About

I'm a Staff Engineer with 12+ years of experience building scalable, reliable systems. I am currently at Stripe, as a contractor operating at at Staff scope as a solo contractor — owning cross-layer (infra, runtime, application) projects with no prior resolution paths. Previously, I was at Automattic, working on Jetpack — powering features used by millions of WordPress sites. I specialize in distributed systems, scalable architecture, and building robust APIs.

I care about thoughtful engineering, clear communication, and building software that adds value to its users.

I prefer async communication, value deep work and have a proven track record of delivering results in distributed teams.

I can be reached at siddarthan@outlook.com. You can find me on LinkedIn, GitHub, schedule a call with me, or download my resume.

Selected Highlights:

• Built scalable social sharing infrastructure at Automattic, integrating platforms like Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, and Mastodon.
• Designed and implemented tiered payment plans.
• Led cross-functional initiatives across distributed engineering teams.
• Enjoyed debugging hard-to-reproduce/complex issues and fixed them: memory leaks, race conditions, etc.

Career Summary:

• Stripe (now) – Contract Software Engineer, Lemon Squeezy
• Automattic (2021–2025) – Software Engineer, Jetpack
• Radius Agent (2018–2021) – Technical Lead
• Hashnode (2017–2018) – Backend Engineer
• Shippable (2015–2016) – Software Engineer
• Altair Engineering (2014–2015) – Software Engineer

I studied Computer Science at Manipal Institute of Technology and got my start writing backend code for a music streaming app during college. I try to be funny when I am not working at my virtual comedy club.