Receipts — Mileage & Tax Tracker
AI receipt scanner with mileage, invoices, and tax-ready PDF/CSV exports for micro-businesses.
Open to roles & advising
Seattle, WA
Founder & Senior Software Engineer
Rohit Sharma
Ex-Microsoft Teams (9y), Intel (3y), PlayStation 2 / PSP game dev (2y). Shipping 12+ iOS & AI apps solo.
- React
- TypeScript
- Swift
- Node
- C++
- Builder since 2005
9 yrsMicrosoft Teams
3 yrsIntel graphics
320M+users reached
12+iOS apps shipped
Master of Science in Computer Science · University of Southern California
About
Rohit Sharma is a Seattle-based senior software engineer and founder — 15+ years shipping at hyperscale and building solo.
- Microsoft (9 yrs) — Senior Software Engineer on Teams: Presence, People, At-Mentions, and Channels across a 320M+ user surface.
- Intel (3 yrs) — 3D graphics pipeline; converted DirectX 11 streams into pre-silicon GPU simulation traces.
- Games — began in console development on PlayStation 2 / PSP (DESI ADDA).
- Education — Master of Science in Computer Science, University of Southern California.
- Today — 12+ iOS & AI apps shipped solo; licensed Washington real-estate broker; published author on Amazon.
Selected work
Solo-built iOS & AI products — design, code, launch, and support, end to end.
Custom Car Plate — AI Generator
AI-generated vanity license-plate ideas: numbers, names, and personalized designs.
Habit Tracker — Break Reminder
Focus, water, posture, and break timers that help build better daily habits.
Connect 4 Basketball — Online
Four-in-a-row meets casual hoops — a quick, competitive online mashup.
Car Buying Concierge
Stop overpaying at the dealer — negotiate your next car with confidence.
Home Inspect
Spot home issues and estimate repair costs fast — built for buyers and owners.
Guardia — MLS Extension
A browser extension that gives realtors instant buyer/seller answers in one tab instead of five.
Hosla — Indhan - Badla - Shooter Prototype
A scrappy, Pistol Whip-style rhythm-shooter experiment built for the web — a play with game feel and range.
Experience
15+ years shipping at hyperscale and from scratch.
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Senior Software Engineer — Teams
Owned Presence, People, At-Mentions, and Channels across Microsoft Teams' 320M+ user surface. Led the TypeScript migration in the Teams 2.0 rewrite Microsoft publicly called "2× faster." Cut p95 heap ~40MB and p50 messaging latency ~10%; mentored 12 engineers.
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Graphics Software Engineer
Built C/C++ tooling that converted DirectX 11 API streams into pre-silicon GPU simulation traces, helping hardware and driver teams validate Intel Gen graphics before silicon.
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Software Engineer
Cloud-migration and disaster-recovery automation across OpenStack hypervisors in Python and C/C++.
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Game Developer — DESI ADDA (PlayStation 2 / PSP)
Core developer on one of the earliest console games made in India. Built the Kabaddi game from scratch in Vicious Engine through Sony cert and launch.
Résumé
Always the latest version — view it below or download the PDF.
Beyond code
The rare intersection: engineer, founder, broker, author.
Licensed Broker — Windermere, WA
$15M+ in personal sales in year one, on the top-5-in-Washington Hao Dang Team — Best of Zillow (top 1% in the U.S.), with 800+ five-star reviews and 2,100+ homes sold. It doubles as live customer research for the PropTech I build.
vProp.ai — Seoul
Advising an AI platform that turns MLS listings into videos with voice cloning, avatars, and multilingual support.
TeachShack — Ed-tech
Technical co-founder of an ed-tech marketplace; led web, mobile, and infra from MVP to market test. Featured in US Venture News.
Microsoft Surface Table — USC
Built multi-touch blob detection in OpenCV / Python on one of only 10 of these devices worldwide.
Featured book
Bollywood Piano: Learn Piano in 7 Days
My most popular title — a fast, friendly path to playing Bollywood melodies.
Off the screen
- Krav Maga
- Breakdancing
- Harmonica
- Cajon
- Graphite portraits
- Table tennis
- World traveler
Frequently asked
Who is Rohit Sharma the software engineer?
A Seattle-based senior software engineer and founder. He spent 9 years at Microsoft on Teams (Messaging, Channels, Presence, People), 3 years at Intel on the 3D graphics pipeline, and started out building PlayStation 2 / PSP console games. Today he ships iOS and AI apps solo.
Where has Rohit Sharma worked?
Microsoft (Senior SDE on Teams, 2016–2025), Intel (Graphics Software Engineer, 2012–2015), RackWare (2015–2016), and GameShastra (PlayStation 2 / PSP game developer, 2008–2010). He holds a master's degree in Computer Science from the University of Southern California.
What apps has Rohit Sharma built?
12+ App Store apps, including Receipts, Custom Car Plate (AI), Habit Tracker, Connect 4 Basketball, Car Buying Concierge, and Home Inspect — plus Guardia, an MLS (Multiple Listing Service) browser extension for realtors.
What is Rohit Sharma known for?
Shipping software end-to-end — from Teams features used by 320M+ people to solo-built iOS and AI products. He is also a licensed Washington real-estate broker and a published Amazon author.
Is Rohit Sharma available to hire or advise?
Yes — open to senior/staff and founding-engineer roles, plus advisory and investment conversations. Reach him on LinkedIn.
Let's build something
Open to senior/founding-engineer roles, advisory, and investment.