About

Frontend-focused software engineer with 4 years of experience building and scaling 0→1 and growth-stage products, including leading the frontend at a Series A B2B AI platform used by Fortune 500 companies. Known for shipping high-quality, scalable systems with strong product sense, performance focus, and fast execution.

Technologies

Frontend: JavaScript/TypeScript · Svelte/Kit · React · Tailwind · shadcn/ui · Vite · Chart.js · PSPDFKit · Adobe PDF Embed API

Backend / Database: FastAPI · Flask · PostgreSQL · MongoDB · Firebase · Prisma · Drizzle ORM · SQLAlchemy

Platform / Tooling: GitHub Actions · GCP · Stripe · Auth.js · LangChain · ESLint · Vitest · Storybook

Work Experience

Haast

2023 - Present

Sydney, Australia - Remote

Joined as the founding frontend engineer at Pre-Seed for a B2B AI-native marketing & legal compliance platform used by enterprises. Built and owned the majority of the frontend for the core product. Scaled through Seed (Airtree $6M) and into Series A during a period of rapid growth (4.5x YoY revenue growth), now used by Fortune 500 companies.

Realm Labs

2022 - 2023

New York, United States - Remote

Joined as an early full-stack engineer and built a 0→1 AI comic creation platform, owning end-to-end development and working closely with the founder to ship the MVP from concept to production.

Projects

Windows 11 Web

2021 - 2022

Built browser-based Windows 11 replicas (win11-svelte, win11-react) reaching over 7.3M users, 18M views and earning 11.1K GitHub Stars, sponsored by Vercel.

Testimonials

Love your work! Especially your dedication to building with craft and creative exploration.

~ Julie Zhuo, Co-Founder Sundial | ex-VP Design Facebook

Well played https://win11-svelte.vercel.app
Also: modern web browsers are engineering marvels

~ Guillermo Rauch, CEO Vercel | Creator Next.js

Great work on this @yashash_pugalia!,
One idea I had - you could even power the file system and standalone terminal app using the http://webcontainers.io api 👀

~ Eric Simons, CEO Bolt.new

i love the 'build a pretend OS in svelte' trend — kudos @yashash_pugalia

~ Rich Harris, Creator Svelte

I want to say you're one of the most talented young engineers I've met, you make some engineers and even founders I've worked with look like amateurs. I highly encourage you to take risks, and do big things with your life. I'm always here to support you. Let's win together.

~ Will Yoo, Co-Founder Unto Labs, Thru

Love your work! Especially your dedication to building with craft and creative exploration.

~ Julie Zhuo, Co-Founder Sundial | ex-VP Design Facebook

Well played https://win11-svelte.vercel.app
Also: modern web browsers are engineering marvels

~ Guillermo Rauch, CEO Vercel | Creator Next.js

Great work on this @yashash_pugalia!,
One idea I had - you could even power the file system and standalone terminal app using the http://webcontainers.io api 👀

~ Eric Simons, CEO Bolt.new

i love the 'build a pretend OS in svelte' trend — kudos @yashash_pugalia

~ Rich Harris, Creator Svelte

I want to say you're one of the most talented young engineers I've met, you make some engineers and even founders I've worked with look like amateurs. I highly encourage you to take risks, and do big things with your life. I'm always here to support you. Let's win together.

~ Will Yoo, Co-Founder Unto Labs, Thru

Education

Bennett University

Bachelor of Technology - B.Tech, Computer Science Engineering

Yashash Pugalia