Nikhil Kumar

CTO

Gurugram, Haryana, India7 yrs 3 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchAI ML Practitioner

Key Highlights

  • Led initiatives reducing operational inefficiencies by up to 50%.
  • Designed a warehouse management system increasing utilization by 200%.
  • Implemented AI/ML practices boosting productivity.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a skilled software engineer specializing in logistics and simulation systems with a strong focus on DevOps.

Contact

nikhilnickkumar@gmail.comLinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

DevopsSystem DesignAi/mlSoftware DevelopmentMentorship

Other Skills

AI-assisted engineeringAI/ML adoptionAJAXAlgorithmsAmazon Web Services (AWS)Apache KafkaBack-End Web DevelopmentBitbucketBootstrapCC++Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)Cloud & DevOps (AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD)Coding LanguagesData Analytics

About

I am a ๐‹๐ž๐š๐ ๐’๐จ๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐„๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ž๐ซ specializing in ๐ž๐ง๐-๐ญ๐จ-๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ ๐๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ, ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ ๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง, ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐›๐ฎ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐œ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฎ๐-๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ, and ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฏ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ฌ practices. With experience across ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ฌ, ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ค๐ž๐ญ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐ฌ, I focus on building ๐ฌ๐œ๐š๐ฅ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž, ๐ก๐ข๐ ๐ก-๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐ฌ that solve real business challenges. I have led initiatives that ๐จ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ž๐ ๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐œ๐ž ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐ซ๐ž๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ž๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐›๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐ญ๐จ ๐Ÿ“๐ŸŽ%, and introduced ๐€๐ˆ/๐Œ๐‹-๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ง ๐ฉ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ฌ such as ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐๐ข๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐š๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ฌ, ๐š๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐ž๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐€๐ˆ-๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  (automated code reviews, Cursor, Windsurf, LLM, RAG) to ๐›๐จ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ. Beyond product delivery, I am passionate about ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ, ๐œ๐จ๐๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐ฏ๐ข๐ž๐ฐ๐ฌ, ๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ก๐ง๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฏ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐ž๐ฑ๐œ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž, consistently raising engineering standards and driving team growth.

Experience

Rivigo

2 roles

Lead Software Development Engineer

Promoted

Sep 2023 โ€“ Present ยท 2 yrs 6 mos

  • Leading ๐ž๐ง๐-๐ญ๐จ-๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ ๐๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ and ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐›๐ฎ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐œ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฎ๐-๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ powering Rivigoโ€™s logistics platform.
  • Driving ๐€๐ˆ/๐Œ๐‹ ๐š๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง: predictive analytics for consignment delays, anomaly detection in operations, and ๐€๐ˆ-๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  (Cursor, Windsurf, automated code reviews).
  • Leading ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ ๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง ๐ซ๐ž๐ฏ๐ข๐ž๐ฐ๐ฌ, ๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ก๐ง๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐ซ๐จ๐š๐๐ฆ๐š๐ฉ๐ฌ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐๐ž๐œ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ for high-scale products.
  • ๐Œ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ, conducting ๐œ๐จ๐๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐ฏ๐ข๐ž๐ฐ๐ฌ, and leading ๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ก ๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ค๐ฌ to raise engineering standards.
  • Serving as the ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐จ๐ง-๐œ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐œ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ, ensuring reliability, fast RCA, and SLA compliance.
  • Collaborating with ๐œ๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ-๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ž๐š๐ฆ๐ฌ (product, ops, infra) to align business goals with scalable technical solutions.
end-to-end product developmentdistributed cloud-native architecturesAI/ML adoptionsystem designmentoringDevOps+1

