Experienced Front-End Engineer with 8+ years specializing in building responsive, consumer-facing SaaS applications using React and TypeScript. Proven leadership in mentoring teams, executing feature rollouts with SOLID principles, and maintaining high-quality, test-driven codebases. Hands-on expertise in modern front-end frameworks, SPAs, and scalable architecture in agile, start-up environments. Seeking to leverage these skills to drive innovation and product quality as Lead Frontend Engineer.
Overview
28
28
years of professional experience
Work History
Front End Developer Lead
California Air Resources Board
Dallas, TX
02.2024 - Current
Company Overview: As the Front-End Lead for CARB's project, Venkat has spearheaded a comprehensive revamp of the front-end architecture, ensuring alignment with modern best practices to enhance code maintainability, scalability, and performance
His efforts in architecting efficient solutions have significantly reduced development timelines, enabling the team to meet tight deadlines while upholding high standards of quality
Mentored front-end developers and enforced best practices, improving code quality across all components
Applied SOLID principles in the design of scalable UI components and architecture
Developed SPA modules with a focus on performance and responsiveness using React and Next.js
As the Front-End Lead for CARB's project, Venkat has spearheaded a comprehensive revamp of the front-end architecture, ensuring alignment with modern best practices to enhance code maintainability, scalability, and performance
His efforts in architecting efficient solutions have significantly reduced development timelines, enabling the team to meet tight deadlines while upholding high standards of quality
React Developer
7-eleven
Dallas, TX
02.2023 - 01.2024
Company Overview: At 7-Eleven, my role as a front-end developer was pivotal in revolutionizing the POS system by introducing cutting-edge enhancements and optimizations
Delivered production-ready, single-page applications for POS using React and Electron wrapper.
Played a key role in developing unit testing strategies and frameworks using Jest and RTL, significantly enhancing frontend reliability
At 7-Eleven, my role as a front-end developer was pivotal in revolutionizing the POS system by introducing cutting-edge enhancements and optimizations.
Senior UI Developer
Broadridge
Dallas, TX
02.2022 - 02.2023
Company Overview: Value Add as a Frontend Architect with Redux Expertise (50%): Scalable Redux Architecture: Led the design of a scalable frontend architecture, leveraging Redux alongside the latest React features and StencilJS for superior performance
Built scalable React-Redux SPA architecture for a consumer-facing SaaS platform
Led front-end modernization efforts and coached peers on React, GraphQL, and Redux best practices
Value Add as a Frontend Architect with Redux Expertise (50%): Scalable Redux Architecture: Led the design of a scalable frontend architecture, leveraging Redux alongside the latest React features and StencilJS for superior performance
Front End Developer
Mursion
Dallas, TX
01.2020 - 01.2022
Utilized the MERN stack to build responsive and feature-rich web applications, delivering a consistent user experience across multiple platforms
Interacted with stakeholders during development to validate design proposals and make suitable technology recommendations
Worked closely with UX and product teams to understand and define visual and functional requirements
Deployed Travis CI for continuous integration, increasing the speed and reliability of software deployments
UI Lead
CBRE
Dallas, TX
07.2018 - 12.2020
Company Overview: As an Architect: Middleware Integration for Reporting Tools: Faced with the challenge of integrating reports from Cognos BI, which was not directly compatible with Angular at the time, I engineered a Node.js middleware
Spearheaded the design, development, and enhancement of CBRE's real estate financial dashboard leveraging the Angular framework
Collaborated with UX/UI teams to craft responsive and intuitive user interfaces, ensuring optimal user experience
Integrated the dashboard seamlessly with backend services, databases, and third-party real estate or financial APIs, facilitating real-time data retrieval and display
As an Architect: Middleware Integration for Reporting Tools: Faced with the challenge of integrating reports from Cognos BI, which was not directly compatible with Angular at the time, I engineered a Node.js middleware
UI Lead
DealerSocket
Dallas, TX
04.2018 - 07.2018
Led the design and development of DealerSocket's exclusive React-based application, a premium platform for subscribed automobile dealers to track sales and monitor inventory
Collaborated closely with a dedicated team to ensure the application's exclusivity, incorporating robust authentication and authorization mechanisms for subscribed dealers
UI Lead
HARMAN
Dallas, TX
12.2017 - 04.2018
Improved existing Angular applications using PolymerJS and Node.js (Node v8.9.1) boosting maintainability and reusability
Coached team members on completing job tasks and adhering to company procedures and safety requirements
Dev Lead
OptumRx
Minneapolis, MN
04.2016 - 05.2017
Legacy Migration from AngularJS to Angular 2: Orchestrated and led the migration of a large-scale legacy AngularJS application to Angular 2
Led the development of pharmacy care services application using the MEAN stack, ensuring timely completion of development goals
UI DEVELOPER
Medtronic
Minneapolis, MN
11.2014 - 12.2015
Developed sophisticated user interfaces for medical technology applications using JavaScript, HTML5 Canvas, and WebSockets, aligning project requirements with business objectives
Interfaced with a C# backend using WebSockets to receive live heart data, handling about 400 data points per second, and plotted them on a canvas as EKG and ECG waves
Graphic Designer/ Project Manager
HARVARD BUSINESS PUBLISHING
Boston, MA
09.2010 - 10.2014
Company Overview: Managing the global vendors offering services in content development and translation/localization
Responsible for User Interface design and development for Harvard Business Publishing's portals and products like LeadershipDirect.org, WCMS, and Harvard Manage Mentor using Adobe Photoshop CS5, Adobe Flash CS5, Illustrator, HTML5, Javascript, Angular JS, JQuery, CSS3, and AJAX
Managing the global vendors offering services in content development and translation/localization
PROJECT MANAGER/TECH LEAD
GE
Albany, New York
10.2004 - 09.2010
Gathering and analyzing requirements and writing SOWs and scope documents along with leading the project from concept to completion
Responsible for User Interface Design for web applications and learning portals using Adobe Photoshop CS5, Adobe Flash CS5, Illustrator, HTML5, Javascript, CSS3, AJAX and the client's preferred content management tools
Development Program
United Nations
New York
07.2002 - 09.2004
Responsible for User Interface Design using Adobe Photoshop, Flash, HTML, CSS, JavaScript and the company's custom web development and content management tools
Web designer
IMI
Hyderabad, India
01.1999 - 06.2002
Responsible for User Interface Design and development for various mobile/web/desktop applications for Vodafone
Graphic Designer
Fountainhead Design Studios
Hyderabad, India
01.1997 - 01.1999
Leveraged proficiency in Adobe Flash, Photoshop and Illustrator to design email blasts, catalogs, posters, 200 e-greeting cards and other promotional materials