About
Hi, I'm Amit.
I've been building for the web for over seven years, mostly front ends in React and Next.js, with a fair amount of backend work along the way. I care a lot about pages that load fast. These days I also spend a lot of time on AI tools and agent workflows, like Reelsmith.
- Years in software engineering
- 7+
- Companies, from startup to enterprise
- 3
- Where I live and trek on weekends
- Pune
Experience
Where I've worked
Credit Acceptance
Senior Software Engineer
Oct 2023 - Present
- Led migration of a critical Angular approval workflow to React, improving initial page load by 50%.
- Implemented Playwright E2E + GitHub Actions CI/CD to improve release confidence and reduce manual QA.
- Partnered with infra on Brotli + Gzip rollout, reducing payloads by ~70% and improving Lighthouse from 46 to 76 on key pages.
Gupshup
Senior Software Engineer-1
Aug 2021 - Oct 2023
- Improved dashboard performance score from 18 to 65 and reduced initial load time from 8.9s to 2.5s.
- Led a team of 3 engineers to migrate an Angular 8 application to Next.js 12.
- Revamped SuperLemon Shopify app UI with reusable components and features used by 60,000+ shops.
Quantiphi
Software Developer
Jun 2019 - Aug 2021
- Built a lead-generation virtual agent frontend for Quantiphi's website.
- Developed an ML dashboard for annotation, training control, and model monitoring.
- Implemented callback scheduling for 13k users with Firebase and Salesforce API integrations.
How I like to work
- Make it clear first, then make it fast.
- Pick the simple option the next person can maintain.
- Don't let quality slip just because a deadline is close.
Tools I use most
- TypeScript
- JavaScript
- Next.js
- HTML
- CSS
- Node.js
- Express
- React
- PostgreSQL
- MongoDB
Want to work together?
For roles, freelance projects or collaborations, the quickest way to reach me is email.