Shreyas Vartak

About Shreyas Vartak

I am a frontend engineering lead focused on delivering intuitive, high-quality web applications and cultivating high-performing, collaborative teams. I am committed to advancing web development practices, raising the bar for engineering excellence, and helping people and organizations succeed through AI-first, data-informed solutions.Languages/frameworks: HTML5, CSS 3, JavaScript, React, NextJs, AngularJS, angularBootstrap, jQuery, YUI, Node.js, C, C++Databases:mySql, SQL2005, Oracle, MS Access, Elastic SearchTest Frameworks:Jasmine, karma, Protractor, Selenium, Saucelabs automated testing for CI, gulp, grunt

Experience

1. Frontend Tech Lead

   Microsoft

   Apr 2022 — Present

   Organizational Data Ingestion Platform – UI LeadLed UI development for Microsoft’s central organizational data ingestion platform, enabling customers across the ecosystem to bring in organizational data that powers AI and Copilot scenarios.Served as lead engineer on multiple end-to-end features, collaborating closely with partner teams to deliver secure, reliable, and scalable experiences.Modernized and optimized the frontend by identifying best practices, refactoring legacy UI code for performance and maintainability, and mentoring junior engineers to increase team effectiveness.Technologies: ReactJS, Typescript, HTML, CSS, Javascript, C#.Net, JestViva Pulse – Senior Software EngineerResearched, architected, and implemented full internationalization support for Viva Pulse using React i18n libraries, enabling a globally ready product experience.Designed, built, and tested several core Viva Pulse capabilities, helping establish it as a core module within the Microsoft Viva platform; drove the product from inception to GA in around 20 months while meeting every release milestone and adhering to Microsoft compliance and security standards with a stack including Next.js, Relay, Fluent UI, Teams.js, and Azure.Owned the feature flight management track for Viva Pulse by integrating an internal Microsoft flighting library and building a custom JavaScript client to manage feature flags across the product, then documenting patterns and training the rest of the engineering team.Acted as accessibility champion for Viva Pulse, systematically identifying, triaging, and resolving accessibility issues, coordinating with partner teams, and ensuring critical a11y defects were remediated within defined SLAs.Frontend lead for 16+ engineers (30+ total across four teams), running weekly frontend syncs, setting shared technical direction, and fostering a culture of experimentation and innovation, including multiple wins in company-wide hackathons.

Education

• University of Mumbai

  BE, Computer Engineering

  2004 — 2008

• Northeastern University

  MS, Computer Science

  2010 — 2012

Skills

• Yui
• Xml
• Javascript
• Css 3
• Sql
• Html5
• Jquery
• Node.js
• Mysql
• C
• Java
• Databases