Vinay Hiremath
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolVinay Hiremath is a seasoned software founder and engineering leader with 14 years of experience building high-performance web systems and teams, currently based in New York. As co-founder and CTO of Loom he led major system shifts—instant in-browser video editing (patented), a global upload network, and product launches that helped scale to millions of users and culminated in a $975M acquisition. He pairs hands-on engineering (notable front-end testing and Redux work in web extension contexts) with operational leadership, having also run People and Head of Engineering functions during growth and acquisition. Vinay is obsessed with making things fast and reliable, and he brings a pragmatic, curious approach shaped by both technical wins and hard-learned leadership lessons.
14 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Materials Science, Bachelor's degree, Materials Science at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
English, Spanish
Stackoverflow
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121answers
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android
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javascript
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onclick
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jquery-ui
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Github Skills (18)
javascript10
chrome-extension10
redux10
google-chrome-extension10
webextension10
react10
onclick9
android9
jquery-ui9
html6
mime-types6
svg6
nodejs6
file-upload6
android-layout6
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
tshaddix/webext-redux
Sep 2016 - Jan 2017
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:2 reviews, 9 commits, 5 PRs in 4 months
Contributions summary:Vinay primarily worked on enhancing the testing and functionality of a Redux store implementation within a Web Extension context. Their commits focused on adding and improving tests for the `Store.ready` function, ensuring the store is correctly initialized and ready to handle state updates. The user refactored the test code using ES6 syntax for increased readability and maintainability, demonstrating a focus on code quality and testing in the project. The changes also included fixing edge cases related to how the store connects and receives messages.
web-extensionreactweb-extensionsredux-applicationredux-store
vhmth/Lego-Box
Mar 2012 - Apr 2012
Contributions:48 commits in 18 days
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