I'm Sushil Buragute. I build software with a designer's eye.

I write code for a living and care about design more than I probably should. The work I like best sits where the two overlap: interfaces that feel obvious the first time you use them, built on code that stays that way.

Off the clock I read about whatever the web platform is doing next and help fellow devs on Sreetam's Discord. I also play chess, for the same reason I like debugging: it rewards thinking a few moves ahead.

Weekends? Meetups, mostly: tech ones for the ideas, board-game ones for the company.

The journey so far

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2026

🧑‍💻 Joined Gojek as SDE 2 (Frontend)

Started off the year with a new adventure at Gojek, building scalable frontend systems for millions of users.

2025

🧱 Porter | Platform scale-up

Scaled the web booking funnel and integrated it with core order systems to improve booking volume and reliability.

2025

🌍 Porter | International expansion

Built a Next.js + Strapi i18n framework that made multi-country launches fast and repeatable.

2025

⚙️ Porter | Web platform revamp

Helped modernise the web stack from legacy Rails to Next.js + Strapi, pushing better performance, SEO, and conversion.

2025

🤖 Porter | Hackathon | Kalyani (conversational AI)

Built a real-time conversational booking assistant using streaming audio, cloud-native infra, and Gemini APIs.

2025

🛠️ Porter | Backend curiosity arc

Started contributing to an internal campaign-management backend service powering promotions across multiple touchpoints.

2025

✨ Project | kanban.sush.dev

Built a local-first Kanban board with React 19 + IndexedDB, offline-first, type-safe, and zero-backend friendly.

2025

✨ Project | habits.sush.dev

Built an offline-ready habit tracker PWA with streaks, heatmaps, and cross-tab sync, tuned for great Lighthouse scores.

2024

🚀 Porter | Promoted to SDE 2

Stepped into broader ownership across platform reliability, mentoring, and scaling user-facing web systems.

2024

📦 Open Source | Strapi upload provider

Published a TypeScript Strapi upload provider adding Google Cloud Storage + CDN support (signed URLs, resumable uploads).

2024

🌐 Personal site | sush.dev

Redesigned my portfolio with a modern Next.js + Tailwind stack, MDX content, and a performance-first approach.

2024

☁️ Porter | Cloud migration

Migrated frontend services to GCP to reduce cloud costs while keeping performance and uptime intact.

2023

🧱 Porter | Web platform modernisation

Rebuilt porter.in from Rails to Next.js + Strapi, focusing on Core Web Vitals, SEO, and conversion.

2023

🔍 Porter | SEO & performance wins

Improved search visibility on high-intent keywords through technical SEO fixes and performance discipline.

2023

🎁 Porter | Rewards launch

Shipped the Rewards webview end-to-end and worked closely with backend teams to land stable contracts.

2022

🧑‍💻 Joined Porter as SDE 1 (Frontend)

Started my journey building and shipping user-facing web experiences at scale.

2022

🎓 Graduated

Completed my Bachelor of Engineering (Computer Engineering) from Savitribai Phule Pune University.

2021

🧠 Got comfortable with TypeScript

Type inference + static checks quickly became my default for building reliable UI at speed.

2021

✨ Shipped a product used by 6,000+ people

Designed and built an admissions portal for neoG’s 2022 cohort, supporting thousands of applicants end-to-end.

2020

🧩 Think Real | UI Engineer Intern

Worked on a design system and shipped end-to-end user flows across the product.

2020

🎤 Gave my first talk

Spoke at ACMxPCCOER about getting started in web development.

2020

🎨 Fell into UI design

Started noticing the details (typography, spacing, layout) and it quietly became a strength.

2019

🌱 Started learning web development

Found my lane. The web felt accessible, powerful, and instantly rewarding to build for.

2018

🎓 Started my engineering journey

Finally got to move from theory to building things that real users can touch and feel.