Vikash Chand — Senior Software Engineer

Not your typical nerd. I quite passionately introduce myself as a Full-Stack Creative Software Engineer, passionate about Full-Stack Creative Coding, Machine Learning, and AI, with an enthusiastic student-minded eagerness. I've been diving headfirst into the tech industry for over 10 years, and while my keyboard has thankfully stayed clean, my hands have gotten quite dirty learning, exploring, and engineering cool things prizing the agility of a T-shaped skill set. But professionally, I am a dynamic Full-Stack Software Engineer with over 8 years of comprehensive hands-on experience in architecting, designing, developing, and deploying enterprise-level applications across various platforms and industries. My expertise shines in creating immersive, interactive user interfaces and robust back-end solutions that power them, ensuring seamless functionality and integration, while seamlessly integrating advanced Machine Learning and AI technologies. I’ve adeptly managed cross-functional teams in both on-site and remote environments, pushing the boundaries of technology to consistently exceed business objectives. My technical acumen is complemented by exceptional interpersonal skills—skills developed from unexpected roles such as bartending—enabling me to foster innovative and collaborative project environments. Proficient in a broad tech stack including but not limited to: 🥷 • JavaScript | NodeJS | Python | React | Next.js | Flask | AWS | Angular | TypeScript | React Native | Flutter | Express | Redux | jQuery | PHP | GSAP | Three.js | WebGL | C# | .NET | C++ | SQL | Postgres | Firebase | MongoDB | GitHub | Vercel | CI/CD | Terraform | Web3 • UI/UX Design | Figma | Adobe XD | Adobe Photoshop | Unity | Unreal Engine | Game Development | FL Studio | Music Production • Scalable Architecture | API Design and Integration | Agile Development | Data Management and Security | Performance Optimization | Machine Learning and AI Integration | Full-Stack | Frontend | Backend Brian Herbert once said, "The capacity to learn is a gift; the ability to learn is a skill; the willingness to learn is a choice.", I couldn't agree more. #learneveryday

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Full-Stack Software Engineer with expertise in SaaS and E-commerce.

Location: Suva, Central, Fiji

Experience: 10 yrs 4 mos

Skills

Full-stack Development
Machine Learning
Cloud & Devops
Wordpress Development

Career Highlights

Over 10 years of diverse tech industry experience.
Expert in Full-Stack Development and Machine Learning.
Proven track record in leading cross-functional teams.

Work Experience

Wiise

Full Stack Engineer (1 yr 4 mos)

KPMG Australia

Senior Software Engineer | Senior Consultant - Digital Platforms & Automotion | AI (3 yrs 1 mo)

ACTON (Fiji) PTE LTD

Senior Software Engineer (1 yr 3 mos)

Software Engineer (1 yr)

WordPress

Contributor (7 yrs 4 mos)

Oceanic Communications

Web Application Developer (2 yrs 2 mos)

GitHub

Contributor (8 yrs 4 mos)

Simplex Lab

Full-Stack Creative Engineer | Founder & Director (10 yrs 4 mos)

Education

Bachelor's degree at The University of the South Pacific

Foundation Science at The University of the South Pacific

at Zero To Mastery Academy

at freeCodeCamp

Vikash Chand

Senior Software Engineer

Suva, Central, Fiji10 yrs 4 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchAI Enabled

Key Highlights

Over 10 years of diverse tech industry experience.
Expert in Full-Stack Development and Machine Learning.
Proven track record in leading cross-functional teams.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Full-Stack Software Engineer with expertise in SaaS and E-commerce.

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Skills

Core Skills

Full-stack DevelopmentMachine LearningCloud & DevopsWordpress Development

Other Skills

JavaScriptTypeScriptReact.jsAngularHTMLCSSTailwind CSSCreative CodingPython (Programming Language)Node.js.NETC#PostgreSQLMySQLGitHub