Software Development Engineer II

Apr 2021 โ€“ Aug 2023 ยท 2 yrs 4 mos

  • Designed and delivered a ๐–๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐’๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ that increased utilization by ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ%, enabling faster inventory turnover.
  • Built an ๐š๐ฎ๐๐ข๐ญ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž reducing damages/shortages (DEPS) by ๐Ÿ“๐ŸŽ%, strengthening reliability and customer trust.
  • Developed ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฅ-๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž, ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ-๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ง ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐ฌ for trucks, improving visibility and operational control.
  • Introduced ๐œ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐ž๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐  & ๐จ๐›๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐š๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ, accelerating on-call resolutions and SLA compliance.
  • Streamlined ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฏ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฌ (CI/CD pipelines, containerization, infra optimization), reducing deployment time and improving release velocity.
  • Promoted to ๐‹๐ž๐š๐ ๐„๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ž๐ซ (๐’๐ž๐ฉ โ€™๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘) for consistent delivery, ownership, and leadership contributions.-
warehouse management systemaudit compliance featuresreal-time tracking systemsDevOps workflowsSoftware DevelopmentDevOps

Newton school

Mentor

Sep 2021 โ€“ Oct 2022 ยท 1 yr 1 mo

  • Mentoring students in cracking product-based companies.

Crownit (goldvip)

2 roles

Senior Software Engineer

Promoted

Jan 2021 โ€“ Apr 2021 ยท 3 mos ยท Gurugram, Haryana, India

  • Took ownership of critical survey and communication platforms, ensuring seamless scaling as user base and survey load grew.
  • Led code reviews and mentored junior engineers, raising code quality and team productivity.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams (PM, ops, QA) to align product requirements with high-performance technical solutions.
  • Introduced process improvements in CI/CD and monitoring, reducing release issues and on-call escalations.
survey platformscode reviewsprocess improvementsSoftware DevelopmentMentorship

Software Engineer

Dec 2018 โ€“ Dec 2020 ยท 2 yrs ยท Gurugram, Haryana, India

  • Designed and implemented ๐‘๐„๐‘ ๐๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง, a real-time engine mapping active surveys to users (City, Age, Gender), reducing survey assignment time from minutes to seconds and improving targeting accuracy.
  • Built a ๐’๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐š๐ง๐ž๐ฅ to automate personalized outreach (SMS, push, web push), increasing survey completion rates by ~40% and reducing manual intervention.
  • Developed ๐‘๐ž๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐›๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐€๐ฅ๐ ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐ฆ๐ฌ (survey budget & global budget), ensuring fair and efficient incentive allocation.
  • Owned ๐ž๐ง๐-๐ญ๐จ-๐ž๐ง๐ ๐๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฒ & ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฆ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ, collaborating with product managers and operations teams to translate business needs into scalable technical solutions.
  • Designed and developed ๐ฌ๐œ๐š๐ฅ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐œ๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ฃ๐จ๐› ๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž, improving reliability and reducing downtime in periodic tasks.
real-time enginesmart communication panelreward distribution algorithmsSoftware DevelopmentSystem Design

Ari simulation

2 roles

Software Engineer

Jul 2018 โ€“ Dec 2018 ยท 5 mos ยท New Delhi Area, India

  • Contributed to the development of an ๐„๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐‘๐จ๐จ๐ฆ ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐’๐ข๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐จ๐ซ, a mission-critical product used for maritime training and certification.
  • Built a ๐Œ๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ ๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง to integrate UI graphic panels with the underlying System Solver, improving simulation accuracy and usability.
  • Migrated web-based modules into a ๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ค๐ญ๐จ๐ฉ ๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง (๐„๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ง), enhancing performance and user experience.
  • Collaborated with senior engineers and domain experts to ensure delivery of reliable, production-ready simulation modules.
simulation training systemsdesktop application developmentSoftware Development

Software Engineer Intern

Oct 2017 โ€“ Jun 2018 ยท 8 mos ยท New Delhi Area, India

  • Assisted in developing simulation components for maritime training systems, gaining hands-on experience in C++ and system design.
  • Supported testing and validation efforts, ensuring accuracy of simulation models and stable releases.
  • Built foundational skills in problem solving, debugging, and software engineering practices within real-world projects.

Education

Chitkara University

B.E. โ€” Computer Science

Jan 2014 โ€“ Jan 2018

Blossoms Sen. Sec. School, Patiala

Non-Medical

Jan 2012 โ€“ Jan 2014

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