Vetted Talent
Rakesh Kumar
Vetted Talent
Expert full stack developer and AWS-Certified Cloud Practitioner with excellent analytical and problem-solving skills. 7+ Years of experience in managing engineering teams, digital transformation, product management, managing start-ups and large corporations, growth and hiring.
- Role
Consultant
- Years of Experience
16 years
Skillsets
- LLMs
- OpenCV
- OKRs
- Node.js
- Next.js
- New Relic
- MongoDB
- Mocha
- Microservices
- Peer code reviews
- Kubernetes
- Kafka
- Jest
- IntelliJ
- Grafana
- GitHub Copilot
- ELK Stack
- Cypress
- Split
- Sightengine
- Zabbix
- WebStorm
- Vscode
- Terraform
- Strapi
- Spring Boot
- Splunk
- Cursor
- secure coding
- Scikit-learn
- React.js
- rag
- RabbitMQ
- Prometheus
- PostgreSQL
- Playwright
- API Design - 6 Years
- System Design - 7 Years
- Python - 2 Years
- HTML - 12 Years
- nginx - 6 Years
- Github - 6 Years
- Bitbucket - 5 Years
- Azure - 3 Years
- Docker - 5 Years
- Express - 7 Years
- Java - 2 Years
- AWS - 8 Years
- Jenkins - 5 Years
- Redis - 4 Years
- Redis - 4 Years
- JavaScript - 12 Years
- JavaScript - 12 Years
- MySQL - 5 Years
- A/B testing
- CSS
- Confluence
- Computer Vision
- CI/CD
- Azure AI
- Architecture Design
- AppDynamics
- Agile/scrum
- MySQL - 5 Years
- OCI
- Jira
- Jenkins
- HTML
- AWS
- Apache
- GraphQL - 2 Years
- Nest.js - 4 Years
Vetted For
11Skills
- Roles & Skills
- Results
- Details
Senior Engineering Lead, FrontendAI Screening- 68%
- Skills assessed :Azure, Python, Ant, CI/CD, Node Js, Tailwind CSS, Chrome Dev Tools, Jest, React Js, Rest APIs, State management
- Score: 61/90
Professional Summary
16Years
- Nov, 2020 - Present4 yr 8 months
Consultant
Aprakrta Solutions Pvt Ltd - Mar, 2019 - Oct, 20201 yr 7 months
Sr. Engineering Manager
Jubilant FoodWorks - Dec, 2017 - Mar, 20191 yr 3 months
Principal Engineering Manager
Freecharge - Aug, 2013 - Mar, 20173 yr 7 months
Engineering Development Manager
OLX India
Applications & Tools Known
jQuery
VSCode
Bitbucket
Github
Jira
Confluence
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Jenkins
AWS
Azure
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Docker
Strapi
Github
Webstorm
Eclipse
SVN
Work History
16Years
Consultant
Aprakrta Solutions Pvt LtdNov, 2020 - Present4 yr 8 months
Architected scalable apps using React, Node.js, Nest.js, and Spring Boot. Built Azure AI chatbot (LLM, RAG) and automated image tagging for content classification. Developed document preview service using LibreOffice & Python to generate thumbnails. Ensured security compliance via Veracode, OWASP ZAP, and SonarQube standards. Managed dev/QA/DevOps teams and led code quality through Cypress, Playwright, and peer reviews. Optimized infra by merging multiple dev environments into a unified cost-effective system. Deployed scalable cloud infrastructure using Azure, OCI, AWS (with Terraform). Used Kafka, RabbitMQ for scalable messaging; Split for feature flag management.
Sr. Engineering Manager
Jubilant FoodWorksMar, 2019 - Oct, 20201 yr 7 months
Launched PWA for India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh boosting mobile conversion from 12% to 18%. Modernized React-based CRM and integrated Google Pay/PayTM for smoother checkouts. Defined OKRs and tracked KPIs with product stakeholders. Managed AWS infra and monitored apps using New Relic, ELK stack, and Prometheus.
Principal Engineering Manager
FreechargeDec, 2017 - Mar, 20191 yr 3 months
Rebuilt frontend from scratch and led AWS region migration. Delivered online ticketing, KYC onboarding, and bill payments features. Oversaw PCI DSS compliance and hardened cloud infrastructure security. Hired and mentored full-stack engineers; guided junior talent in project ownership. Led integrations for infra visibility.
Engineering Development Manager
OLX IndiaAug, 2013 - Mar, 20173 yr 7 months
Created responsive website and chat-based post flows that streamlined posting from 15 to 3 mins. Integrated image recognition into chat flow to auto-detect product, generate ad description, and categorize the item. Enabled revenue generation via Google Ads API and ad platforms (AdSense, AdX). Mentored junior engineers in modern JS/MERN stack. Owned A/B testing via Optimizely to iterate on product features.
Major Projects
3Projects
PWA Modernization for Dominos
Increased mobile web order conversion by 6% at Dominos through PWA modernization.
AI Chatbot and Image Tagging
Delivered AI-powered chatbot (LLM + RAG) & image tagging (Azure Computer Vision) for content automation.
CMS Redesign for Times Group
Saved 5M at Times Group by redesigning a CMS, reducing publish time from 15 to 3 mins.
Education
MCA
Punjab Technical University (2013)
Certifications
AWS
AWS (Dec, 2022)Aws-certified cloud practitioner