Summary
Sriram Balakrishnan is a pragmatic software engineer with a decade of experience building full-stack web and mobile applications across startups and mid-size companies, now contributing at Stripe. He brings strong Python/Django and JavaScript expertise, with hands-on experience in React/React Native, Docker/Kubernetes, and PostgreSQL, and a track record automating operational workflows and improving product usability. Sriram pairs engineering with mentoring and client-facing experience—he’s guided junior developers, worked in operations enablement, and previously led recruiting and account-management efforts across multiple domains. Notable accomplishments include automating lease-renewal workflows, shipping renters insurance compliance features, and upgrading key UI libraries to modern versions as proactive technical improvements. Based in Toronto with an Honours BSc in Computer Science from the University of Toronto, he blends teaching and developer experience to make complex systems more usable and maintainable.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Honours Bachelor of Science Computer Science, Honours Bachelor of Science Computer Science at University of Toronto
English, Tamil