Kunika Makker

Senior Software Engineer

Gurgaon, Haryana, India7 yrs 1 mo experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Led Angular migration, improving performance by 40%.
Optimised Core Web Vitals, enhancing user experience.
Engineered a component library, reducing development effort by 45%.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS Frontend Engineer with a strong focus on performance and scalable architecture.

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Skills

Core Skills

ReactAngularPerformance OptimisationDesign Systems

Other Skills

React.jsTypeScriptFrontend ArchitectureMicro-frontend ArchitectureCore Web VitalsFirebaseTechnical LeadershipAgile Software DevelopmentJavaScriptFront-End DevelopmentComponent libraryWebrtcFeature FlagRedux ThunkWeb Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)

About

Here’s what I’ve learned after 6+ years of building enterprise frontend systems: most “frontend problems” aren’t UI problems — they’re architecture problems in disguise. Slow platforms, fragile codebases, inconsistent design, teams duplicating work — fixing these at the root is what I focus on. I’m a Senior Frontend Engineer with deep expertise in React, Angular, and TypeScript. At SHL, I’ve worked on multiple enterprise platforms handling 30,000+ daily interviews and 1,000+ concurrent real-time sessions. I’ve led frontend efforts across teams, mentored engineers, and owned architecture decisions that improved both performance and developer velocity. Some outcomes I’m proud of: Led Angular 7 → 19 migration, improving performance by ~40% and clearing years of technical debt Improved Core Web Vitals significantly (FCP from ~25s → ~10s) on a platform serving millions of users Solved a major list rendering bottleneck (600+ items) using virtualization, improving UX by ~90% Contributed to scalable frontend systems and design patterns that reduced duplication and improved team efficiency I care about building systems that scale — not just technically, but across teams and products. That means clean architecture, strong fundamentals, and decisions grounded in real user impact. I work best in teams that value ownership, clarity, and thoughtful engineering — where ideas are discussed openly and decisions are driven by impact. If your frontend is becoming a bottleneck to scale, I’d be happy to talk. Portfolio: kunika.dev Email: kmak2710@gmail.com

Experience

7 yrs 1 mo

Total Experience

3 yrs 6 mos

Average Tenure

6 yrs 7 mos

Current Experience

Shl

2 roles

Senior Software Engineer

Promoted

Jul 2022 – Present · 3 yrs 9 mos

Core frontend owner across five enterprise hiring and assessment products — SIP, SIL, TC+, IGB, and Talent Mobility — serving global enterprise clients at a scale of 30,000+ daily interviews and 1,000+ concurrent real-time sessions. Operating at Tech Lead capacity: architectural ownership, cross-squad alignment, design system engineering, and full PR gatekeeping.
Led frontend architecture and full delivery for SIP from the ground up, managing a cross-functional team of 10 engineers — owning design decisions, unblocking developers, guiding backend integration patterns, and holding the quality bar through every PR review
Engineered Spectra, an org-wide React component library adopted by 6+ squads — built every component from scratch to WCAG AAA compliance, reducing development effort by approximately 45% across teams and eliminating redundant UI work at the org level
Drove a full Angular 7 to 19 migration across enterprise platforms, improving performance by 40% and clearing years of accumulated technical debt that had been blocking velocity
Diagnosed and resolved a critical list-rendering regression — 600 items causing visible lag across a production workflow — implemented virtualisation on return from leave, and improved rendering smoothness by 90% with no downstream side effects
Led Core Web Vitals and Lighthouse optimisation using lazy loading and code splitting, improving FCP and LCP scores and increasing platform availability by 30%
Built real-time interview features using Firebase Realtime Database and integrated AI-powered capabilities including live transcription and automated interview summaries
Led AI adoption as part of the internal AI Champions program, enabling teams to leverage GitHub Copilot and Amazon Q effectively and reducing repetitive development effort by approximately 20%

React.jsTypeScriptFrontend ArchitectureAngularMicro-frontend ArchitectureCore Web Vitals+6

Software Engineer (at Aspiring Minds, later acquired by SHL)

Sep 2019 – Jul 2022 · 2 yrs 10 mos

Core frontend contributor on myamcat.com, a public assessment and employability platform serving millions of users. Delivered the highest-impact performance initiative in the platform's history and built the component infrastructure that standardised UI delivery across product teams.
Led a Core Web Vitals optimisation initiative that reduced First Contentful Paint from 25 seconds to 10 seconds — a 60% improvement — on a platform serving millions of users, achieved through code splitting, lazy loading, and targeted UI restructuring
Built reusable component libraries and a shared design system that standardised visual language and reduced duplicated UI work, accelerating feature delivery across multiple product teams
Migrated legacy JavaScript systems to modern frontend architectures, improving reliability, maintainability, and long-term developer experience
Championed Agile and Scrum adoption across the team, restructuring sprint and release workflows and cutting release cycle time by approximately 50%
Mentored junior engineers and led structured PR reviews, raising team code quality and building consistent delivery habits across the frontend function

React.jsCore Web VitalsDesign SystemsJavaScriptAgile Software DevelopmentReact

Datagrokr

Software Developer Intern

Jan 2019 – Jul 2019 · 6 mos · Banglore

Contributed to frontend development using React in production systems
Built reusable components to support feature delivery
Supported backend integration and QA workflows
Gained early exposure to production-grade development, team collaboration, and engineering discipline

React.jsFront-End DevelopmentReact