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Kamlesh Kushwaha

Bengaluru

Summary

Dynamic Frontend Engineering Leader with 14 years of experience in driving scalable architecture, web components, design systems, and accessibility compliance for high-performance web platforms, SaaS, and PaaS solutions. Proven track record in leading global teams to standardize design practices across enterprises while fostering inclusive user experiences that drive business growth. Expertise in defining frontend architecture and adoption strategies for over 10 global teams, delivering WCAG 2.1 AA compliance at scale to enhance market eligibility for more than 5 million users. Committed to performance improvements, achieving a 60% enhancement in CI/CD pipelines and reducing UI load times by up to 40%. Mentored over 50 engineers and promoted effective cross-functional collaboration in remote environments across the US, EU, and APAC regions.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Sr. Staff Software Engineer

Ping Identity
01.2025 - Current
  • Architected and optimized IAM platform frontend (Vue + Pinia) for scalability across enterprise clients.
  • Led accessibility remediation program, reducing violations by 40% and ensuring WCAG AA compliance.
  • Partnered with architects to resolve state-management scalability issues and optimize async rendering
  • Project: Platform UI – Identity & Access Management (IAM) Web Application
  • Context: Enterprise security domain; developed as part of a cross-functional team delivering IAM journeys for global customers.
  • Role & Responsibilities: Frontend development of IAM platform modules, ensuring WCAG AA compliance. Conducted accessibility audits and remediations, collaborated with designers to enforce consistency, implemented automated testing (Jest, Chai, Axe).
  • Technologies/Tools: Vue.js, Pinia, Docker, SCSS, Jest, Chai, Axe.
  • Key Achievements: Reduced accessibility violations by 40% in initial audits through systematic fixes. Improved component rendering performance by 25% via code splitting and lazy loading.
  • Challenges Overcome: Resolved scalability issues in state management using Pinia; fixed performance bottlenecks by migrating synchronous rendering to async patterns.
  • Tech Stack: Vue, Pinia, Docker, SCSS, Axe, Jest

Expert Engineer UI

Fidelity International
05.2020 - 01.2025
  • Designed and maintained Global Design System (GDS) themes and accessibility guidelines used across 10+ global product teams.
  • Migrated legacy components to React, reducing frontend load time by 30% and standardizing development processes.
  • Led accessibility audits and remediation plans using axe-core, Lighthouse, and Wally to meet WCAG 2.1 AA standards.
  • Developed reusable web components as part of a design system and design library, unifying UI styles across teams and enhancing regional adoption by 50%.
  • Mentored 6+ teams on accessibility, modern UI practices, and reusable design patterns.
  • Built browser extensions (LitElement, Vite) to track design system adoption, enhancing stakeholder reporting.
  • Enhanced internal design system and guides.
  • Key Projects: Global Design Standards (GDS): A design system and component library that follows the set design patterns, provides fully accessible complex web components for frontend development.
  • GDS Adoption Browser Extension: A browser extension built on Lit Element, IndexedDB, Vite, Chrome Browser Extension to measure the adoption and insights of GDS web components across domains.
  • Tech Stack: React.js, Lit Element, Node.js, TypeScript, SCSS, IndexedDB, Storybook, Axe, Chai, Polymer

Senior UI Developer

Elevate
01.2018 - 03.2020
  • Directed UI development across 3 major enterprise apps, reducing UI defects by 70%.
  • Introduced standardized design practices, improving delivery consistency across teams.
  • Integrated analytics dashboards for legal case management platforms, enhancing data-driven insights
  • Key Projects: Product Lifecycle Management: A legal case management project built on native JS that enables the legal professionals to track and monitor cases at different stages.
  • Bill Prep: A software built on Angular to analyse and support the billing of the legal case for legal professionals.
  • Reports: An analytics software to generate reports based on the legal case. Built on React and Springboot.
  • Tech Stack: React.js, AngularJS, SCSS, Bootstrap, Webpack

Software Engineer

Act-On Software
10.2014 - 12.2017
  • Improved page load times by 40% through advanced optimization techniques.
  • Developed cohesive UI/UX for Chrome Extensions and internal applications.
  • Implemented scalable UI components using AngularJS, HTML5, and Bootstrap.
  • Key Projects: Act-On Anywhere Browser Extension: A browser extension that provides access to the leads tracking and insights from within a browser tab. The tool was built on handlebar/ mustache JS and Chrome Extension guidelines
  • Analytics: A data and analytics tool to provide insights on the usage and adoption of the several platforms at Act-On. Built on AngularJS.
  • Social: A social media management platform built on AngularJS to enable users to manage their social media profiles and accounts from a single page.
  • Tech Stack: AngularJS, Handlebar.js, SCSS, Node.js, Bootstrap

Software Engineer

LinksAlpha.com
07.2012 - 09.2014
  • Designed and developed web applications and browser extensions, improving performance and user engagement.
  • Conducted A/B testing to optimize user interfaces and increase conversion rates.
  • Key Projects: Linkalpha.com Website, Post2, LinksAlpha Browser Extension
  • Tech Stack: jQuery, Bootstrap, Django, Python, GCP, Social APIs

Assistant Systems Engineer

Tata Consultancy Services
06.2011 - 06.2012
  • Developed web services using IBM DataPower, contributing to the successful launch of online examination platforms.
  • Key Projects: TCS iON
  • Tech Stack: IBM DataPower, HTML, CSS

Education

B. Tech - Bioinformatics

Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology
Bhopal
05.2011

Skills

  • Frontend: JavaScript (ES6), TypeScript, Reactjs, Vuejs, AngularJS, LitElement, Web Components, Nodejs, Bootstrap, jQuery, Mustache Handlebar, Polymer, Material UI, SCSS
  • Architecture & Systems: Design Systems, Micro-frontends, Module Federation, SSR (Nextjs), Edge/CDN Deployment, Browser plugins
  • Accessibility & UX: WCAG 21, ARIA, axe-core, Screen Readers, HCI Certified
  • Performance & Testing: Core Web Vitals, Lighthouse, Jest, Cypress, axe-monitor
  • DevOps/Cloud: GitHub Actions, Docker, AWS, GCP, CI/CD Optimization
  • Backend: Python, Django, Jinja
  • Leadership: Team Building, Mentoring, Roadmap Planning, Cross-functional Alignment
  • AI in Frontend: GitHub Copilot, LLM-aided development, AI-driven accessibility testing

Websites

Languages

English (Fluent)
Hindi (Fluent)

Accomplishments

  • Accessibility: Drove WCAG 2.1 AA compliance across Fidelity, benefiting 5M+ global users and unlocking new regulated markets.
  • Performance: Cut CI/CD pipeline time by 60% using Docker + GitHub Actions automation.

Certification

Human Computer Interaction by Interaction Design Foundation

Google Data camp cohort

Open Source Contributions

Ckeditor line-height plugin

18k+ reputation on stackoverlow

Timeline

Sr. Staff Software Engineer

Ping Identity
01.2025 - Current

Expert Engineer UI

Fidelity International
05.2020 - 01.2025

Senior UI Developer

Elevate
01.2018 - 03.2020

Software Engineer

Act-On Software
10.2014 - 12.2017

Software Engineer

LinksAlpha.com
07.2012 - 09.2014

Assistant Systems Engineer

Tata Consultancy Services
06.2011 - 06.2012

B. Tech - Bioinformatics

Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology

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