Kalyan Shankar Gontla
Bengaluru
Summary
Dynamic Software Developer specializing in React.js with a strong track record of building scalable, high-performance web applications. Experienced in designing robust UI architectures, implementing efficient state management using Redux, Context API, and delivering seamless user experiences. Proficient in modern frontend technologies, component-driven development, and performance optimization techniques. Adept at working in Agile environments, collaborating cross-functionally, and contributing to end-to-end application development.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Software Engineer
Cognizant - Walmart
Banglore
01.2025 - Current
- Developed and maintained DCS (Data Store Credential Service), a centralized platform for creating and managing service accounts and securely handling credentials used by applications to access databases and protected resources.
- Built scalable, reusable React components and custom hooks, enabling consistent UI patterns and accelerating development across multiple internal applications.
- Leveraged Redux (Redux Toolkit, middleware, async thunks) for global state management, improving data flow, application performance, and maintainability across complex modules.
- Developed and integrated RESTful APIs using Java Spring Boot, enabling secure communication between frontend applications and backend services.
- Designed and consumed API endpoints with a focus on performance, security, and scalability, ensuring seamless data exchange across systems.
- Optimized React applications using code splitting, memoization (useMemo, useCallback), and lazy loading, improving load times and overall user experience.
- Integrated shared components and state logic into various sub-applications, ensuring seamless interoperability and reducing duplication across teams.
- Wrote robust unit and integration tests using Cypress and Jest, and contributed to defining a testing strategy targeting high code coverage and reliability.
- Participated in technical design discussions on UX, API contracts, and frontend architecture, collaborating with backend teams to deliver secure and high-performance integrations.
- Worked in an Agile environment, contributing to story creation, sprint planning, estimations, and continuous delivery of features.
Senior Software Engineer
Cognizant - Pepsico
11.2021 - 12.2024
- Developed contract management web application for PepsiCo using React, TypeScript, and SPFx, providing a scalable solution that met enterprise requirements.
- Built reusable and modular React components and custom hooks, enhancing application functionality, maintainability, and user experience.
- Implemented Redux (Redux Toolkit, async thunks) for centralized state management, improving data consistency and handling complex application workflows efficiently.
- Integrated SharePoint lists and libraries via SPFx and REST APIs to enhance secure storage and management of contract data.
- Developed a multi-file upload feature for efficient document management, ensuring reliability and smooth user interaction.
- Enabled right-to-left (RTL) language support (Arabic), ensuring accessibility and usability for a global user base.
- Debugged, refactored, and optimized existing modules using performance optimization techniques, improving application speed and stability.
- Enabled right-to-left (RTL) language support (Arabic), ensuring accessibility and usability for a global user base.
Software Developer
TCS
08.2019 - 10.2021
- Built scalable UI architecture using React functional components, hooks (useState, useEffect), and Context API, alongside Angular components, services, and dependency injection for modular and maintainable code.
- Developed a dynamic web application for identifying and selecting cards for optimal sales opportunities using React and Angular, enhancing user experience through responsive design.
- Implemented state management strategies using Context API in React and RxJS observables in Angular to efficiently handle asynchronous data flow.
- Designed and enhanced UI/UX using SCSS, animations, and responsive design principles, improving overall user engagement and accessibility.
- Utilized React Router and Angular Router for seamless navigation and optimized routing between views and components.
- Created reusable and modular components across both frameworks, ensuring efficient data flow, state handling, and component communication.
- Integrated frontend applications with backend services and RESTful APIs, facilitating smooth data exchange and enabling real-time updates.
- Understand backend workflows, contribute to API integration, and support debugging of server-side logic in a full-stack environment.
- Improved application performance through lazy loading, code splitting, and optimization techniques in both React and Angular environments.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - CSE
Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering And Technology
01-2019
Skills
- Reactjs
- TypeScript and JavaScript
- Redux and Redux Thunk
- API development
- Microservices architecture
- Unit testing and quality assurance
- Testing and debugging
- State management
- HTML5 and CSS3
- Bootstrap and Ant Design
- Version control with Git
- Agile methodologies
Timeline
Senior Software Engineer
Cognizant - Walmart
01.2025 - Current
Senior Software Engineer
Cognizant - Pepsico
11.2021 - 12.2024
Software Developer
TCS
08.2019 - 10.2021
Bachelor of Engineering - CSE
Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering And Technology