# Etash Kalra 🏔️

> Liberating sharp minds from dull work

Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/etash

I believe that great technology enables people to spend more time on the things that matter most. The things that humans and humans alone can do. 

Colorado native | Sko buffs 🦬

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer @ Rippling
Jan 2025 – Present | San Francisco
Co-owned, built, and launched Rippling Chat to alpha, beta, and GA. 
Previously, founding engineer on Rippling Scheduling and Workforce Management — launched alpha, beta, and GA.

### Software Engineer II @ Rippling
Jan 2024 – Jan 2025 | San Francisco

### Software Engineer @ Rippling
Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | San Francisco

### Co-Founder @ Conifer
Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | San Francisco + Boulder
Led and built Conifer, a degree management platform for university advising departments to manage graduation plans and help more students graduate on time.

It didn’t work out, but I learned a ton about building and selling software, navigating higher-ed, and tackling tough problems.

### Software Engineer Intern @ Rippling
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco
Developed end-to-end biometric authentication for Rippling's Time & Attendance product using AWS Rekognition (yes, it's spelled with a 'k')

### President @ Leeds Consulting Group
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | Boulder, Colorado
Happy to connect with other LCGers, shoot me a DM any time

### Vice President of Curriculum @ Leeds Consulting Group
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | Boulder, Colorado

### Software Engineer Intern @ NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021

### Software Engineer Intern @ National Institute of Standards and Technology
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Boulder, Colorado


## Education
### College of Engineering & Applied Science in BS Computer Science, BS Applied Mathematics
University of Colorado Boulder

### International Exchange in School of Computing
National University of Singapore

### Douglas County High School

### IB Diploma
International Baccalaureate (IB)


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/etashkalra

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Last updated: 2026-03-31