Kunal Purohit

San Diego→Los Angeles→San Francisco

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Ihelpengineeringteamsbuildthefuture.

I currently work @ Sentry.

Over my 7 years experience as a full stack engineer, I've worked on a diversity of products.

From building everyday utilities @ Google to deep space satellites @ NASA, I rely on my technical experience to help developers find the tools they need to make an impact.

Experience

  1. Dec 2024 — Present

    Pre-Sales Solutions Engineer — Sentry

    • Leading technical proof-of-concept initiatives & onboarding for enterprise & corporate customers, netting $X million in additional ARR.
  2. Mar 2024 — Aug 2024

    Founding Engineer — Rox

    • Frontend Engineer building an agentic CRM from 0 → 1.
  3. Aug 2018 — 2024

    Senior Software Engineer — Google

    • Engineer on Google Payments Team, responsible for payment integrations for all flagship Google products. Drove over $XXX million in annual volume.
  4. May 2018

    B.S. Computer Science — Cal Poly Pomona

  5. Jan 2017 — Aug 2017

    Developer — NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

    • Optimized Deep Space Network logging & error tracking by 200%; built full-stack UI tooling for DSN operators.
  6. May 2016

    General Education — Palomar College

  7. Jun 2014

    GED — Carlsbad High School

I'mwriting&directingtwoshortfilmsin2026...

...Chameleon&It'sJustBoxing.

Chameleon

A humble store owner balances his secret identity and deals with a betrayal.

writing→planning→production→editing & post→publish

Behind the scenes (click to view)

a story about family

It's Just Boxing

In pursuit of glory, a friend actualizes boxing's brutality.

writing→planning→production→editing & post→publish

Behind the scenes

in progress
a story about cost

Someofmypreviousfilms

When Success Isn't Enough, the Cost of Optimization

The best life is one completely optimized, yet satisfaction doesn't go up with efficiency. In our high paced lives, there's merit to stepping back and ‘wasting time’.

I became the Main Character

So much has changed in 2025, but my biggest realization came not in becoming someone else but in making this life my own.