Darshan Sachaniya
Verified Expert in Engineering
Full-stack Developer
Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
Toptal member since January 26, 2022
Darshan is an open-minded web developer who is always ready for new challenges. He spent most of his career in web development, working on projects across different industries, including government, banking, insurance, eCommerce, and education. He started developing with JavaScript but has been recently working with React and in front-end development. Darshan loves working with great people, inspiring and being inspired by others.
Portfolio
Experience
- Front-end - 7 years
- GitHub - 7 years
- Agile - 7 years
- Jira - 7 years
- React - 5 years
- Node.js - 4 years
- Next.js - 3 years
- ES8 - 3 years
Preferred Environment
Slack, Teams, IntelliJ IDEA, Visual Studio Code (VS Code), Git, Jira, MacOS, JavaScript 6, TypeScript
The most amazing...
...project I've recently worked on is the IDFC FIRST Bank specialized banking services, available on Android, iOS, and web.
Work Experience
Senior Front-end Developer
Freelance
- Led the redevelopment of a high-profile eCommerce website for a prominent UK client. Tasked with modernizing the website, utilizing cutting-edge technologies to enhance performance, user experience, and functionality.
- Spearheaded the redesign of the homepage, seamlessly integrating it with Adobe Experience Manager (AEM), a product listing page (PLP), and a product detail page (PDP).
- Implemented rigorous testing strategies, including Cypress and Jest, to ensure the robustness and reliability of the front end.
- Conducted performance testing to optimize website speed and responsiveness, enhancing overall user satisfaction.
- Played a pivotal role in sprint planning, story analysis, and estimation, ensuring alignment with project timelines and objectives.
- Delivered a revamped website that met the client's expectations for modernization and functionality.
- Collaborated effectively with cross-functional teams to prioritize tasks and streamline development processes.
Senior Full-stack Developer
Allegis - Cruise Automation - Main
- Helped maintain and enhance an internal application used by other engineers to quickly understand and visualize the impact of their changes on the autonomous vehicle software.
- Conducted extensive code reviews, providing meaningful feedback that sometimes prevented new bugs from reaching production by catching them as part of the review process.
- Added the automated test script, which reduced manual testing and improved the system's reliability.
Senior Consultant
Xebia Group
- Developed an online banking application from the ground up and configured the project structure for the wealth module.
- Articulated project requirements and converted them into optimized and well-managed code.
- Created reusable React components for the date picker, dropdown, buttons, and input styles according to the provided designs.
- Delivered the wealth and investment module with different features, including mutual fund, SGB, life and term insurance, set goal investment, trading, and Demat account redirection. All these align with the Reserve Bank of India's law.
- Took part in sprint-related events. Managed the sprint planning and retrospective and created tasks inside the stories.
- Deployed the application and used GitHub for pull requests.
- Ensured that all the interactive elements on the websites were accessible from the keyboard; integrating text-to-speech functionality enabled the website to read out the content to users.
Full-stack Developer
Apps Integra
- Developed a web application for a large-scale government program, the TAMM Abu Dhabi.
- Tracked and solved bugs using Jira. Worked with the Agile software development methodology.
- Collaborated closely with several government entities, including the Department of Economic Development (DED) and the Abu Dhabi Housing Authority (ADHA).
Full-stack Developer
Webrex Studio
- Developed an online recruitment tool from the ground level and set up the project structure and the application skeleton.
- Grew a single-person company into a 10-employee team within a few months.
- Led agile squad teams in developing the local business.
Software Engineer
Tata Consultancy Services
- Developed an interactive maths application for UK students, which provides online tutorials, exam questions, and games for more interactive learning activities.
- Tracked and fixed bugs story using Jira with Agile.
- Grew a project team from six up to 25 elements. Helped them with very smooth onboarding and project understanding sessions.
Experience
TAMM Abu Dhabi
https://www.tamm.abudhabi/en/IDFC FIRST Bank
Pret A Manger
https://www.pret.com/en-USEducation
Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology
Gujarat Technological University - Ahmedabad, India
Certifications
Advanced Node.js
LinkedIn Learning
Skills
Libraries/APIs
React, Node.js, React DnD, D3.js, REST APIs
Tools
GitHub, Jira, Confluence, Figma, Zeplin, Webpack, Babel, Sequelize, Auth0, Skype, Google Hangouts, Google Meet, IntelliJ IDEA, Git, Adobe Experience Manager (AEM)
Languages
JavaScript, ES8, HTML, CSS, TypeScript, GraphQL, CSS3, SQL, HTML5, JavaScript 6, SCSS, Java
Frameworks
Next.js, Express.js, Redux, Material UI, Tailwind CSS, Jest, JSON Web Tokens (JWT), AngularJS, Cypress, OAuth 2, Angular, NestJS, Recoil
Paradigms
Agile, Responsive Web Design (RWD), Test-driven Development (TDD), Unit Testing, REST, API Architecture, Microservices, Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
Platforms
Contentful, Docker, Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), PagerDuty, Commercetools, Visual Studio Code (VS Code), MacOS, Buildkite, Yext
Storage
JSON, MongoDB, MySQL, Databases, PostgreSQL
Other
Front-end, Back-end, Full-stack, Full-stack Development, Web Applications, HTTP REST, Fintech, Front-end Development, Server-side Rendering (SSR), ESLint, API Integration, Code Review, Software Engineering, Headless CMS, Technical Leadership, OAuth, Internationalization, i18n, API Documentation, Responsive UI, API Design, Online Banking, Finance, Educational Games, eCommerce, Data Visualization, Graphs, Web Dashboards, Storybook, APIs, Accessibility, CI/CD Pipelines, AI-assisted Development, AI Integration, Teams, TypeORM, Google BigQuery, Website Performance, Styled-components, Web Accessibility, SEO Content
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