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Chris Blesson

Senior Frontend Engineer building observability, design systems, and developer tooling.

Six years shipping production frontend at Xflow and Freshworks — the parts that don't show up in a demo: alerting that pages the right person, component libraries that survive real product teams, and integrations that take hours instead of weeks.

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6+
Years shipping
4
Hackathon podiums
2
Product companies
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About

I'm a frontend engineer with six years of production experience across two product companies. Most of my work sits at the boundary between the interface and the systems behind it — observability and distributed tracing, component libraries driven by design tokens, and internal frameworks other engineers build on top of.

I care about the parts of frontend engineering that don't show up in a demo. Alerting that pages the right person. A design system that survives contact with real product teams. Integration work that turns a two-week job into a two-hour one.

Based in
Bangalore, India
Currently
Senior Frontend Engineer, Xflow
Focus
Frontend platform & DX

Observability

Alert monitoring and distributed tracing that surface the right signal before a customer notices.

Design systems

Token-driven component libraries with visual regression pipelines keeping design and engineering in step.

Developer experience

Internal frameworks and tooling that collapse repetitive integration work into a configured step.

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Experience

Six years across two product companies, from integrations and enterprise support to frontend platform work.

See how each system works
  1. Aug 2023 — PresentBangalore, India

    Senior Frontend Engineer

    Xflow · Bangalore, India

    • Implemented and configured a comprehensive alert monitoring system and distributed tracing solution, enhancing application performance visibility and enabling proactive issue detection and resolution.
    • Developed an internal framework that enables seamless integration of complex, step-based onboarding flows/widgets, significantly enhancing developer experience and streamlining onboarding implementation.
    • Built a component library using design tokens and Token Studio, ensuring seamless integration between design and frontend teams; set up a visual testing pipeline to catch unintended component changes.
    • Developed a website calculator utilizing AWS services like Textract and Bedrock to extract and analyze bank document data, giving users a clear, interactive breakdown of charges.
    ObservabilityDesign SystemsAWS BedrockToken Studio
  2. Apr 2023 — Aug 2023Chennai, India

    Senior Software Engineer

    Freshworks · Chennai, India

    • Set up the test framework for Freshrelease and improved test coverage.
    • Worked across various epics during this period and shipped them with better quality.
    TestingQuality
  3. Oct 2020 — Apr 2023Chennai, India

    Software Engineer

    Freshworks · Chennai, India

    • Worked on key accounts to provide integration between Freshworks products and third-party applications.
    • Implemented integrations with Salesforce using Apex Classes and Apex Triggers.
    • Built several custom applications using React for various customers.
    • Was responsible for handling several enterprise customers.
    ReactSalesforce ApexIntegrations
  4. Jan 2020 — Oct 2020Chennai, India

    Software Engineer — Intern

    Freshworks · Chennai, India

    • Built multiple integrations within the Freshworks ecosystem.
    • Handled various priority bugs and enabled prompt customer deliveries.
    • Developed an integration with a CSAT application that sends timely surveys through social media.
    IntegrationsBug triage
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Skills

The tools I reach for most, grouped by where they sit in the stack.

Languages & Cloud

  • JavaScript
  • TypeScript
  • Python
  • C / C++
  • HTML
  • CSS
  • GraphQL
  • AWS Services

Frameworks & Libraries

  • Astro
  • React
  • Next.js
  • Nest.js
  • Node.js
  • Redux
  • Django
  • Prisma
  • Ember JS
  • jQuery
  • SCSS
  • Tailwind
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Achievements

Hackathon results, certifications, and education.

  • 1st

    Xflow AI Hackathon

    2026

    Company-wide, first place

  • 2nd

    MindsDB Global Hackathon

    2024

    Worldwide entrants, second place

  • 1st

    Freshworks Internal Hackathon

    2022

    Workplace management solution

  • 2nd

    Freshworks Internal Hackathon

    2021

    Second place

  • OSS

    Open source

    Contributor to several repositories

Certifications

  • Udemy — Django, React, Astro Certification
  • MongoDB Certification — MongoDB University

Education

  • B.Tech. in Information TechnologySt. Joseph's College of Engineering, Chennai, India2016 — 2020
Contact

Let's build something together

I'm open to conversations about frontend architecture, developer experience, and interesting engineering problems. The fastest way to reach me is email.

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