Nikhil Nayak

Software Engineer

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India6 yrs 7 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Led global expansions at Coinbase, driving significant revenue growth.
Optimized performance at PayPal, reducing load times by 50%.
Awarded AWS Educate Challenge 2018 Winner.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech-focused Frontend Engineer with strong expertise in scalable web applications.

Contact

nikhil.nayak@coinbase.com LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

JavascriptReact.jsNode.jsVue.js

Other Skills

A/B testingAWSAlexaAmazon S3BootstrapC++Cloud FirestoreGithubGraphQLMySQLReduxUnit Testing

About

I'm Nikhil, currently working as a Software Engineer(IC4) at Coinbase, where I build scalable tools and seamless user interfaces, ensuring optimal performance and functionality. I'm primarily a Frontend Engineer, having honed my skills in JavaScript, React.js, Vue.js, Node.js and more, working with industry giants like Coinbase, PayPal, Ola, and Zomato. My passion for innovation has also been recognized on global platforms, including invitations to the Web Summit ’19 in Lisbon and accolades like the AWS Educate Challenge 2018 Winner and the Asian Development Bank’s Youth Award. When I'm not in front of a screen, you can find me creating music with my piano.

Experience

Coinbase

Software Engineer (IC4)

May 2022 – Present · 3 yrs 10 mos · Remote

Drove large-scale global expansions, leading Bermuda onboarding to enable signups across 68 countries , resulting in $61.8M AUM . Took end-to-end ownership for multiple regulatory and onboarding projects, making Coinbase the first compliant crypto exchange in Canada, preventing a $50M/year loss.
Built and optimized user engagement features, launching first-trade sharing, fixing long-standing legacy bugs , and increasing social engagement. Created detailed runbooks, documented best practices , and improved onboarding experiences through A/B experiments. ($25M/year revenue uplift )
Integrated Zengin payment rails in Japan and led the migration of Payments API, enabling deposits and withdrawals across all banks and facilitating 364M JPY in transactions within 4 months, and improving trade conversion rates.
Mentored 3 interns , developed monitoring systems for performance tracking and anomaly detection to minimize downtime. Strengthened community outreach by securing university partnerships and presenting workshops to foster developer engagement.

JavaScriptReact.jsNode.jsAWSGraphQL

Paypal

Software Engineer 2

Nov 2020 – May 2022 · 1 yr 6 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Built and scaled the Node.js backend and React.js UI for PayPal’s Collections platform, consolidating all delinquency collection products into a unified system, handling delinquencies of $1B/year and enabling expansion into Germany, Spain, and Italy .
Optimized performance by implementing React lazy-loading, code-splitting, and progressive image loading, reducing load times by 50% and improving UX.
Modernized the codebase by migrating class-based components to modular functional components with Hooks , enhancing maintainability.
Ensured high reliability by developing and shipping components with comprehensive unit and functional testing, improving system robustness.

Node.jsReact.jsJavaScriptUnit Testing

Ola

Software Engineer

Jul 2019 – Oct 2020 · 1 yr 3 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

Engineered highly responsive, mobile-optimized web interfaces for key financial products like KYC, Postpaid, and Insurance in Ola Money.
Ensured seamless integration with the native Ola app across diverse viewports.
Owned projects end-to-end , frequently acting as the sole developer to build, deploy, and scale critical features from scratch, using Vue.js and React.js.

Vue.jsReact.jsJavaScript

Zomato

Software Engineer Intern

Apr 2019 – Apr 2019 · 0 mo · Gurugram, Haryana, India · On-site

Developed a real-time collaborative shopping cart functionality, built using React.js, Redux and a real-time database powered by Cloud Firestore.
Created a URL endpoint that could be shared and the shopping cart could be modified by those accessing the endpoint, in real-time.
Open sourced at https://github.com/codebu5ter/collaborative-cart

React.jsReduxCloud Firestore