintainability. The user also addressed bugs and improved the user experience through updates.
Contributions:6 PRs, 14 pushes, 6 branches in 3 years 2 months
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Satyajith Bhat - Software Engineering Manager at Meta