Hi, I'm Vishvamsinh Vaghela
Software engineer · ex-HackerRank · GSoC · LFX · OSS
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About

Building things on the web, contributing and maintaining open-source projects, open to remote opportunities.

Work Experience

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HackerRank

SDE Intern
Jan 2026 - April 2026
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Contributed to HackerRank's Screen team, working on its developer assessment product used by companies for technical hiring workflows.

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Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF)

LFX Mentee – Jaeger (Term 2)
June 2025 - Aug 2025
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Made 75+ pull requests to Jaeger UI with a focus on modernizing the frontend codebase. Upgraded the project from React 18 to React 19, migrated tests from Enzyme to React Testing Library, updated dependencies, resolved migration breakages, improved test coverage, and refactored components for better maintainability.

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Postman

Google Summer of Code Mentee
May 2024 - Nov 2024
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Selected for Google Summer of Code with Postman and worked on the AsyncAPI website. Built a comprehensive Jest test suite for open-source build scripts, covering GitHub GraphQL, YouTube Data API, Google Calendar API, RSS generation, markdown frontmatter validation, tool categorization, dashboard aggregation, and newsroom video processing. Added mock implementations, fixture-driven tests, validation coverage, and error-handling scenarios for external APIs and file-system workflows.

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AsyncAPI Initiative

Contributor & Maintainer
July 2023 - May 2026
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Contributed to migrating the AsyncAPI website from JavaScript and Next.js 12 to TypeScript and Next.js 14. Implemented the financial summary page, built Node.js scripts for converting YAML data into JSON, created interactive budget charts with month and category filters, and collaborated with maintainers and designers through 30+ merged pull requests. Currently help maintain the website and conference website repositories by reviewing PRs, triaging issues, and supporting contributors.

Education

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LJ University

B.E in Computer Science and Design
Nov 2021 - Feb 2026

Skills

React
Next.js
TypeScript
JavaScript
Node.js
Jest
ExpressJS
MongoDB
Postgres
Python
FastAPI

Projects

Check out my latest work

I've worked on a variety of projects, from focused websites to full-stack web applications. Here are a few of my favorites.

PrepTalk

PrepTalk

A full-stack AI-powered mock interview platform with real-time video collaboration, role-based workflows, shared coding workspaces, and automated interview feedback using Next.js, MongoDB, WebRTC, Ably, and Gemini API.

Next.js 15
React 19
JavaScript
MongoDB
Mongoose
JWT Authentication
Ably Realtime
WebRTC
Simple Peer
Gemini API
Tailwind CSS
Framer Motion
bcryptjs
Phoenix Engine

Phoenix Engine

A full-stack engineering analysis platform that brings workbenches, 3D simulations, AI chat, tutorials, and saved studies into one guided workspace, helping users explore physics problems and understand results without needing deep simulation expertise.

Next.js 13
React 18
JavaScript
MongoDB
Tailwind CSS
Gemini API
React Markdown
KaTeX
Remark Math
Rehype KaTeX
Lucide React

Contact

Let's build something useful

Open to remote engineering roles, open-source collaborations, and product-minded web work. The fastest way to reach me is email or LinkedIn.