Navraj Bal

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I'm a CS student at the University of Waterloo. Right now I'm at Tesla, working on infrastructure — a self-service platform so internal teams can monitor and manage their APIs. I like the kind of software other people have to live with: internal tools, platforms, the layer underneath the product.

I've been getting more interested in how systems stay understandable as they grow. Previously I interned at Dayforce, and I spent a year at UW Blueprint building software for nonprofits. Outside of work I tinker — compilers, Android apps, whatever I want to understand better.

work

  • Tesla
    Tesla
    Software Engineering, Infrastructure
    Jan 2026 – now

    Self-service platform so internal teams can monitor and manage APIs.

  • Dayforce
    Dayforce
    Software Developer
    Jan 2025 – Aug 2025

    Moved 15+ legacy ASP.NET pages to React and .NET Core. A caching worker cut SQL-backed response times by 75%, and YAML pipelines plus broader tests got coverage to 93%.

  • UW Blueprint
    UW Blueprint
    Software Developer
    Jan 2025 – Feb 2026

    Admin dashboard for Marillac Place: scheduling, a task library, and JWT auth with role-based access. TypeScript, React, GraphQL, Postgres.

  • Platinum Trailers
    Platinum Trailers
    Software Developer
    May 2024 – Aug 2024

    Quality inspection app that cut recurring issues by 27% and saved $10k+/month, plus a planning dashboard tracking seven KPIs.