Clipboard
Technical lead across worker reliability, scheduling, and event-platform work, including Clipboard Score and the worker-event migration.
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Chand AnandSenior Software Engineer
I turn ambiguity into reliable systems.
Product instincts. Platform rigor. Production proof.Senior software engineer with 10+ years spanning zero-to-one SaaS, Uber-scale infrastructure, and worker-reliability systems at Clipboard.
status: open to conversations
- annual infra savings
- $4.4M
- measured event delivery
- ~66% → ~100%
- order to shipment
- 40h → 2h
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Selected work
Four systems chosen for the decisions behind them, not just the output.
001
Reliable worker event deliverycase study →
Replaced a fragile seven-plus-hop worker-data sync with an event-driven platform, raising measured application delivery from ~66% to ~100% during a controlled ramp of ~286K events a day.
~100%measured delivery
002Clipboard Score: zero to globalcase study →
Built and launched Clipboard Score as a new foundation for the worker-reliability domain, then expanded it across worker, Support, and admin workflows.
0 → 1reliability foundation
003Content rendering at Uber scalecase study →
Led related rendering, personalization, and attribute-platform work across two Uber roles, cutting static-content p99 from 140 ms to 7 ms while serving 10M impressions a day.
20×faster static p99
004Overboxd: fulfillment in two hourscase study →
Took a seller inventory and order-processing SaaS from idea to launch: 60 clients, 46K+ SKUs, 20K+ orders, and dramatically faster fulfillment.
2 horder to shipment
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Experience
The compact timeline. The case studies carry the detail.
work
- 2024 to present
- January 2019 to May 2024 full-time, following a 2018 internship
Uber
2 promotions in 26 months- 2021 to 2024
Led the CPU-efficiency redesign behind more than $4.4M in annual infrastructure savings.
- 2020 to 2021
Led the reliability redesign that prevented ~7M rendering failures.
- 2019 to 2020
Built unified personalization; cut attribute onboarding from one week to five minutes.
- 2018
Shipped the uber.com overhaul; cut time-to-interactive from ~19 s to ~6 s.
- 2016 to 2017
Overcart
Built Overboxd from zero to launch; cut order-to-shipment from 40 hours to two.
- 2015 to 2016
Barclaycard
Built acquisition APIs and signup event pipelines for the Barclaycard–JetBlue partnership.
education
- 2017 to 2018
UC San Diego, Master of Science in Computer Science
Teaching assistant for database systems and machine learning in finance.
- 2011 to 2015
Delhi Technological University, Bachelor of Technology in Software Engineering
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Writing
Notes from production. Occasional, concrete, and scoped like the case studies.
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About
I’m happiest in the messy middle: the problem matters, the path is unclear, and the first useful answer may be “don’t build it.” I favor observable systems, reversible launches, and measurements strong enough to change the plan.
Away from a terminal: woodworking, 3D printing, being a dad, and running Your Daily Photographer.
- base
- Sacramento, CA
- timezone
- Pacific Time
- mode
- Remote
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Have a stubborn system?
I’m always interested in stubborn product and platform problems. If you want to compare notes—or think I could help with one—email is the fastest way to reach me.