Senior Software Engineer @ Edgeform
2021 to nowOn the framework team shipping features used by millions of developers. Led the WebGPU rendering pipeline and the local-first sync engine.
Portfolio Studio
Rishi
Nair
Engineer · Creator · Hackathon Addict
Full-stack engineer by day, creative coder by night. I build developer tools, make generative art, and maintain an unhealthy number of side projects. Currently obsessed with local-first software and pushing the web platform further than it wants to go.
- TypeScript
- React
- Next.js
- Rust
- WASM
- Three.js
- GLSL
- WebGPU
- Node
- Python
- Figma
- Design Systems
Product Engineer @ Loom-ish Studio
2018 to 2021Built design-tooling and the in-browser canvas editor from scratch.
Riffle
Creator · 2023A local-first note tool with realtime sync and zero servers. 1M+ npm downloads.
Visit ↗Plotter
Solo · 2022A WebGPU generative-art playground. Won Hack the North.
Visit ↗Grain
Designer & dev · 2021A risograph-style photo filter built on WebGL shaders.
Field Notes
PhotographerStreet photography from a year of travel, shot on a single 35mm lens.
Generative art, Lo-fi production, Street photography, Coffee
- ●GitHub Star (2023)
- ●Hack the North — Winner (2019)
- ●1M+ npm downloads (2022)
- ●Awwwards Honorable Mention (2023)
B.Tech · Computer ScienceUniversity of Waterloo