I am Karan “Wasabi” Singh, a Web3 Developer and a Frontend Specialist. I am a Computer Science Engineer with about 10 years of experience working with a wide array of technology.

I have worked with several companies ranging from early-stage startups laying the first lines of code to large-scale companies dealing with several dozen repositories and millions of customers.

I have experience working with many domains - NFTs, Finance, Hiring, Healthcare, Logistics, Education, Hospitality, Law, Movies, Fashion, Manufacturing, E-Commerce etc.

I care a lot about attention to detail but know how to deliver on a deadline. I enjoy nurturing new talent and have built and led several teams over the course of my career. My love for code helps me ensure that I keep experimenting and continue growing as a developer.

JavaScript

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ReactJS

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HTML5

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CSS

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TypeScript

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NextJS

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NodeJS

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Flutter

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Solidity

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Ethers.js

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Web3.js

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Databases

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AWS

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Angular

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GSAP

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JavaScript ✓ ReactJS ✓ HTML5 ✓ CSS ✓ TypeScript ✓ NextJS ✓ NodeJS ✓ Flutter ✓ Solidity ✓ Ethers.js ✓ Web3.js ✓ Databases ✓ AWS ✓ Angular ✓ GSAP ✓

Career History

  • 💼 Freelance/Contract Developer
    🗓 Apr 2022 - Present

    Fascinated by the decentralization revolution, I entered the world of Web3 under the handle Karan Wasabi. After diving deep and exploring all the different facets of Web3, I started to contribute to building with this new technology.

    Featured Projects:
    🔸 Frequency Learning (ongoing)
    🔸 0xCareers (ongoing)
    🔸 Big League Taste (ongoing)
    🔸 Pride Pass
    🔸 Zimmymon
    🔸 Zimmy Raiders

    🛠 Tech Highlights: React, NextJS, Solidity, Web3.js, Ethers.js, TypeScript, GSAP, PostgreSQL, AWS, Discord API, Illustrator, Photoshop, Figma

  • 💼 Frontend Lead
    🗓 Feb 2020 - Apr 2022

    WheelsEye is one of India’s leading truck management solutions providers. Serving over 2 Million trucks across the country with GPS, Fastag, Fuel, Demand, Credit and other services.

    🔸 As Frontend Lead I headed the department and was a core part of the tech leadership.

    🔸 I managed the development of over 7 active products.

    🔸 Apart from upgrading the tech and creating new products and features, I introduced good engineering practices including the integration of a CDN, New Relic, Sentry etc.

    🔸 Keeping in mind long term goals and structured development, I charted growth plans for all engineers in my department and mentored them through it.

    🔸 One of my crowning achievements here was the creation of a React component library written with Atomic Design principles leading to standardization and reusability across the company.

    🛠 Tech Highlights: React, NextJS, NodeJs, Cordova, SCSS, Material UI, AWS, Figma

  • 💼 Lead Frontend Developer
    🗓 Aug 2017 - Jan 2020

    Kite is a financial intelligence platform that links businesses to a suite of solutions, featuring fully customizable corporate cards, personalized analytics, and modern financial services.

    🔸 At Kite, I started as the sole Frontend Developer and laid the foundations for their main product - Kite Tab, an expense management solution.

    🔸 Gradually, I built and mentored a team to help take the product to over 100k users and over INR 5 billion in transactions.

    🔸 Created a utility to generate code for integrating analytics.

    🔸 Created and optimized the company websites.

    🛠 Tech Highlights: Angular, RxJS, SCSS, Material Design, TypeScript, Sketch, Zeplin

  • 💼 Senior Developer
    🗓 Mar 2015 - Jul 2017

    Mister Bumbles Interactive is a consumer product company that aims to craft experiences which inspire, educate and entertain people. Their products have been featured on the AppStore, Buzzfeed, Gizmodo, Mashable, and much more.

    🔸 Developed an iOS app, Quote Hanger which has over 50,000 downloads.

    🔸 Developed an e-commerce platform for ToniZippers, one of Indias largest manufacturers of zippers and sliders.

    🔸 Created a bespoke e-commerce platform that enabled users to order clothes customized to their measurements.

    🛠 Tech Highlights: iOS Swift, SpriteKit, CoreData, AngularJS, JavaScript, PHP, MySQL, HTML, CSS, Wordpress, Sketch, Zeplin

  • 💼 Software Developer
    🗓 Jan 2014 - Feb 2015

    Raxa is a secure, private, service that helps doctors to take better care of their patients and empowers patients to take better care of themselves.

    🔸 Created and maintained cross platform webapps - Raxa and Raxa Doctor.

    🔸 Worked across the full stack. Was involved at every level of planning and execution from database to backend to frontend.

    🔸 Managed all the AWS services used - EC2, S3, RDS, SNS

    🔸 Created a fully functional chat application using OpenFire and Socket.io

    🔸 Mentored a student under the Google Summer of Code programme.

    🔸 Established a streamlined hiring process and mentored a hand-picked team.

    🛠 Tech Highlights: JavaScript, Java, Sencha, Socket.io, Cordova, AWS, Spring, Hibernate, MySQL, WebSQL

  • 💼 Fullstack Developer
    🗓 Feb 2013 - Jan 2014

    Law Talk was a social network for lawyers in New York.

    🔸 Created the Android app which enabled lawyers to connect and share case problems.

    🔸 Designed the app architecture, the database as well as the UI elements.

    🔸 Developed a PHP based API server.

    🔸 Designed and coded email templates and newsletters.

    🛠 Tech Highlights: Android, Java, SQLite, PHP, MySQL, Photoshop, Publisher, HTML, CSS