About

Experience

10 yrs 4 mos

Total Experience

5 yrs

Average Tenure

7 yrs 4 mos

Current Experience

Wiise

Full Stack Engineer

Aug 2023 – Dec 2024 · 1 yr 4 mos · Remote

📌 Core Focus:
Full-Stack Development & Innovation: Actively contributing to the development and enhancement of key product applications, including a Warehouse/Inventory Management mobile app, License Management Portal, and Command Center/Customer Dashboard. Utilizing a diverse tech stack featuring React Native, React, Tailwind, Vite, Azure Functions, .NET, and Business Central for both mobile and web development. Contributing significantly to the product's efficiency and scalability, supporting the company's growth and operational excellence in Australia and New Zealand.
Cloud Integration, DevOps, and Security: Utilizing Azure DevOps, adapting to Agile SAFE methodologies for streamlined project collaboration. Implemented advanced MSAL authentication in a serverless architecture to enhance security and user identity verification. Managed mobile app version deployments via Azure pipelines to AppCenter.
Product Enhancement & Feature Development: Continuously improving the product platform by integrating features such as dynamic high-order component architecture, encrypted session storage, and single-page SSO with automatic token refresh. Implemented a smart data refresh strategy using a stale data check mechanism, minimizing API call delays and enhancing user experience and efficiency. Collaborating closely with designers on a design-first approach, significantly enhancing cross-platform browser compatibility and responsiveness. Engaging in robust and scalable solution design and implementation.
Team Collaboration: Collaborate with a diverse team using Agile SAFE methodologies to meet business goals. Fostering a collaborative environment to accelerate project delivery and improve cross-functional and remote team synergy. Providing mentorship in front-end and dynamic solution-focused development.
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Full-Stack DevelopmentJavaScriptReact.jsReact NativeHTMLCSS+9

Kpmg australia

Senior Software Engineer | Senior Consultant - Digital Platforms & Automotion | AI

Apr 2023 – Present · 3 yrs 1 mo · Fiji · Remote

📌 Core Focus:
Full-Stack Development: Contributing to enterprise web apps across React/TypeScript and Python (FastAPI) with services in C#/.NET and Angular—owning feature delivery (RBAC/sessioning, API design, error boundaries, state management). Implemented AI features (agent orchestration endpoints, usage metering, tool schemas) for Azure AI Foundry (GPT) agents, sustaining high availability and strong engagement.
Cloud & DevOps: Advanced AWS and Azure with Terraform IaC and CI/CD via GitHub Actions/GitLab CI. Added structured logging/metrics, trace IDs, and rollout/rollback playbooks—significantly reducing downtime and tightening release reliability. Integrated MSAL/OAuth2, secrets management, and cost/performance guardrails for AI workloads.
Design & Creativity: Led Figma UX solution design (IA, flows, component library, design tokens) into production React UI. Produced assets with Photoshop; shipped interaction patterns that improved session duration substantially.
Data Analytics: Optimised analytics workflows and dashboards; added eventing/telemetry to AI and core features for better experimentation and decisions.
Leadership & Process Optimisation: Ran solution and code reviews; introduced prompt checklists and agent evaluation sets. Result: faster delivery and fewer post-deploy issues.
Business Development: Contributed technical solutioning and estimations in proposals that secured new work and strengthened practice revenue.
Data Engineering & Migration: Led large-scale migration, converting unstructured, multi-source data into a canonical schema for production systems. Built Python ETL pipelines (ingestion, normalisation, validation) with schema checks, referential integrity, deduplication, idempotent reruns, checkpointing, and audit trails. Delivered runbooks, data dictionaries, and verification reports for cutover and stakeholder sign-off.
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Full-Stack DevelopmentJavaScriptTypeScriptReact.jsAngularHTML+21

Acton (fiji) pte ltd

2 roles

Senior Software Engineer

Promoted

Jan 2022 – Apr 2023 · 1 yr 3 mos · Fiji · Remote

Full-Stack DevelopmentJavaScriptTypeScriptReact.jsAngularVue.js+28

Software Engineer

Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 · 1 yr · Fiji · Remote

📌 Core Focus:
Full-Stack Development: Architected, designed, and developed multiple enterprise-level websites, applications, tools, and features using JavaScript, Python, React, Flask, Angular, TypeScript, C#, .NET, PHP, Vue, Docker, and Golang. Enhanced cross-platform team efficiency, adapting web technologies to improve data accessibility and user interaction in alignment with strategic organizational goals.
Cloud & DevOps: Managed AWS, Terraform, Vercel, GitHub, and GitLab for various projects; notably streamlined AWS ETL processes, improving data processing speeds in a key data analytics application.
Creative Web Design & User Experience: Spearheaded the design and creative direction of web and desktop applications, utilizing Adobe XD, Photoshop, and Illustrator to craft modern interfaces that significantly enhanced product aesthetics and user engagement. Led creative campaigns that integrated technology to drive brand visibility and market reach.
Machine Learning & Data Analytics: Integrated and maintained machine learning and data analytics features, boosting software performance and improving user experiences.
Leadership & Process Optimization: Led solution design and refined R&D processes, achieving a reduction in delivery times. Maintained high code quality through code reviews. Promoted cloud solution adoption and standardized version control with GitHub, including leading training sessions to elevate Git practices across engineering teams.
Strategic Business Development & Technical Proposals: Authored and contributed to multiple technical proposals, driving significant revenue growth and securing strategic projects. Engaged with stakeholders to align technology solutions with business objectives, demonstrating a keen ability to translate complex technical challenges into business opportunities.
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Full-Stack DevelopmentHTMLCSSJavaScriptBootstrapTailwind CSS+17

