Akshat Garg

Senior Software Engineer

Hyderabad, Telangana, India8 yrs 2 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Expert in full-stack development with a focus on ReactJS.
Proven track record of optimizing web applications for performance.
Strong mentoring experience in open-source projects.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fullstack Developer specializing in web applications and performance optimization.

Contact

Skills

Core Skills

ReactjsWeb Development

Other Skills

JavaScriptFlaskAWSPWACC++HTML5Data StructuresCorel DrawAlgorithmsPhotoshopMicrosoft OfficePowerPointMicrosoft ExcelNetworking

About

Experienced Developer with a demonstrated history of working in startup industry. Skilled in C/C++, Python, HTML, CSS, JS, ReactJS, Flask and collaborative workflow. Strong engineering professional with a Bachelor of Technology focused in Information Technology from National Institute of Technology Durgapur.

Experience

8 yrs 2 mos

Total Experience

2 yrs 1 mo

Average Tenure

6 yrs 3 mos

Current Experience

Uber

4 roles

Staff Software Engineer

Promoted

Sep 2024 – Present · 1 yr 9 mos

Senior Software Engineer

Mar 2022 – Sep 2024 · 2 yrs 6 mos

Software Engineer II

Promoted

Mar 2020 – Mar 2022 · 2 yrs

Web Engineer

Mar 2019 – Mar 2020 · 1 yr

Udacity

Independent Consultant

Jun 2019 – Jun 2020 · 1 yr · India

At Udacity, I use my skill and knowledge to teach and mentor students.

Google

4 roles

Mentor in Google Summer of Code (FOSSASIA)

Mar 2019 – Sep 2019 · 6 mos

Mentor in Google Code-In (FOSSASIA)

Sep 2018 – Dec 2018 · 3 mos

Student Developer at Google Summer of Code '18 (FOSSASIA)

Apr 2018 – Aug 2018 · 4 mos

Developing a analytics platform for SUSI.AI using ReactJs
Worked on the SUSI.AI clients and on the SUSI Server

Mentor at Google Code-in (FOSSASIA)

Nov 2017 – Jan 2018 · 2 mos

Responsible for mentoring the students who had participated in the contest

Fossasia

Maintainer

Sep 2018 – Sep 2023 · 5 yrs · Remote

Toppr

Software Engineer

Jun 2018 – Feb 2019 · 8 mos · Hyderabad Area, India

• Working with the front-end team and responsible for shipping quality product built using React, Redux, Websockets, etc.

Pregbuddy

2 roles

Full Stack Developer

May 2017 – Feb 2018 · 9 mos · Work From Home

Created multiple APIs for the backend for Android application and Progressive Web App (PWA).
Optimized the PWA to achieve a LightHouse score of 100/100 with first load time reduced by 4 times to 2s, entire bundle size reduced by 8 times to 300 Kb. Recurrent visits use as little as 10KB and takes < 800ms.
Made the automation for transactional & product emails using Mailgun followed by AWS SES to handle up to 14 mails/second and push notifications for app and webapp using FCM.
Managed an intern with whom we implemented the Hindi localization and Social Login (Google & FB) together.
Exposure: Flask, AWS EC2, AWS SES, Apache Virtual Hosts, Firebase Realtime DB, Firebase Cloud Functions

Frontend Developer

Dec 2016 – Mar 2017 · 3 mos · Work from Home

Single-handedly built a PWA using ReactJS from scratch to production in < 30 days as per Google guidelines.
Used Material-UI library for the UI.
Implemented Push Notifications using Firebase Cloud Messaging.
Worked on getting the content indexed by the GoogleBot using redirects and creating the sitemap.
Got feedback from Flipkart Lite, Developer Expert of PWA & Google Chrome US team during its beta stage.
Exposure: ReactJs, Material-UI for React, AJAX, Firebase Cloud Messaging, AWS S3, MixPanel
Website Link : https://app.pregbuddy.com