# Kush Changela > Engineering @ Tennr Location: New York, New York, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/kushchangela Product-oriented full-stack engineer with a frontend spike, focused on scalable systems, intuitive UIs, and durable code ## Work Experience ### Software Engineer @ Tennr Jan 2024 – Present | New York, NY Today, when you go to your doctor and get referred to a specialist, your doctor sends out a referral and tells you, “They’ll be in touch soon.” So you wait. And wait. Sometimes days, weeks, or even months. Why? Because too often providers are overwhelmed with the painstakingly tedious work required to get paid by insurance companies. Powered by proprietary models, Tennr handles the complex paperwork that gets patients through the door and providers paid, helping operators to capture more referrals, cut denials, and reduce care delays. ### Software Engineer II @ Lucid Software Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | Raleigh, North Carolina, United States - Developed the Text-to-Diagram AI feature, enabling users to generate Lucidchart diagrams with text input, built using an LLM, increasing total AI usage to 50,000 weekly active users and growing - Acted as Interim Team Lead, managing the AI rollout to enterprise users, coordinating with marketing, product, design, and infra teams, resulting in an instant 10x increase in AI usage, with no scaling issues - Revamped the AI consent UI following user interviews, improving user acceptance rates from 50% to 85% - Operated as frontend lead on AI teams, leading critical UI projects including developing 3 new AI features, implementing DBSCAN clustering for AI Summarization, and optimizing loading for WebGL rendering ### Co-Founder @ TheTeenConnection Jan 2018 – Jan 2023 | Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area - Founded and expanded theteenconnection.org after graduating high school, serving over 100 clients - Recruited and managed a team of 12 tutors, driving over $15,000 in annual revenue ### Software Engineer @ Gordian Software Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | Bellevue, Washington, United States - Generated over $1M increase in flight seat sales for Priceline and a 10% increase in Gordian’s revenue by decreasing required user interactions by 30%, leading to a 20% increase in seat attach rates - Increased total SDK daily end-users by 10% by developing an optimized and scalable embedded version - Designed and engineered the frontend of White Label, a post-booking platform for OTA customers, with over 200,000 projected bookings a year at launch ### Software Engineer and Product Management Intern @ IBM Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | United States - Spearheaded a 15% increase in internal ZenHub usage by conducting targeted user interviews and developing an intuitive React web-app, enhancing team productivity and collaboration - Strategically redesigned user flow of IBM Spectrum Fusion’s install UI, improving completion speed by 30% - Implemented Ansible scripts to automate routine processes, boosting task efficiency by over 150% ### Genetics Research Assistant @ University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Chapel Hill, NC Assisted in conducting genetics research at UNC-Chapel Hill. Built a web app, Lab Calculator, in July 2020 increasing the productivity of lab colleagues by 100% through the automation of calculations required for PCRs, which is a very mundane and time-consuming task. Additional tasks I work on include PCRs, plasmid minipreps, DNA spooling, and gel electrophoresis. ## Education ### Bachelor's degree in Computer Science The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Jan 2018 – Jan 2022 ### Minor in Business Administration and Management UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 ### High School Diploma Wake Young Men's Leadership Academy Jan 2014 – Jan 2018 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/kchangela - Website: https://theteenconnection.org --- Source: https://flows.cv/kushchangela JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/kushchangela/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-23