Akilesh Rao

Senior Software Engineer

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India7 yrs 4 mos experience

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Key Highlights

Expert in building scalable React applications.
Proven track record in web performance optimization.
Strong mentor, enhancing code quality across teams.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS-focused frontend engineer with a strong emphasis on performance and user experience.

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Skills

Core Skills

Frontend ArchitectureReact.js

Other Skills

JavaScriptTypeScriptWeb PerformanceSQLJavaGitMongoDBPostgreSQLWeb DevelopmentHTMLCSSjQueryBootstrapSASSjsx

About

I’m a frontend-first product engineer with 7+ years of experience building and scaling web applications where performance, reliability, and user experience actually matter. My primary focus is on React-based frontends, designing clean architectures, improving rendering performance, and debugging complex UI and state issues. I care deeply about how frontend decisions impact real users, not just how clean the code looks. Over the years, I’ve worked closely with backend systems as well, collaborating on APIs and data flows using Node.js and Java. This has helped me think beyond UI and make frontend decisions with system-level tradeoffs in mind. I’m especially strong at: • Frontend architecture and large-scale React applications • Web performance optimization and Core Web Vitals • Debugging hard-to-reproduce production issues • Translating product requirements into maintainable systems • Mentoring engineers and raising code quality across teams Tech I work with regularly: React, JavaScript, TypeScript, modern frontend tooling, Node.js, REST APIs, and Java-based backend systems. I’m currently open to frontend-focused or product-oriented full-stack roles at product companies where engineering quality and user experience are taken seriously.

Experience

7 yrs 4 mos

Total Experience

1 yr 2 mos

Average Tenure

1 yr 10 mos

Current Experience

Nextiva

Senior Software Engineer

Jul 2024 – Present · 1 yr 10 mos · India · Hybrid

Owning frontend architecture and delivery for a custom workflow builder platform used to create complex user-defined workflows at scale.
Led end-to-end frontend development of a modular, node-based workflow builder, reducing workflow creation time by ~90%
Improved rendering performance by 47% by introducing virtualized rendering for complex, dynamic node graphs
Designed a config-driven, reusable component framework that reduced new feature development time by 60%
Improved frontend quality by increasing unit test coverage from 32% to 73% and introducing E2E testing with Playwright
Mentored junior engineers via code reviews, pairing, and architectural guidance, raising overall code quality and team velocity.

Frontend architectureJavaScriptReact.jsTypeScriptWeb Performance

Assembly (joinassembly.com)

Senior Frontend Engineer

Sep 2023 – Mar 2024 · 6 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

Worked on customer-facing product features with a strong focus on performance, developer experience, and design consistency.
Built and shipped a Rewards & Recognition platform, increasing customer engagement by 33%
Reduced API latency by 36% by introducing API caching and optimizing REST API consumption
Migrated the design system from Material UI to ShadCN, improving UI consistency and developer velocity
Introduced Playwright-based E2E automation, cutting manual QA effort by ~50%
Collaborated closely with backend and product teams to deliver features end-to-end

TypeScriptFrontend architectureJavaScriptReact.jsWeb Performance

Bazaarvoice

Front end engineer

Sep 2022 – Sep 2023 · 1 yr · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Contributed to high-traffic consumer-facing experiences with a focus on web performance, accessibility, and measurement.
Improved Largest Contentful Paint (LCP) by 21% and reduced Total Blocking Time (TBT) by 40% through critical rendering-path optimizations
Led a frontend performance audit and implemented tracking improvements, driving a 46% increase in iOS page-view metrics
Partnered on accessibility initiatives, helping the platform meet WCAG 2.0 compliance standards
Worked cross-functionally with design, product, and platform teams to improve real-user performance metrics

Frontend architectureJavaScriptTypeScriptReact.jsWeb Performance

Route mobile limited

Software Engineer

Apr 2020 – Sep 2022 · 2 yrs 5 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Built and maintained large-scale enterprise dashboards and portals for omni-channel communication products.
Developed a universal messaging portal supporting WhatsApp, SMS, RCS, and other channels
Worked across Angular, React, and Node.js to deliver complex, data-driven UIs
Migrated core frontend data flows from REST APIs to GraphQL, improving flexibility and reducing over-fetching
Collaborated with backend teams to design and integrate scalable APIs for enterprise use cases

React.jsFrontend architectureJavaScriptWeb PerformanceTypeScript

Gst edge

Frontend Engineer

Apr 2019 – Apr 2020 · 1 yr · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India · On-site

Worked on early-stage B2B products, building modular dashboards and internal tools from the ground up.
Built a modular invoicing and analytics dashboard for B2B customers
Developed an HR management system used internally across teams
Used React and Angular to deliver responsive, maintainable UI systems
Gained hands-on experience owning features end-to-end in a fast-moving product environment

React.jsTypeScriptJavaScriptWeb PerformanceFrontend architecture

Accenture

Software Associate

Sep 2018 – Apr 2019 · 7 mos · India

Provided resource management and support services to international clients belonging to the energy sector.
Primarily worked on Maximo, an IBM tool for enterprise resource management.

SQLJavaGit