Shashwat Rakesh
Software Engineer @ Yahoo | UA Eller Alum | Ex-Cardinal Health
- Role
- Software Apps Engineer i at Yahoo
- Location
- Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Shashwat Rakesh
Most teams bolted AI coding tools on in 2024. I built the system that made ours…
Experience
Software Apps Engineer i
Jan 2024 — Present · Mountain View, CA, US
Enhanced Storybook components\' accessibility by auditing ARIA attributes and refining markup, improving WCAG compliance, and making the UI more inclusive.• Initiated and expanded end-to-end testing frameworks with Playwright, significantly boosting application reliability.• Developed custom React hooks for keyboard shortcuts and dark mode toggling, optimizing state management and user preference recognition to improve theme-switching efficiency by 40%.• Built the Contact Picker UI for a new platform by optimizing component architecture and integrating seamless infinite loading, reducing user navigation time by 30%.• Engineered an intuitive drag-and-drop feature for contact pills in Compose, enhancing email composition efficiency by 25% with interactive animations and improved usability.• Developed an interactive, mandatory onboarding tour that guides users through configuration steps with visual cues and smooth transitions, increasing new user retention by 20%.• Instrumented key user interaction flows by implementing detailed event tracking across critical UI components, driving a 35% increase in actionable analytics.
Education
Manipal Institute of Technology
Bachelor's degree, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
University of Arizona, Eller College of Management
Master's degree, Management Information Systems, General
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