Nityam Vakil — Senior Software Engineer

I am a seasoned software developer with over 10 years of experience in Ruby on Rails, having worked across three startups and two multinational companies. My diverse background has equipped me with a unique blend of technical expertise and a deep understanding of agile methodologies, enabling me to deliver high-quality software solutions that drive business growth. Throughout my career, I have thrived in dynamic environments, leveraging my skills to develop scalable applications that align with user needs and market trends. In startups, I have played pivotal roles in product development, contributing from ideation to deployment. This hands-on experience has taught me the importance of agility, teamwork, and a user-centric approach. In my roles at multinational companies, I gained valuable insights into large-scale operations and global collaboration. I excel at managing complex projects, coordinating with diverse stakeholders, and maintaining high-quality standards in fast-paced settings. This experience has honed my ability to enhance operational efficiency and drive innovation. For the past six years, I have successfully worked remotely, collaborating primarily with US clients. I understand the nuances of cross-cultural communication and time zone management, allowing me to build strong relationships and ensure project success. My commitment to clear communication and responsiveness has consistently resulted in exceeding client expectations.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fullstack Developer with expertise in Edtech and Fintech industries.

Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Experience: 11 yrs 7 mos

Skills

Ruby On Rails
React.js
.net Core
Postgresql
Essbase

Career Highlights

Over 10 years of experience in software development.
Expert in Ruby on Rails and scalable application development.
Proven track record in remote collaboration and client satisfaction.

Work Experience

Tech9

Senior Software Engineer Contract (2 yrs 10 mos)

Sage

Senior Software Engineer L6 (5 mos)

IgniteScale

Senior Web Application Developer (5 yrs 7 mos)

Crossover

Ruby on Rails Architect (4 mos)

Self Employed

Professional Freelancer (11 mos)

Hopscotch.in

Software Engineer (8 mos)

TinyOwl

Software Engineer (1 yr 5 mos)

Deloitte US

Business Technology Analyst (11 mos)

Education

Bachelor's degree at Dhirubhai Ambani University

Science and Technology at Delhi Public School Vadodara

Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching at Kendriya Vidyalaya Porbandar

Nityam Vakil

Senior Software Engineer

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India11 yrs 7 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Over 10 years of experience in software development.
Expert in Ruby on Rails and scalable application development.
Proven track record in remote collaboration and client satisfaction.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fullstack Developer with expertise in Edtech and Fintech industries.

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Skills

Core Skills

Ruby On RailsReact.js.net CorePostgresqlEssbase

Other Skills

AlgorithmsAmazon DynamodbAngularJSBackbone.jsCC#C++Cadence VirtuosoComputer ScienceCore JavaData StructuresDockerERP SoftwareGitHTML

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Experience

11 yrs 7 mos

Total Experience

1 yr 8 mos

Average Tenure

2 yrs 10 mos

Current Experience

Tech9

Senior Software Engineer Contract

Aug 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 10 mos · Utah, United States · Remote

Maintain over five distributed enterprise applications for a large Edtech US Client.
Optimization of DB Queries for under 200ms response times for over 4M records.
Managing data sync between databases ensuring consistency for customers among the applications.
Handle changes in large tables for evolving applications, planning migrations with zero downtime.
Delivering features across diverse stacked applications, reviewing changes from other developers, and ensuring 100% unit and integration test coverage.
Fix vulnerabilities in different libraries by version upgrades.
Work with teams from across the world in different time zones.
Daily stack includes RoR, Sidekiq, C#, Angular, React, Redis, Snowflake, Postgres, DynamoDb, Docker, Git

Ruby on RailsReact.jsJavaScriptPostgreSQLJenkinsDocker+3

Sage

Senior Software Engineer L6

Jul 2023 – Dec 2023 · 5 mos · Banglore · Remote

Work on enterprise-level FinTech apps with over 1000 clients.
Work on migrating the entire application to the .NET Core framework, which included understanding .NET Core from the ground up and building the barebone application.
Researching correct DB for use cases, Background Jobs, Azure serverless deployment, documentation, and testing framework, etc.
Plan data migrations between applications, ensuring continuous sync between the RoR and .NET app.

C#.NET CoreRuby on Rails

Ignitescale

Senior Web Application Developer

Nov 2017 – Jun 2023 · 5 yrs 7 mos · Austin, Texas, United States · Remote

Integrated third-party APIs for real-time flow of data from various systems and developed webhooks to trigger events from external apps.
Developed a generic integration library configurable via YML as a plug-and-play architecture and linked with JIRA, Tableau, and Workato.
Development of "Profiler" - a YML-based configurable authorization and access library, providing fine-grained permissions on models, controllers, views, and individual widgets on a page.
Creation of a monitoring library to track any UI field over various time intervals and auto-visualize data with graphs.
Developed a plugin system for on-the-fly plugin creation, allowing custom overrides for core app functionality per client basis.
Implement support for adding PostgreSQL-compatible columns dynamically to any table using YML with added support for ORM manipulation and validation rules.
Addition of WebSocket support to enable real-time UI updates from a remote PostgreSQL database.
Utilized Rails 6's Action Mailbox to create Notes from company email replies using Amazon SES and SNS.
Migrated Rails from 5 to 6.

Ruby on RailsMVC ArchitecturePostgreSQLMongoDBRedisSidekiq+2

Crossover

Ruby on Rails Architect

Oct 2017 – Feb 2018 · 4 mos · Madhavpur · Remote

- Architecting Customer Value Creation product for clients on Crossover platform.

Ruby on Rails

Self employed

Professional Freelancer

Nov 2016 – Oct 2017 · 11 mos · Mumbai Metropolitan Region · Remote

Unity3D Game Development for clients
Ruby on Rails freelancer.

Ruby on RailsUnity3DC#

Hopscotch.in

Software Engineer

Feb 2016 – Oct 2016 · 8 mos · Mumbai Metropolitan Region · On-site

Integrated Facebook Ads and Google AdWords API to visualize performance using charts, increasing revenue by 20%.
Built a customized Ticket Management Suite on Ruby on Rails.

Ruby on RailsSidekiqMySQLRedisAngularJS