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Ravi Sawlani

Lead Rust Developer | Rust | Swift | Collaborator Nightwatch.js

Bengaluru

6+ years of work experience

TuckIn: Sleep Schedule
May 20264 moPresent

Bengaluru

YRAL
Dec 20241 y 5 moMay 2026

United States

- Integrated Web3 smart contracts (canisters) to extend platform functionality and enable advanced features within the ICP ecosystem. - Defined and implemented a structured feature request workflow between product managers and developers, improving accountability, communication, and clarity throughout the development lifecycle. - Implemented automated testing and visual regression pipelines in the frontend repository to ensure code quality, reduce bugs, and accelerate release cycles.
YRAL
Dec 20231 yr 5 mosApr 2025

• Spearheaded the development of Yral, an innovative Web3 platform blending the functionalities of TikTok • Leveraged expertise in Internet Computer to craft and implement Web3 contracts, enriching the platform’s capabilities. • orchestrated the seamless expansion of architecture from a single subnet to a multi-subnet framework, ensuring scalability to accommodate millions of users. Created an educational video around this to clearly explain complex concepts, enhancing viewer engagement and understanding.
BrowserStack
Apr 20221 yr 9 mosDec 2023

• Core Contributor to NightwatchJS. An open source with more than 200k weekly downloads • Proactively contributed to project success by offering valuable insights for feature implementation, conducting PR reviews, prioritizing tasks, and provided constructive suggestions for effective implementation to team members. • Achieved a remarkable 15% enhancement in Nightwatch performance, surpassing competing solutions in the market. Leveraged in-depth understanding of Node.js worker thread pool to implement parallel processing, resulting in a significant speed boost for testing operations. • Designed and implemented a Nightwatch test doubles plugin, enabling seamless dependency mocking and spying, resulting in improved test accuracy and more efficient testing workflows • Engage as a proactive speaker at industry meetups and conferences, passionately advocating for the utilization of Nightwatch, while effectively disseminating insights and latest advancement in NightwatchJS • Delivered a compelling presentation at React Nexus, a renowned international React conference, delving into the intricacies of component testing on real browsers using NightwatchJS. Captivated an audience of over 600+ attendees while sharing valuable insights in the field
BrowserStack
Mar 20211 yr 1 moMar 2022

• Introduced seamless CucumberJS integration into Nightwatch, enabling users to articulate tests in a Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) format. This strategic addition not only facilitated an enhanced testing approach but also extended the platform’s appeal to a broader user base, resulting in increased Nightwatch adoption • Developed a discreet plugin to incorporate React component testing into Nightwatch. Delved into React internals and learned Vite to enable component testing on real Browsers. • Designed and developed a visual testing plugin for Nightwatch, complemented by an HTML report. Downloaded over 1k times weekly." • Contributed to framework stability by addressing critical bugs, leading to reduced flakiness and enhanced performance. Additionally, provided valuable support to internal teams and external users by effectively addressing queries and concerns related to Nightwatch, fostering a reliable and supportive ecosystem.
SenseHawk
Jul 20209 mosMar 2021

• Contributed significantly as a backend developer. • Designed and created a comprehensive form service from the ground up. This innovative service empowered users to effortlessly generate forms with customizable sections and fields, while also facilitating submission recording and advanced form analytics. Technologies/Frameworks used: ExpressJS, MongoDB, ORM: Mongoose
Acko
Jan 20207 mosJul 2020

Bangalore

Created a framework for testing API's using postman test scripts and Django which was then used across various teams in Acko.
GitHub
@gravityvi
YouTubeyoutube.com/@gravity_vi

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Education

Dhirubhai Ambani University

Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Information and Communication Technology

Dhirubhai Ambani University

20164 yrs2020

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Headline

Lead Rust Developer | Rust | Swift | Collaborator Nightwatch.js

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

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Work experience

Founder at TuckIn: Sleep Schedule, May 2026 - Present · 4 mo, Bengaluru

Lead Rust Developer at YRAL, Dec 2024 - May 2026 · 1 y 5 mo, United States, - Integrated Web3 smart contracts (canisters) to extend platform functionality and enable advanced features within the ICP ecosystem. - Defined and implemented a structured feature request workflow between product managers and developers, improving accountability, communication, and clarity throughout the development lifecycle. - Implemented automated testing and visual regression pipelines in the frontend repository to ensure code quality, reduce bugs, and accelerate release cycles.

Rust Developer at YRAL, Dec 2023 - Apr 2025 · 1 yr 5 mos, • Spearheaded the development of Yral, an innovative Web3 platform blending the functionalities of TikTok • Leveraged expertise in Internet Computer to craft and implement Web3 contracts, enriching the platform’s capabilities. • orchestrated the seamless expansion of architecture from a single subnet to a multi-subnet framework, ensuring scalability to accommodate millions of users. Created an educational video around this to clearly explain complex concepts, enhancing viewer engagement and understanding.

Senior Software Engineer - Open Source Program Office at BrowserStack, Apr 2022 - Dec 2023 · 1 yr 9 mos, • Core Contributor to NightwatchJS. An open source with more than 200k weekly downloads • Proactively contributed to project success by offering valuable insights for feature implementation, conducting PR reviews, prioritizing tasks, and provided constructive suggestions for effective implementation to team members. • Achieved a remarkable 15% enhancement in Nightwatch performance, surpassing competing solutions in the market. Leveraged in-depth understanding of Node.js worker thread pool to implement parallel processing, resulting in a significant speed boost for testing operations. • Designed and implemented a Nightwatch test doubles plugin, enabling seamless dependency mocking and spying, resulting in improved test accuracy and more efficient testing workflows • Engage as a proactive speaker at industry meetups and conferences, passionately advocating for the utilization of Nightwatch, while effectively disseminating insights and latest advancement in NightwatchJS • Delivered a compelling presentation at React Nexus, a renowned international React conference, delving into the intricacies of component testing on real browsers using NightwatchJS. Captivated an audience of over 600+ attendees while sharing valuable insights in the field

Software Engineer - Open Source Program Office at BrowserStack, Mar 2021 - Mar 2022 · 1 yr 1 mo, • Introduced seamless CucumberJS integration into Nightwatch, enabling users to articulate tests in a Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) format. This strategic addition not only facilitated an enhanced testing approach but also extended the platform’s appeal to a broader user base, resulting in increased Nightwatch adoption • Developed a discreet plugin to incorporate React component testing into Nightwatch. Delved into React internals and learned Vite to enable component testing on real Browsers. • Designed and developed a visual testing plugin for Nightwatch, complemented by an HTML report. Downloaded over 1k times weekly." • Contributed to framework stability by addressing critical bugs, leading to reduced flakiness and enhanced performance. Additionally, provided valuable support to internal teams and external users by effectively addressing queries and concerns related to Nightwatch, fostering a reliable and supportive ecosystem.

Software Engineer at SenseHawk, Jul 2020 - Mar 2021 · 9 mos, • Contributed significantly as a backend developer. • Designed and created a comprehensive form service from the ground up. This innovative service empowered users to effortlessly generate forms with customizable sections and fields, while also facilitating submission recording and advanced form analytics. Technologies/Frameworks used: ExpressJS, MongoDB, ORM: Mongoose

Software Engineer Intern at Acko, Jan 2020 - Jul 2020 · 7 mos, Bangalore, Created a framework for testing API's using postman test scripts and Django which was then used across various teams in Acko.

Education

Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Information and Communication Technology, Dhirubhai Ambani University

Public links

github: https://github.com/gravityvi

youtube.com: https://youtube.com/@gravity_vi