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Verified Expert in Engineering
Software Developer
Tokyo, Japan
Toptal member since January 10, 2024
Bio
With over seven years of professional experience in software development, Ankit excels in fast-paced, challenging startup environments. His passion for learning and adaptability allow him to grasp new technologies quickly and implement them effectively. Ankit is drawn to projects that push boundaries, requiring creative problem-solving and innovation.
Portfolio
Outspeed (formerly Adapt Research, Inc.)
React, TypeScript, React Native, Tailwind CSS, Three.js...
Bodygram, Inc., Japan
Next.js, React, Astro, Three.js, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS, CSS, Front-end...
Startbahn Inc., Japan
Next.js, React, TypeScript 3, Vue, CircleCI, Nuxt.js, Styled-components, CSS...
Experience
- React - 6 years
- JavaScript - 6 years
- TypeScript - 5 years
- Tailwind CSS - 3 years
- Next.js - 3 years
- TypeScript 3 - 2 years
- Storybook - 2 years
- Remix - 2 years
Availability
Part-time
Preferred Environment
React, TypeScript, JavaScript, Next.js, Python 3
The most amazing...
...thing I have developed is a theme for JSDoc, and it ranks number one on npm in terms of maintainability.
Work Experience
React Developer
2024 - PRESENT
Outspeed (formerly Adapt Research, Inc.)
- Developed a monorepo for real-time web/mobile apps using Outspeed infrastructure. Created Outspeed/core, which handles WebRTC and WebSocket connections and manages media streaming for seamless integration in both environments.
- Built Outspeed/React for easy WebRTC/WebSocket management with React, providing hooks and components for visualizing audio and media. Created Outspeed/React Native to enable WebRTC in React Native mobile apps.
- Created comprehensive documentation and example playgrounds to help developers use the Outspeed packages effectively, providing clear guidance for web and mobile real-time communication applications.
Technologies: React, TypeScript, React Native, Tailwind CSS, Three.js, React Three Fiber (R3F), JavaScript
Software Engineer
2023 - PRESENT
Bodygram, Inc., Japan
- Contributed to a component library in React that was utilized across seven internal projects.
- Managed multiple projects, including a scan data dashboard, company website, and 3D avatar rendering library with annotations.
- Created a core SDK library enabling teams to build voice guidance for user instructions and a camera component for capturing front and side poses.
- Enhanced front pose validation, reducing unsuccessful scans by 73% through refined angle calculation logic for feet and arms relative to the body.
Technologies: Next.js, React, Astro, Three.js, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS, CSS, Front-end, Automated UI Testing, React Query, Front-end Design, Front-end Architecture, Redux, Web Frameworks, Remix, React Three Fiber (R3F), JavaScript
Senior Software Engineer
2022 - 2023
Startbahn Inc., Japan
- Formulated a set of standards for coding and code reviewing.
- Worked with the product manager and other stakeholders, including back-end developers and UX designers, to iterate on new features.
- Streamlined the front-end deployment pipelines, resulting in a 50% reduction in build time.
Technologies: Next.js, React, TypeScript 3, Vue, CircleCI, Nuxt.js, Styled-components, CSS, Front-end, Automated UI Testing, React Router, React Query, Vercel, Front-end Design, Redux, Web Frameworks, JavaScript, TypeScript
Research Software Engineer
2021 - 2022
University of Cambridge
- Created the design system for InterMine to unify the design of all products.
- Developed Chromatin, an open-source React component library from scratch to implement the design system. (Github.com/intermine/chromatin.).
- Designed and developed interfaces to set up and configure InterMine on the cloud. (Github.com/intermine/intermine_cloud.).
- Assisted in a Linux and bioinformatics tools workshop organized by the University of Cambridge, Bioinformatics Training Facility, and the UK Health Security Agency National Veterinary Accreditation Program.
Technologies: React, TypeScript, Styled-components, Python 3, Inkscape, Hugo, Storybook, CSS, Front-end, Automated UI Testing, React Router, APIs, Front-end Design, Redux, Full-stack, Web Frameworks, Django, JavaScript
Co-founder and Front-end Lead
2017 - 2021
Asaan Contracts Private Limited
- Designed and developed an app dashboard for one of our clients to manage their projects.
- Researched, analyzed, evaluated, and adopted new and existing technologies, tools, and best practices to support and implement the architecture.
- Designed the web interface with enormous effort to cater to people unfamiliar with the web.
Technologies: React, Vue, Python 3, JavaScript, TypeScript, Docker, Flask, CSS, Front-end, Python, Web Scraping, Automated UI Testing, Beautiful Soup, Puppeteer, React Router, Node.js, APIs, Front-end Design, Front-end Architecture, Redux, Full-stack, Material UI, Web Frameworks
Experience
Clean-jsdoc-theme
https://www.npmjs.com/package/clean-jsdoc-themeClean-jsdoc-theme is a beautifully crafted theme for JSDoc 3 and JSDoc 4. It is a clean and fully responsive theme with loads of customization features.
SALIENT FEATURES
• Supports most screens, including desktops, laptops, iPads, and mobile devices.
• Consists of a premium-looking dark and light theme.
• Minifies all the output HTML files, saving a few kilobytes.
• Carries search support. The search feature doesn't increase the size of output HTML files.
• Highly performant
SALIENT FEATURES
• Supports most screens, including desktops, laptops, iPads, and mobile devices.
• Consists of a premium-looking dark and light theme.
• Minifies all the output HTML files, saving a few kilobytes.
• Carries search support. The search feature doesn't increase the size of output HTML files.
• Highly performant
REINVENT 4 Mol2MolMediumSimilarity
https://github.com/ersilia-os/eos694wThe Mol2MolMediumSimilarity leverages REINVENT 4's mol2mol_medium_similarity.prior to generate approximately 100 unique molecules. The generated molecules will be relatively similar to the input molecule.
Chromatin | Component Library
https://github.com/intermine/chromatinA React-based component library built from scratch, developed using TypeScript to ensure high code quality and ease of maintenance. It boasts a minimal API surface without compromising on product requirements.
Anu, ML Model
https://github.com/ankitskvmdam/anuAnu, a machine learning (ML) model used to predict protein-protein interaction. Anu is a framework to test and benchmark ML models for the prediction of protein-protein interactions. It automates data retrieval, feature engineering, and model evaluation.
Education
2017 - 2021
Bachelor's Degree in Biotechnology
National Institute of Technology Durgapur - Durgapur, West Bengal, India
Skills
Libraries/APIs
React, React Router, React Query, Three.js, Node.js, Vue, Beautiful Soup, Puppeteer
Tools
Inkscape, CircleCI, Astro
Languages
TypeScript, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, Python, TypeScript 3, C++, Python 3, Hugo
Frameworks
Next.js, Tailwind CSS, Web Frameworks, Redux, Material UI, Remix, Flask, Nuxt.js, Django, React Native
Platforms
Vercel, Docker
Storage
Databases
Other
CSS5, Front-end, Web Scraping, APIs, Front-end Design, Styled-components, Storybook, Automated UI Testing, Front-end Architecture, Full-stack, React Three Fiber (R3F), JSDoc
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