
Radhakrishnan Kanagaraj
Verified Expert in Engineering
Software Developer
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Toptal member since July 7, 2022
Radhakrishnan is a prolific full-stack developer with over 10 years of experience building highly scalable and maintainable web applications optimized for performance and efficiency. He is a passionate learner, team player, and problem solver and has experience working in agile teams as a developer and scrum master.
Portfolio
Experience
- Node.js - 8 years
- JavaScript - 8 years
- React - 6 years
- Express.js - 6 years
- GraphQL - 5 years
- Google Cloud - 3 years
- Go - 3 years
- Vue - 2 years
Availability
Preferred Environment
React, Node.js, Google Cloud, GraphQL, JavaScript, Express.js, Next.js, Microservices, REST, Amazon Web Services (AWS), HIPAA Compliance
The most amazing...
...thing I've developed is a microservice application architecture that handles millions of daily user traffic without any hassle.
Work Experience
Technical Lead
Raise Holding Technologies, Inc
- Developed a SaaS captable software from scratch using Next.js and Go, enabling over 100 companies to issue ESOPs, raise funds via convertible notes and SAFEs, and manage common shares for founders and investors, and streamlining equity management.
- Designed and implemented an AI-powered chatbot that empowered users to access ownership data, perform scenario modeling, and issue ESOPs, increasing user engagement by 25% and reducing manual support queries by 30%.
- Used Remix, TypeScript, Node.js, GraphQL, and MongoDB to develop the application, ensuring a robust, efficient, and scalable solution.
Software Engineer IV
Avaya
- Transformed a Python monolith into a Go-based microservices architecture and automated the deployment pipeline using CI/CD tools, slashing server response times by 50% and accelerating feature delivery by 40%.
- Built and launched a custom MERN stack web application to streamline enterprise subscription management for Avaya’s products, reducing manual billing errors by 90% and shortening the monthly billing cycle by 60%.
- Optimized a legacy React web application through a comprehensive performance audit, implementing lazy loading, code splitting, and caching strategies, cutting application load time from 7 seconds to 3 seconds and boosting user satisfaction by 30%.
- Designed and deployed a high-throughput analytics aggregation pipeline leveraging BigQuery, Google Pub/Sub, and Google Dataflow, enabling real-time data processing and supporting business decisions for thousands of transactions.
Full-stack Engineer
Societe Generale
- Designed a dynamic data analytics dashboard using React and D3.js to visualize real-time KPIs, boosting team efficiency and productivity by 30% by enabling faster, informed decision-making.
- Built a React and Node.js web application to monitor and analyze workplace service requests, reducing incident rates by 30% through data-driven identification of recurring issues and proactive preventative measures.
- Developed a custom feature flagging system with an intuitive dashboard, empowering stakeholders to manage flags in real time, improving team efficiency by 40% and cutting QA testing time by 30%.
- Partnered with cross-functional teams to pinpoint high-risk areas in web applications via user testing and data analysis, implementing targeted optimizations that slashed user error rates by 40% and enhanced overall usability.
Software Engineer
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
- Engineered and deployed multiple web components using jQuery and Python, optimizing UI/UX design to boost user engagement by 35% and reduce bounce rates by 20% across key platform pages.
- Authored Python scripts to automate daily reports, enhancing data accuracy by 25% and saving the team over 20 hours per week in manual reporting efforts.
- Developed and implemented PowerShell scripts to automate data migration workflows, slashing migration time by 80% and enabling seamless transitions.
Experience
Captable SaaS platform for Startups
https://app.raise.africa/OUTCOME
• Supported over 100 companies in managing $50+ million in fundraising activities.
• Reduced equity management processing time by 40% through streamlined workflows.
• Increased user engagement by 25% with the chatbot, cutting support queries by 30%.
Enterprise Billing Management Web App
OUTCOME
• Eliminated 90% of manual billing errors, ensuring accurate invoicing for 1,000+ enterprise clients.
• Reduced monthly billing cycles by 60%, saving 50+ hours of manual work per month.
• Improved client satisfaction by 20% through transparent billing visibility.
Payments Application
Data Analytics Pipeline
Skills
Libraries/APIs
React, Node.js, CSSinJS, REST APIs, API Development, Vue, Socket.IO, Google Task Queue, jQuery
Tools
GitLab CI/CD, GitLab, GitHub, Git, Mongoose, Sequelize, Apache Beam, Cloud Dataflow, Docker Compose
Languages
JavaScript, HTML5, TypeScript, CSS, SQL, Go, GraphQL, Python 3, Python, HTML
Frameworks
Express.js, JSON Web Tokens (JWT), Next.js, Windows PowerShell, Jest, gRPC, Tailwind CSS, Redux, MUI CSS, Cypress, React Native
Paradigms
REST, REST API Architecture, Functional Programming, Agile Software Development, Microservices, Agile, Test-driven Development (TDD), HIPAA Compliance, DevOps, Object-oriented Programming (OOP)
Storage
MySQL, Google Cloud, MongoDB, Cloud Firestore, NoSQL, Redis, JSON, PostgreSQL, Amazon DynamoDB
Platforms
Docker, Kubernetes, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Firebase, Google App Engine, Visual Studio Code (VS Code), AWS IoT, Amazon Web Services (AWS), OpenStack, Azure
Other
Software Development, Full-stack Development, Full-stack, Serverless, Back-end, Front-end, Back-end Development, APIs, Front-end Development, Scrum Master, WebSockets, IT Automation, Pub/Sub, Google Cloud Functions, Protocol Buffers, User Interface (UI), Integration Testing, UI Components, Distributed Systems, Google BigQuery
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