Rajat Vijay — CTO

Innovative Engineering Leader with 8+ years of experience driving technological advancements in enterprise software. Currently Director of Engineering at Certa, spearheading AI integration and frontend excellence. Proven track record of scaling high-performance engineering teams and architecting robust, efficient software solutions. Tech Leadership Highlights: - AI Innovation: Pioneering the development of a comprehensive AI product lineup, revolutionising enterprise workflows through advanced natural language processing, automated document analysis, and intelligent process automation. - Architecture Transformation: Orchestrated monorepo migration and TypeScript adoption, significantly enhancing development velocity and code reliability. - Performance Optimisation: Achieved 36% reduction in Largest Contentful Paint (LCP) across all pages, elevating user experience. - Engineering Excellence: Championed Test-Driven Development (TDD), increasing test coverage from 15% to 85% and reducing regressions by 60%. Leadership Philosophy: - Empowering Teams: Scaled engineering team from 4 to 15, implementing SMART goals and fostering a culture of continuous improvement. - Process Innovation: Established streamlined on-call procedures and formalised hiring processes, boosting team efficiency by 30%. - Tech Stack Evolution: Drove adoption of modern development tools and practices, significantly enhancing developer productivity and code quality across the organisation. Committed to leveraging cutting-edge technologies to solve complex business challenges while nurturing the next generation of tech talent. Passionate about open-source contributions and staying at the forefront of software engineering best practices.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS expert with a strong focus on AI and frontend development.

Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Experience: 9 yrs 9 mos

Skills

Artificial Intelligence (ai)
Team Management
Web Development
Web Performance
Typescript
Node.js

Career Highlights

Pioneered AI product lineup revolutionizing enterprise workflows.
Achieved 36% reduction in Largest Contentful Paint (LCP).
Scaled engineering team from 4 to 15 members.

Work Experience

Certa.ai

Director of AI Engineering (2 yrs 3 mos)

Staff Software Engineer (3 yrs 3 mos)

Senior Software Engineer (1 yr 10 mos)

Level AI

Software Engineer (8 mos)

YourMech.in

CTO, Co-founder (3 yrs)

AcadView

Software Engineer - Frontend Lead (1 yr 4 mos)

Software Developer Intern (5 mos)

Startup Labs Infotech Pvt. Ltd.

Pyhton Developer Intern (3 mos)

Upside9

Software Developer Intern (2 mos)

Education

Bachelors in Technology at JECRC University

Junior College at Pragati International School

Matriculation at Bikaner Boys School

Rajat Vijay

CTO

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India9 yrs 9 mos experience

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Key Highlights

Pioneered AI product lineup revolutionizing enterprise workflows.
Achieved 36% reduction in Largest Contentful Paint (LCP).
Scaled engineering team from 4 to 15 members.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS expert with a strong focus on AI and frontend development.

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Skills

Core Skills

Artificial Intelligence (ai)Team ManagementWeb DevelopmentWeb PerformanceTypescriptNode.js

Other Skills

Adobe PhotoshopAlgorithmsAngularJSCCascading Style Sheets (CSS)Data WranglingDjangoGenerative AIGulp.jsHTMLJavaJavascriptLarge Language Model Operations (LLMOps)Machine LearningManagement

About

Experience

9 yrs 9 mos

Total Experience

3 yrs 2 mos

Average Tenure

7 yrs 4 mos

Current Experience

Certa.ai

3 roles

Director of AI Engineering

Promoted

Mar 2024 – Present · 2 yrs 3 mos

Leading AI Products & Frontend Teams @ Certa

PythonArtificial Intelligence (AI)Machine LearningLarge Language Model Operations (LLMOps)Generative AITeam Management+1

Staff Software Engineer

Promoted

Dec 2020 – Mar 2024 · 3 yrs 3 mos

1. Led team growth from 4 to 15 members.
2. Led research and implementation of DesignAI product, including POCs for workflow JSON generation and BRD to Studio conversion
3. Implemented SMART goal-setting process, focusing on User/Business Impact with measurable success metrics for each project
4. Streamlined 1:1 documentation to effectively track action items and feedback, enhancing team communication and accountability
5. Established on-call engineering process, increasing team velocity by 30% (completing 30% more story points)
6. Formalised interview process and feedback format, resulting in more efficient hiring and better actionable insights from each interview
7. Fostered documentation-oriented culture, creating comprehensive guides for onboarding, on-call procedures, and hiring processes
8. Contributed to the codebase for various features like - Global Search, Followups in Design AI, etc.
Team Achievements -
1. Reduced Largest Contentful Paint (LCP) by 36% across all pages, significantly enhancing user experience.
2. Created the internal component library based on the company’s design system, reducing UI bugs by 40% and increasing development speed and UI standardisation
3. Improved foundational styling setup to enhance inclusiveness(a11y), ensuring UI functionality across all zoom levels and font sizes

