Semmy Purewal
Software Engineer, Developer Experience at Trident IoT
Asheville, North Carolina, United States
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Top SchoolSemmy Purewal is a Principal-level software engineer with 16 years of experience building developer tools, SDKs, and distributed systems, currently focused on developer experience for IoT at Trident IoT. He has a strong track record at major platforms—Netflix, Facebook, and Roku—shipping client and data infrastructure that scaled to hundreds of millions of users and advancing developer productivity and AI tooling. An experienced educator and author, Semmy has taught software engineering at UNC Asheville, written "Learning Web Application Development," and contributed front-end examples that reflect practical UI and JavaScript expertise. His background spans academia (Ph.D. in Computer Science) and community tech activism, giving him a rare blend of research-grade rigor, production engineering, and grassroots impact. Colleagues rely on him to turn complex platform requirements into usable SDKs and tools that lower friction for downstream teams. Based in Asheville, NC, he combines deep systems thinking with a hands-on penchant for clean front-end UX.
16 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
University of GeorgiaBachelor's Degree Math and Computer Science, Bachelor's Degree Math and Computer Science at College of Charleston
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Github Skills (8)
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javascript10
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Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
semmypurewal/LearningWebAppDev
Dec 2013 - Feb 2018
Examples from the book "Learning Web Application Development".
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:36 commits, 1 PR, 7 pushes in 4 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Semmy's primary contribution focused on the front-end development of the "Learning Web Application Development" examples. Their work involved adding and modifying HTML, CSS, and JavaScript files to create interactive web application features, specifically within the "Amazeriffic" project. The user demonstrated skills in designing and implementing user interface components using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. These commits showcase proficiency in front-end web development technologies and design principles.
cssjavascriptweb-applicationnodejshtml5
semmypurewal/jermaine
Jul 2012 - Jun 2013
Contributions:111 commits in 10 months
yet-anothermodelingjavascriptmodeling-tool
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