Vinay Kumar

Helped create an educational platform consisting of many services and front-end applications for stakeholders, including business applications to maintain the subscription model and pricing for the products suites. The platform allows students to register for courses and access a video streaming platform for students and educators, with an AI and cognitive services-based application for students that also tracks their progress.

As a team lead, I helped architect the entire microservices applications and databases. I helped create the project plan and execute it and led a team of developers and QAs to work on the product and deliver it in multiple releases. I used tools such as Jira and Confluence for the whole project management phase.

I took care of the release pipeline for a set of services and web applications using Jenkins and Docker-based deployment using Azure VMs, helped take care of millions of logs using ELK stack, and worked on monitoring these logs.

I served as an SME for the video streaming services, which employed Azure Media Services and took the help of messaging queues to timely encode and publish videos uploaded by the content team.

A classic ASP-based system that provides a teleseminar and webinar system for coaches, speakers, and marketers. This legacy application requires constant monitoring, maintenance, and support for its regular functioning and enhancements as per modern needs.

As a developer, I provided support for new development, bug fixes, and regular support to keep the application up and maintain its database. I handled the business logic to keep the subscription/payment, online meetings, and other required entities operating smoothly.

I took care of deployment on Windows Server 2003 and IIS and performed error handling using IIS and custom handling, which helped trace any issues throughout meetings constantly going on in the system.

Developed a product from scratch, including DB design, web application development, and deployment.
CareComplete is a portal providing caregivers with a platform to register themselves and provide health care services. It takes care of scheduling care service timelines, conflict resolution, and payments for services and provides a portal for users to take advantage of these services. A cloud-based scalable application was built using SQL Azure, Azure App Services, and Azure Pipelines to deploy the services. Utilized various WebJobs to take care of all background services.

The Toptal React Accelerator is an exclusive learning program that educates JavaScript developers in React, Next.js, Redux, and GraphQL. This is a two-month program that consists of rigorous learning exercises and hands-on activities along with a stringent evaluation process, comprehensive learning assessments, and an Invoice Management System. Within this invoicing application, users are able to track invoices, clients, and company information.

Played a key role in developing Cut CRM, a modern, sales-focused customer relationship management platform designed to streamline communication and boost productivity. Built for sales professionals, Cut CRM unifies calling, texting, email, chat, video conferencing, contract management, and email campaigns into one seamless interface. On the technical side, I worked extensively on the React-based front end, building responsive, intuitive UI components tailored to sales workflows. I also contributed to both .NET and Node.js back ends, implementing real-time features using WebSockets and integrating SIP for VoIP calling. Additionally, I led the Stripe payment integration, enabling secure and flexible billing features, and managed Azure-based deployments for scalability and performance. My involvement spanned architecture planning, development, and deployment, ensuring a stable, user-centric product that empowers sales teams.