Akash Kumar

4+ years of work experience

Feb 20263 mosPresent

Florida, United States

Apr 20232 yrs 11 mosFeb 2026

On-site

•Refactored and migrated the Admin Crypto Exchange from React 14 to Next.js 15, streamlining the codebase by 30% and improving platform performance by 30%, resulting in faster load times and greater maintainability. • Implemented caching layers across frontend and backend using Redis and React Query memoization, reducing server costs by 20% and improving data-fetch response times. • Authored comprehensive technical documentation for all services from scratch using Swagger, improving onboarding and cross-team collaboration. • Reduced API latency by 35% by replacing REST over HTTP with gRPC for internal service communication and refactoring backend modules, significantly enhancing microservice throughput. • Enhanced application security by identifying API vulnerabilities and implementing end-to-end encryption (E2E) across frontend and backend services

Sep 202210 mosJun 2023

On-site

- Built a React.js application using Azure Document Intelligence API to digitize physical receipts and documents. - Enabled users to upload PDFs or images, train models on specific fields, and extract structured data in JSON format. - Designed and implemented batch training workflows, enabling efficient processing of multiple documents simultaneously. -Optimized the application to handle a large number of users and documents, ensuring scalability, responsiveness, and smooth UI experience. -Integrated OCR and form-recognition tools (inspired by Microsoft’s OCR Form Tools) for accurate and reusable data capture. -Automated document digitization and stored structured data in MongoDB, creating a centralized and searchable database.