01Experience
The roles, the rules, and the ideas that shaped how I build.
A compact view of the teams, systems, and habits that still influence my work today.
[ Sec. 04 ] Experience
Selected · 2017 — Present
- 01
Verol
Founding engineer · 2024 — Now
Building the analytics workspace from the first commit. Owning architecture, hiring engineering, shaping product direction.
- 02
Northwind Labs
Senior software engineer · 2021 — 2024
Led the rebuild of the payments console. Shipped real-time reconciliation and reduced support load by 41%.
- 03
Hyperdraft
Product engineer · 2019 — 2021
Joined as the third engineer. Helped take the editor from prototype to 80k weekly active writers.
- 04
Independent
Consulting engineer · 2017 — 2019
Worked with seed-stage teams on MVPs and zero-to-one product engineering across fintech and tooling.
Working belief
Software should be as intentional as a well-bound book. Weight, rhythm, and clarity aren't just for print.
I write code the way an editor cuts paragraphs — by removing what isn't earning its keep. Most teams I've joined ship more once we agree on what to delete.
[ Sec. 06 ] About
A short version, ageing slowly
Hi.
I'm Divyanshu Sharma — a software engineer who fell in love with building the moment I shipped my first ugly side project at fifteen and watched a stranger use it.
Most of my work sits at the seam between engineering and product: AI systems that have to feel honest, internal tools that have to feel inevitable, payments flows that have to feel boring in the best possible way.
Curiosity is the engine. I read more than I write, run before the city wakes up, cook badly but enthusiastically, and keep a list of questions I haven't yet earned the right to answer.
Based in India. Available for a small number of partnerships in 2026.
[ Sec. 07 ] Get in touch
Let's build something meaningful.
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