Wordpress

Contributor

Jan 2019 – Present · 7 yrs 4 mos

📌 WordPress Plugins I developed and published/made open source:
Simple XML-RPC Disabler (Security Plugin) [Published - WordPress.org]
Simple XML-RPC Pingback Disabler (Security Plugin) [Published - WordPress.org]
Simple Accordion block (Gutenberg block item plugin) [Published - GitHub]
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Full-Stack DevelopmentJavaScriptHTMLCSSPHPWordPress+7

Oceanic communications

Web Application Developer

Nov 2018 – Jan 2021 · 2 yrs 2 mos · Suva, Central, Fiji · On-site

📌 Core Focus:
Full-Stack Development & UX Optimization: Led the development and launch of enterprise-level websites, applications, and features using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, WordPress, Laravel, Vue, and Flutter, resulting in increased user engagement and growth in online sales.
Web Platform Integration & Optimization: Led integration efforts for advanced content management systems (CMS), focusing on WordPress customizations and managed hosting solutions. Implemented strategic updates and feature enhancements to ensure a modern, data-driven user experience aligned with organizational goals.
Server Management & Security: Administered UNIX/Apache and VPS server environments, maintaining high uptime. Executed comprehensive security protocols including regular penetration testing with Kali Linux, which reduced security vulnerabilities. Managed server environments and hosting solution services, optimizing performance and scalability.
PHP and WordPress Development: Developed custom plugins and themes for WordPress and performed regular CMS updates and security checks to ensure high performance and reliability of web platforms. Managed multiple VPS instances to support scalable web application deployment.
Data-Driven Web Design: Transformed designs into responsive, high-performance web solutions using Photoshop (PSD) layouts. Applied best practices in UI/UX design to significantly enhance user interaction and satisfaction.
E-Commerce & Payment Systems: Integrated and managed multiple Internet Payment Gateways, facilitating online transactions and enhancing the e-commerce framework.
Leadership & Cross-Functional Collaboration: Conducted knowledge-sharing sessions and provided ongoing mentorship, fostering a collaborative environment. Collaborated closely with marketing and UX teams to implement modern UI/UX strategies, techniques, and technologies, improving customer satisfaction and team efficiency.
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Full-Stack DevelopmentJavaScriptPython (Programming Language)ReactFlaskAngular+25

Github

Contributor

Jan 2018 – Present · 8 yrs 4 mos

📌 500+ followers. "Apparently" the highest followers in Fiji.
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Full-Stack DevelopmentJavaScriptTypeScriptReact.jsNext.jsHTML+25

Simplex lab

Full-Stack Creative Engineer | Founder & Director

Jan 2016 – Present · 10 yrs 4 mos · Fiji · Remote

📌 Core Focus:
Full-Stack Development: Led and collaborated with cross-functional teams to design and deploy diverse web, mobile, and desktop applications using a broad tech stack (JavaScript, Python, React, Next.js, TypeScript, Flask, Angular, Flutter, React Native, C#, C++, PHP, Laravel, WordPress). Tailored technologies to project-specific requirements, ensuring robust, scalable solutions. Integrated multiple Internet payment gateways to expand transactional capabilities.
Cloud & DevOps: Enhanced operational efficiencies by integrating cloud services (AWS, Vercel) and CI/CD tools (GitHub, CircleCI), which improved deployment speeds and reduced regressions. Implemented comprehensive testing protocols, including unit, integration, end-to-end, and frontend automation tests using Cypress, to ensure software reliability and performance.
Design & Creativity: Crafted interactive user interfaces with complex animations using GSAP, WebGL, Three.js, and Adobe Creative Suite, marrying technology with art to significantly boost user engagement.
Machine Learning, AI & Data Analytics: Leveraged advanced tools (TensorFlow, OpenCV, OpenAI GPT, Scikit-learn, PyTorch, Yolo) to develop and implement diverse projects, including facial and image recognition systems, vehicle traffic analysis, an OpenAI GPT-based chatbot, e-commerce predictive analytics, Unreal Engine game AI optimizations, and health risk assessments.
Technology Innovation & Collaborative Leadership: Led initiatives to explore and integrate cutting-edge technologies (Streamlit, Web3, Unity, Unreal Engine, Raspberry Pi, Arduino), encouraging a culture of innovation and continuous improvement.
Simplex Lab is also a portfolio of my adventures in the Full-Stack Software Engineering and Creative space.
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