Tejas Ghanwat
Highspot
Seattle
7
years of professional experience
Innovative Software Development Engineer with over 6 years of experience in enterprise SaaS applications, focusing on AI-driven development and full-stack engineering. Skilled in utilizing advanced LLMs and platforms to enhance feature delivery and modernize architectures. Led the end-to-end development process with React, TypeScript, Python, and cloud technologies across diverse, high-performing engineering teams.
Work History
Software Development Engineer II
4 Years- Accelerated development velocity by leveraging agentic coding workflows and advanced AI tools (e.g., Cursor), guiding multi-file codebase implementations through structured prompt engineering and context specification to enhance overall project efficiency.
- Designed and authored custom AI Skills to optimize agentic workflows, significantly reducing model hallucinations, enhancing overall code quality, and minimizing defect rates.
- Accelerated Highspot's migration to its next-generation React and TypeScript component library by engineering reusable platform components, including a highly configurable Dialog supporting both modal and non-modal experiences adopted across multiple product surfaces.
- Owned frontend development across the flagship Deals experience, architecting configurable data tables, advanced filtering, timeline enhancements, external sharing workflows and persistent user preferences powering enterprise sales workflows.
- Architected a scalable filtering framework supporting standard and CRM-backed dynamic filters while partnering with Backend engineers to define extensible API contracts for future product capabilities.
- Drove end-to-end frontend implementation of AI-powered Deal Agent and Meeting Agent experiences by designing intuitive interaction patterns, isolated conversation state management and reusable chat infrastructure for future AI initiatives.
- Prevented critical release blocker by influencing UX Platform roadmap, prioritising shared NumberField component and implementing backward-compatible solution that maintained delivery timelines while enabling future platform migration.
- Influenced cross-functional technical decisions by partnering with Product, Design, UX Platform, and Backend teams to clarify ambiguous requirements and deliver impactful enterprise features across globally distributed engineering teams.
- Delivered AI-powered Meeting Suggestions for the Meeting Dossier experience, surfacing contextual recommendations that enabled sales representatives to prepare more effectively for customer engagements.
- Served as a founding engineer for Highspot's Hyderabad engineering hub, helping scale the organisation through technical interviewing, engineering onboarding and mentorship.
- Owned end-to-end frontend development for Meeting Dossier, collaborating across India and US engineering teams to deliver the experience from inception through Internal Alpha under aggressive delivery timelines.
- Accelerated the productivity of 10+ engineers by mentoring teammates, introducing engineering best practices and standardising development workflows across the newly established engineering hub.
- Spearheaded frontend delivery of AI-powered Topic Summaries using ChatGPT, enabling enterprise sales teams to rapidly distill meeting insights and improve post-meeting productivity.
- Modernised the Meeting Intelligence platform by leading its migration from legacy server-rendered pages to a React/Redux Single Page Application, significantly improving maintainability and development velocity.
- Redesigned the transcript reading experience by replacing legacy interfaces with modern React components, improving navigation and overall usability across meeting intelligence workflows.
- Instrumented product analytics using Amplitude across key customer journeys, enabling data-driven product decisions through improved visibility into feature adoption and user engagement.
- Strengthened frontend reliability by expanding automated component testing with React Testing Library, reducing regressions across critical user workflows.
Associate Software Engineer
3 Months- Delivered worker task assignment capabilities within the React Native mobile application, streamlining field service operations and workforce management.
- Engineered currency validation workflows, enhancing financial data accuracy and reducing invalid cost submissions.
- Developed worker task assignment capabilities in React Native mobile application, streamlining field service operations and improving workforce management.
Software Development Engineer
1 Year- Led a cross-functional engineering team of five to deliver a Firefighter Incident Management platform from concept to production within six months for emergency response organisations.
- Architected backend services and REST APIs in Python powering real-time incident management and operational workflows.
- Engineered responsive frontend experiences using Vue 3, Vuex and SCSS supporting mission-critical emergency response operations.
- Automated application delivery with GitHub Actions CI/CD pipelines and AWS EC2 deployments, streamlining release cycles and enhancing deployment reliability.
- Collaborated with firefighters to identify operational challenges and develop intuitive digital workflows through user research, rapid prototyping and iterative product design.
- Developed a Garmin wearable application using Monkey C to monitor hazardous material exposure during emergency incidents, improving situational awareness beyond traditional desktop interfaces.
Frontend Developer (React Native / React)
4 Months- Developed a React Native application that predicts household milk shelf life using user consumption patterns, reducing estimated milk waste by 15%.
- Conducted user research and behavioral analysis to identify consumption patterns and improve prediction accuracy.
- Re-engineered SyncAED anomaly detection platform with Power Systems department, streamlining workflows and enhancing system usability.
ReactJS Developer
2 Months- Streamlined workflow for healthcare advisors managing patients with anterograde amnesia by designing intuitive task management experiences.
- Created responsive React applications using React, Redux and SASS with a focus on mobile-first architecture.
- Developed dynamic user interfaces using React.js, enhancing overall application performance and user experience.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to define project requirements and deliver high-quality software solutions.
- Implemented state management solutions using Redux to streamline data flow across applications.
Frontend Developer
7 Months- Developed responsive frontend interfaces using Thymeleaf, JavaScript (ES6), CSS3 and jQuery.
- Developed responsive frontend interfaces with Thymeleaf, JavaScript (ES6), CSS3 and jQuery, enhancing user engagement and satisfaction.
- Conducted usability studies with students and university administrators, translating findings into actionable product improvements that significantly enhanced user experience.
Education
Master of Science - Computer Science
Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Engineering
Skills
Frontend: React
Redux
React Native
Vue.js
HTML5
CSS3
SCSS
Thymeleaf
Languages: JavaScript (ES6+)
TypeScript
Python
Java
Ruby
Backend: Node.js
REST APIs
Python
Ruby
AI & Developer Tools: Cursor
Claude
AI Skills
Testing: Playwright
React Testing Library
Jest
TestCafe
Cloud & DevOps: AWS EC2
GitHub Actions
CI/CD
Tools & Platforms: Git
Figma
Amplitude
Jira
Timeline
Software Development Engineer II
Highspot
08.2022 - CurrentRead More
Associate Software Engineer
BuildOps Inc.
03.2022 - 06.2022Read More
Software Development Engineer
Retinus LLC
02.2021 - 02.2022Read More
Frontend Developer (React Native / React)
Washington State University — SGDRI Lab
09.2020 - 01.2021Read More
ReactJS Developer
Infinite Options LLC
08.2020 - 10.2020Read More
Frontend Developer
Washington State University — Enterprise Systems
10.2019 - 05.2020Read More
University of Mumbai
Bachelor of Engineering from Computer Engineering
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Washington State University
Master of Science from Computer Science
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