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Akshay Kumar Kataiah

Jersey City,NJ

Work History

Senior Software Engineer

WeWork Inc
03.2022 - Current
  • Orchestrated the migration of WeWork.com search page from HandlebarsJS to ReactJS, leveraging Material UI, hooks, and contexts for enhanced frontend development.
  • Implemented Redis caching in Node.js with Express on the backend, seamlessly integrated with RollbarJS from winstonJS to create a performant proxy, resulting in a remarkable latency reduction from 10ms to 1ms.
  • Developed a seamless E-Commerce workflow for the https://www.wework.com/solutions/wework-all-access, driving a remarkable 12% increase in tour booked submissions, achieving a notable 3% relative increase in All Access conversions, and an impressive 3.9pp increase in MQL to Leads generated.
  • Led Contentful CMS modules and content modeling, collaborating closely with SEO and Product teams to successfully build and launch the WeWork All Access product, effectively boosting the conversion rate by 12% and significantly reducing the bounce rate.
  • Minimized 4xx/5xx errors by 99.6% across eight backend services, leading to a remarkable MTTD reduction to 3 minutes. Utilized RollbarJs, Prometheus with K8s, Splunk, and Grafana for comprehensive monitoring and analytics.
  • Leveraged SplitIO in conjunction with SegmentIO to meticulously set up tracking mechanisms for marketing campaigns, contributing significantly to a large-scale consumer-product focus and facilitating data-driven decision-making processes.
  • Optimized website performance through cutting-edge techniques such as lazy loading and image optimization, enhancing performance and delivering a superior user experience.
  • Maintained robust frontend unit tests using Jest and React Testing Library, ensuring code quality and reliability.

Senior Web Engineer

N26 Inc
08.2021 - 03.2022
  • Spearheaded the development of Dash Modules, an internal micro-frontend application catering to N26 customer support agents, facilitating seamless customer service within the N26 Web-App ecosystem.
  • Worked on a monorepo using Express, React, Apollo GraphQL, and CSS-in-JS (with Fela) that serves applications for various ecosystems of N26 Web App.
  • Optimized and fine-tuned existing modules to align with the evolving needs of our expanding customer base.
  • Focused on UI enhancements to streamline and expedite customer support operations, empowering agents to efficiently assist our valued customers.
  • Leveraged Agile methodologies, Jira, GitHub, Jenkins, and GitHub Actions for efficient project management, version control, code building, and continuous integration and delivery.

ASSOCIATE SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER

CERNER HEALTHCARE CORP
08.2018 - 08.2021
  • Collaborated within an Agile team to deliver a robust ticketing portal using ReactJS, Redux, Material UI, and Styled Components, with a focus on server-side rendering optimization.
  • Elevated internal websites to meet stringent industry standards, prioritizing accessibility and security for an enhanced user experience.
  • Led the development and expansion of an extensive internal UI library, encompassing over 30 components, to support the migration from React-Terra and enable versatile website features.
  • Spearheaded the implementation of Cypress end-to-end testing, seamlessly integrating it across multiple teams to ensure comprehensive test coverage and improved product quality.
  • Leveraged industry-leading tools including Jira, Github, Jenkins, and Octopus for efficient project management, streamlined version control, and seamless CI/CD processes.

FRONTEND DEVELOPER

BEST BUY
06.2017 - 08.2018
  • Collaborated with a team of eight engineers to enhance cart and checkout pages for Bestbuy.com using ReactJS, Redux, HTML, and CSS, resulting in a 20% improvement in user experience.
  • Developed the FastTrack (one-click) checkout feature, increasing checkout conversion rates by 15%.
  • Utilizing ReactJS for implementing notification systems, I was instrumental in boosting the order success rate by 8%, thereby augmenting operational efficiency.
  • Conducted A/B testing, contributing to a 12% increase in revenue.
  • Led frontend automation tooling, integrating actions into Selenium for testing, reducing manual testing efforts by 40%.
  • Employed Jira, Bitbucket, and Jenkins for project management, version control, and weekly releases using the Kanban methodology, enhancing team collaboration and productivity.

Timeline

Senior Software Engineer - WeWork Inc
03.2022 - Current
Senior Web Engineer - N26 Inc
08.2021 - 03.2022
ASSOCIATE SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER - CERNER HEALTHCARE CORP
08.2018 - 08.2021
FRONTEND DEVELOPER - BEST BUY
06.2017 - 08.2018
Kent State University - MASTERS, Computer Science
JNT UNIVERSITY - Bachelor of Science, Computer Science

Education

MASTERS - Computer Science

Kent State University, Kent
05.2017
  • 3.66 GPA

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

JNT UNIVERSITY, India
05.2015

GPA: 3.62

Skills

  • Proficient: JavaScript(ReactJS), HTML/CSS
  • Familiar: DotNet Core, Java, Go
  • Tools: VSCode, CircleCI, AWS S3, ContentfulJS
  • Technologies: Atlassian Technologies(Jira, Bitbucket), Octopus, GCP Cloud, AWS S3, Kibana, Rollbar, CircleCI

Additional Information

Akshay Kumar Kataiah - Software Engineer 2 - WeWork | LinkedIn

Github Akshay Kumar Nodewarrior

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