Kanad Gupta

Experience

ReadMe

Senior Product Engineer Jan 2024 - Nov 2025

• Ideated, scoped, and led engineering efforts for OAuth 2.0 support in the API playground, unblocking access for 25% of enterprise customers within 2 months.
• Optimized client and backend performance for large OpenAPI files (up to 10MB), cutting load times and eliminating redundant parse/validate/dereference cycles via selective dereferencing and result caching.
• Architected React/Zustand client-side state management for interactive API products (e.g., API playground, OpenAPI visual editor); closed dozens of customer issues and significantly improved development velocity.
• Owned a major API and CLI rewrite addressing customer feedback and new roadmap requirements; drove org-wide alignment on API design standards, data models, and documentation.
• Coached small teams (1–3 engineers/designers) through technical direction, code review, and mentorship while maintaining a strong shipping cadence.
• Introduced Zod, Fastify, and Vercel’s ai SDK into internal TypeScript/OpenAPI workflows to increase type safety and shipping velocity.
• Ran internal and customer-facing office hours and product trainings to drive adoption of advanced platform features.

Developer Advocate Jul 2021 - Jan 2024

• Established ReadMe’s first Developer Advocate role to support the developer ecosystem and lead technical marketing and enablement initiatives.
• Drove engineering, product, marketing, and education efforts for rdme, ReadMe’s official API client and CLI, resulting in nearly a 10× increase in developer adoption over two years.
• Led major improvements to rdme, including:
  • Expanded distribution options by adding first-class GitHub Actions support and a self-serve onboarding flow; grew GitHub Actions adoption from zero to ~50,000 weekly downloads.
  • Optimized Docker image sizes, reducing build times by ~90% and saving customers thousands of dollars in CI costs.
• Partnered with organizations including Amazon, GitHub, 1Password, and the OpenAPI Initiative on co-marketing and technical integrations; produced blog posts, tutorials, documentation, and webinars.
• Produced ReadMe’s first ever recurring customer changelog, the Owlet Weekly Update, serving as primary author for three years and establishing internal guidelines for technical and marketing communications.

Full Stack Engineer Aug 2018 - Jul 2021

• Built and maintained several key collaboration- and security-focused product features, including Slack integrations, suggested edits workflows, and two-factor authentication.
• Contributed across the stack, including React component libraries, MongoDB query performance optimizations, and Cloudflare SSL certificate infrastructure.
• Authored launch documentation and blog content to support feature adoption and customer education.

Deloitte

Analytics Consultant Oct 2016 - Jul 2018

• Performed data analysis using Python and Excel on regulatory reports for major financial institutions to meet regulatory compliance requirements and minimize financial and operational risk.