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Ajaykumar Jayaraman

Ajaykumar Jayaraman

Fullstack Javascript Engineer
Bangalore

Summary

Dynamic and passionate Full Stack JavaScript engineer with 17 years of extensive experience in web application development, specializing in native JavaScript, HTML, CSS, React JS, Vue JS, Node JS, and REST API integrations. Proven track record of transforming a bootstrapped sports tech startup into a leading platform serving 85% of open badminton tournaments in Chennai and Bangalore, highlighting strong entrepreneurial spirit and leadership abilities. Expertise in architecting modular web applications and implementing Design Systems ensures adherence to best practices while enabling rapid iteration and scalability. Collaborative work with Product Management and cross-functional engineering teams drives products from ideation to fully scalable solutions, supported by exceptional problem-solving skills that optimize design and efficiently resolve production challenges.

Overview

20
20
years of professional experience

Work History

Staff Engineer

Bright Insight
05.2022 - Current

Company: BrightInsight. Overview: BrightInsight is the leading global platform for biopharma and medtech-regulated digital health products. The platform accelerates time-to-market for customers’ digital health solutions, including mobile apps, healthcare provider interfaces, analytics dashboards, algorithms, medical devices, connected combination products, diagnostics, and Software as a Medical Device (SaMD) across therapeutic areas.

Role: Staff Engineer.

  • Architected and developed a common component library encompassing primary design system elements, reusable functional components, and utility methods for cross-team adoption.
  • Built a Node.js and Fastify-based middle API layer to integrate multiple APIs via gRPC, and deliver optimized data responses for UI consumption.
  • Designed and implemented configuration-driven applications, enabling dynamic UI modifications without code changes.
  • Led and mentored a five-member engineering team, driving technical excellence, career growth, and overall performance improvements.

Principal UI Engineer

Xactly Corp
11.2021 - 05.2022
  • Company Overview: Xactly has helped thousands of companies and millions of sellers around the world beat their revenue targets. Using Xactly’s solutions, leaders look past the current quarter to create revenue streams for long-term growth. The Xactly Intelligent Revenue Platform marries artificial intelligence and 16 years of proprietary data in easy-to-use applications. Sentiment, process, and trend analysis come together to form accurate machine forecasts. Quick identification and implementation of revenue plans, quotas, and territory improvements are easy. And, rapid calculation of even the most complex compensation plans keeps sales reps motivated and on track.
  • I was working on a project called Incent 2.0. In Incent 2.0, we are creating a brand-new UI server with all-new, latest and greatest UI technology.
  • I am responsible for architecting the entire front-end server, starting from choosing the repository structure, development and production environment setup, build optimization, scaffolding projects for new modules, unit testing, and CI/CD pipelines.
  • We are using React JS for coding, NodeJS as a backend server, Monorepo - Micro Front concept for modularity, and Webpack - Module Federation for client-side composition.

Co-Founder & Engineering Lead - UI

Playmatches
10.2017 - 11.2021
  • Company Overview: Playmatches (https://playmatches.com). Playmatches is a hub for sports enthusiasts, which helps them participate in tournaments around them. They can book tickets online, get various updates like match schedules, fixtures, live scoring, match results, and a lot more. For sports organizers, this platform provides an interface to organize hassle-free tournaments.
  • Performed complete research and developed the product from ideation to POC, to MVP, to a highly scalable product.
  • I brainstormed, developed a POC using React JS, and conducted market research before starting this company full-time.
  • Architected the entire front-end application using Vue.js, HTML, CSS, Webpack, and connected the application with Node.js and RethinkDB.
  • The same web application is converted into a mobile application using Cordova.
  • We have used cutting-edge technologies, like AWS Lambda functions and WebSockets, for live scoring. Continuously added new features to the application, and the application has been running successfully without any issues for the past three years.

Principal UI Engineer

Xactly Corp
11.2014 - 10.2017
  • My responsibilities include working with the business and product groups to understand the requirements, analyze the requirements, and design a system that is best suited for the requirements.
  • Worked with multiple teams, like Leo, Volans, and Phoenix, and led the UI development.

UI Engineer

Apigee
12.2010 - 11.2014
  • Company Overview: (Acquired by Google).
  • My responsibilities include working with the business and product groups to understand the requirements, analyze the requirements, and design a system that is best suited for the requirements. I was the only UI engineer at Apigee India, handling multiple projects across multiple teams.
  • Handled projects such as API modeling, SmartDocs, and API monitoring tools.
  • Completely redesigned the API Console with the latest technologies.

Software Engineer

Aol
08.2007 - 12.2010
  • I was responsible for developing and maintaining a bug-free and performant module to which I was assigned.
  • Worked on multiple projects, such as AOL Video Player portal pages and MyAOL pages.
  • I learned new technology and tools, such as Flash, Flex, ActionScript, jQuery, and Bootstrap, and used them wherever possible.

Application Developer

EC Software
03.2006 - 08.2007
  • EC Software is my first company. I was responsible for developing web applications using HTML and CSS, which get converted into XML through an XSLT parser.
  • I learned HTML, CSS, and JavaScript technologies in detail and applied them in website development.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Science

Vel Tech - Anna University
Chennai, India
04.2005

Diploma - Computer Technology

KSR Polytechnic
Tiruchengode, India
04.2001

Skills

Javascript, HTML, CSS

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Timeline

Staff Engineer

Bright Insight
05.2022 - Current

Principal UI Engineer

Xactly Corp
11.2021 - 05.2022

Co-Founder & Engineering Lead - UI

Playmatches
10.2017 - 11.2021

Principal UI Engineer

Xactly Corp
11.2014 - 10.2017

UI Engineer

Apigee
12.2010 - 11.2014

Software Engineer

Aol
08.2007 - 12.2010

Application Developer

EC Software
03.2006 - 08.2007

Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Science

Vel Tech - Anna University

Diploma - Computer Technology

KSR Polytechnic
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