Hi, I’m
Vijay Kumar N
Lead Frontend Engineer
Hyderabad
Summary
Senior Frontend Engineer with 13+ years of experience, including founding-stage ownership of an AI/ML platform from zero to production scale. Led frontend architecture and performance while working end-to-end across React UI, backend APIs, authentication, ML workflows, and DevOps. Strong focus on platform thinking, developer experience, and reliability, with a track record of building scalable, high-performance systems and mentoring engineers across cross-functional teams.
Overview
13
years of professional experience
Work History
RapidCanvas
Senior Software Engineer
10.2022 - 06.2025
Job overview
- Led a DAG-based AI/ML workflow platform , enabling data scientists to model datasets, transformations, models, and dependencies via an interactive React UI, reducing pipeline setup time by ~40%.
- Built a scalable DataApps integration framework , embedding Streamlit and external tools via secure iframes and token-based APIs, enabling rapid connector and app onboarding.
- Centralized platform authentication and authorization , delivering secure multi-tenant SSO (SAML, Keycloak), refresh tokens, and page-level RBAC, reducing auth-related issues by ~30%.
- Improved reliability and operational readiness , integrating Sentry, GCP Uptime, Prometheus, and Grafana, participating in SRE on-call and war-room incidents, and accelerating production issue resolution.
- Owned frontend architecture and platform maturity , improving initial load time by ~35–45% via CDN, gzip, bundle optimization, and selective SSR, while leading JavaScript-to-TypeScript migration and mentoring engineers on scalable architecture and code quality.
Advance Auto Parts
Software Developer II
06.2020 - 10.2022
Job overview
- Led end-to-end frontend re-architecture from JSP to React, delivering a scalable, high-performance, internationalized e-commerce platform through close collaboration with engineering, QA, and product teams.
- Elevated engineering execution and quality, enabling rapid refactoring and reuse while driving agile delivery practices and mentoring engineers.
Infosys Ltd.
Technology Lead
08.2015 - 05.2020
Job overview
- Led cloud-based platform modernization, driving application re-platforming, architectural refactors, and CI/CD adoption across business application suites.
- Built reusable frontend libraries with wide internal adoption and led technical interview cycles to raise engineering quality.
Cognizant Technology Solutions
Programmer Analyst
07.2014 - 08.2015
Job overview
- Architected modular, dynamic UI frameworks with shared cross-domain components, while leading code review standards and mentoring engineers to strengthen Agile execution and overall engineering quality.
Winnou Systems & Services Pvt Ltd.
Associate Solution Developer
02.2012 - 07.2014
Job overview
- Led technical design and end-to-end delivery of a university-scale platform, architected for scalability and reliability, serving 1.5M+ users.
Education
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological UniversityHyderabad, India
Master of Computer Applications from Computer Engineering
09-2012
Skills
React, TypeScript, Modern JavaScript (ES6)
Redux, React Query
DAG-React Flow
Webpack, Vite, npm, Yarn
Sentry, Prometheus, Grafana
OpenAPI, REST APIs, Authentication, RBAC, SSO (SAML, Keycloak)
Google Analytics, Pendo, Amplitude, WalkMe
AWS, GCP, Multi-environment deployments
GitHub Actions, Docker, CI/CD pipelines
Timeline
Senior Software Engineer
RapidCanvas
10.2022 - 06.2025
Software Developer II
Advance Auto Parts
06.2020 - 10.2022
Technology Lead
Infosys Ltd.
08.2015 - 05.2020
Programmer Analyst
Cognizant Technology Solutions
07.2014 - 08.2015
Associate Solution Developer
Winnou Systems & Services Pvt Ltd.
02.2012 - 07.2014
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University
Master of Computer Applications from Computer Engineering