TypeScriptReact.jsWeb DevelopmentTeam ManagementProject Management

Senior Software Engineer

Feb 2019 – Dec 2020 · 1 yr 10 mos

1. Managed the planning and delivery of the entire frontend product lineup
2. Led Typescript migration in 6 months, reducing regressions by 60%
3. Spearheaded monorepo migration, leading to increased velocity and improved developer experience
4. Increased unit and integration test coverage from 15% to 85%, significantly improving code reliability and maintainability
5. Introduced and cultivated a practice of Test-Driven Development (TDD), reducing chances of missing test suites for features/bug-fixes and edge cases
6. Drove redesign efforts, optimising UX, improving customer sentiment, and increasing user activity.
7. Migrated state management strategy to include react-query, enabling improved performance through out-of-the-box caching, enhanced developer experience by reducing boilerplate, and improved debugging capabilities
8. Spearheaded development of a React-based reporting module, transitioning customers from Tableau, reducing licensing costs by 80% and enhancing user interface efficiency
9. Implemented automated coding rules enforcement using custom ESLint rules, reducing back-and-forth during PR reviews by 30%

TypeScriptReact.jsWeb PerformanceWeb Development

Level ai

Software Engineer

Jun 2018 – Feb 2019 · 8 mos · New Delhi Area, India · Remote

1. Developed multiple dashboards for voice and text data annotation, optimizing UX for rapid annotation of conversational voice clips.
2. Designed and maintained a Node.js service providing a scalable, socket-enabled interface for Google Speech-to-Text service.
3. Enabled real-time systems to facilitate live transcripts across multiple frontends (web + mobile).
4. Engineered voice AI-enabled systems for major financial institutions, incorporating: Real-time conversation analysis, Fraud detection capabilities, Targeted cross-sell functionality, Knowledge search integration.

TypeScriptReact.jsNode.jsSocket.ioWeb Development

Yourmech.in

CTO, Co-founder

Mar 2018 – Mar 2021 · 3 yrs · Gurgaon, Haryana, India

Acadview

2 roles

Software Engineer - Frontend Lead

Feb 2017 – Jun 2018 · 1 yr 4 mos

1. Transformed monolith into a composition of multiple isolated modules, efficiently managing dependencies and reducing bundle size by 25%
2. Developed scripts to generate layouts for new modules, decreasing development time by 20%
3. Implemented Test-Driven Development (TDD) using Jest, enabling continuous integration and deployment
4. Improved deployment frequency from once per week to multiple times per day
5. Accelerated class cancellation and rescheduling by 75% through automation of schedule management for batches
6. Built an online enrollment system, amplifying online payments by 50% and reducing the sales team's on-ground effort
7. Engineered multiple dashboards using D3.js and SVGs to help businesses monitor sales performance and enable operations to monitor delivery quality across batches and seasons

AngularJSJavascriptWeb Development

Software Developer Intern

Aug 2016 – Jan 2017 · 5 mos

1. Single-handedly orchestrated whole of the frontend for the user-facing product.
2. Engineered a custom architecture with Angular JS and Redux to reduce the bugs and maintenance hassle due to two-way data bindings.
3. Achieved a TAT of 15 mins to deliver class recordings to student’s dashboard using automation scripts and cron jobs.
4. Occasionally pitched in backend tasks to help reduce the workload on the team and meet deadlines.

Startup labs infotech pvt. ltd.

Pyhton Developer Intern

Apr 2016 – Jul 2016 · 3 mos · Jaipur Area, India

Developed an authorization API for an Android App to sync data back and forth the server using Django. Also prepared, for the new interns, study materials to learn Python and eventually Django.
The main focus of the material was to learn the best practices of writing a Python code.

Upside9

Software Developer Intern

Jan 2016 – Mar 2016 · 2 mos · Jaipur Area, India

Started from scratch a shopping innovation app's (called Nico) backend, to be released soon! Integrated Amazon's product API and automated the process of making a COD (Cash On Delivery) using selenium and django-channels.