Meghana Varanasi
@meghanavaranasi
Senior Frontend Engineer specializing in React, performance, and end-to-end product ownership.
IndiaWhat I'm looking for
I am a Senior Frontend Engineer with 3.5 years of experience building complex, user-facing React applications at product-based startups, owning product areas end-to-end and leading small frontend teams.
I have delivered measurable performance improvements (60% faster LCP, 700KB bundle reductions), built multi-step flows, real-time systems, payment integrations with Stripe, and productionized AI-powered features that cut feed creation time by 90%.
I contribute to open source, prioritize accessibility and maintainability, and enjoy shipping cross-functional features—from background jobs and admin UIs to file previewers and rich-text editors—that improve user experience and developer efficiency.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Senior Frontend Engineer
Assembly
Jan 2025 - Oct 2025 (9 months)
Owned frontend development for the Rewards subdomain, implementing 8 reward flows and route-level code splitting to achieve 60% faster LCP and reduce the main app bundle by 700KB; built real-time comments and scheduled background jobs for cross–time-zone post-privacy management.
Frontend Engineer
Assembly
May 2024 - Dec 2024 (7 months)
Led a 4-person frontend team on the Awards recognition system, built a multi-step creation flow with React Hook Form and Lexical, and delivered a globally accessible file previewer adopted across 8+ product areas.
Software Developer
Needl AI
Jun 2022 - Apr 2024 (1 year 10 months)
Led end-to-end Stripe integration for subscriptions and a customer portal and productionized an AI-powered feed feature that reduced feed creation time by 90% through backend migrations and middleware-driven API integration.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
Indian Institute of Technology Bhilai
Bachelor of Technology, Computer Science and Engineering
2018 - 2022
Grade: 8.17/10
Completed a Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science and Engineering with a CGPA of 8.17/10, focusing on software engineering and systems.
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