Hrishikesh Rai

Software Engineer

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India5 yrs experience

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Key Highlights

Enhanced application performance by 45% at Glance.
Developed AI monitoring platform for data insights.
Migrated legacy platform to scalable Next.js architecture.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fullstack Developer with a focus on SaaS applications and user experience.

Contact

hrishikesh.rai@glance.com +917440981954 LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

Node.jsReact.jsNext.jsWeb Application DevelopmentFront-end Development

Other Skills

AI monitoringAJAXANT designAdobe XDAnt DesignApplication DevelopmentBack-End Web DevelopmentBootstrapCSSCascading Style Sheets (CSS)DockerEngineeringExpress.jsFront-end CodingFunctional Programming

About

I'm a proficient engineer with industry experience building scalable web applications. I specialize in JavaScript and have professional experience working with React js, Next.js, and Node.js.

Experience

Glance

3 roles

SDE 3

Jan 2025 – Present · 1 yr 2 mos

SDE 2

Promoted

Jan 2023 – Dec 2024 · 1 yr 11 mos

Enhanced application performance by 45% resulting in smoother user experience and reduced memory foot print, (reduced janky frames by 36%, GPU usage by 57%) by tuning the animations, implemented pre caching and lazy loading for images, added windowing technique for Glances that preemptively loads adjacent content, eliminating latency during user navigation and reducing overall memory consumption through efficient list rendering.
Launched the integration of live sports features (for US and India region) developing versatile templates to display real-time match data, enhancing user engagement.
Drove revenue generation initiatives by seamlessly integrating advertising through Google Ad tags, contributing to the platform’s monetization strategy.
Customized a spatial navigation library to align with strategic business objectives, enhancing UI interactions.
Transitioned the application’s feed from list-based structure to circular linked list, facilitating dynamic content updates and an improved glance feed experience.
Led the development of AI monitoring platform providing insights into data flow and glances ranking process.
Developed a platform to manage AI generated glances. Designed both Frontend and Node.js APIs for publishing AI-generated glances via Kafka, streamlining the approval and selection process of ai generated content.
Developed a Node.js API and corresponding frontend for video transcoding, leveraging Google Cloud Video Transcoder to optimize content delivery in accordance with user bandwidth.
Offered guidance and support to interns and junior developers, facilitating problem resolution and fostering skill development for their professional advancement.

Node.jsReact.jsNext.jsJavaScriptAI monitoringGoogle Cloud Video Transcoder+1

SDE 1

Jan 2022 – Dec 2022 · 11 mos

Contributed to the development and launch of Glance’s first Smart TV application, delivering sports, news and weather widgets.
Successfully migrated and modernised a legacy monolithic studio platform to scalable Next.js platform enhancing system performance and maintainability.
Developed ScreenSaver and Content Publishing Platform, incorporating comprehensive data validation to ensure reliability and mitigate potential client issues.

Next.jsReact.js

Park+

SDE - 1

Dec 2020 – Dec 2021 · 1 yr · New Delhi, Delhi, India

Did SEO optimisation for some of our product, built around 200+ pages resulting from 7K impression per
month to 28K in first 28 days (480K impression currently(2022).
Optimized performance of our website, improved score from 18 to 55 avg. (hitting 70+ in
some of our pages) which improved our search engine rankings.
Built our customer support page to resolve query of our customers resulting in +50% more customer satisfaction in quick & maintainable fashion.
Built landing page of Park+, and many other products like Car Wash, Car check-up, Discover (our customer engagement platform), Challan, Sell Car in integration with Spinny & Car Dekho.
Built FASTag product along with my colleague in just 1 and half day, which resulted
generating 1cr revenue within first month.

SEOJavaScriptHTML5CSSBootstrapWeb Application Development

Tuutr.com

Frontend Developer

Jan 2020 – Feb 2020 · 1 mo · Bangalore

Front End Developer My role was to write and style the front-end components that meet the requirements of our mocks and fulfill our user stories. Technologies used: JavaScript, ES6, Bootstrap, Vue.js .

JavaScriptVue.jsBootstrapFront-end Development

We18 trends

Frontend Web Developer

Jul 2019 – Sep 2019 · 2 mos · Pune

My role was to build features and style the frontend components. I work closely with Senior Developers to build multiple client facing products.
Technologies used: React, Material Design, ANT design .

ReactMaterial DesignANT designFront-end Development