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title: "Animesh Basak - Lead Engineer — Frontend (React · React Native) in Delhi | Tal"
description: "Meet Animesh Basak, Lead Frontend Engineer @ Airtel Digital | React · React Native · TypeScript · Next.js | 150M+ MAU | Web Performance · SSR · Design Systems | Ex-MakeMyTrip, Paytm based in Delhi. AI stack includes antigravity, codex, and cursor."
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# Animesh Basak on Tal

## Headline

Lead Frontend Engineer @ Airtel Digital \| React · React Native · TypeScript · Next\.js \| 150M\+ MAU \| Web Performance · SSR · Design Systems \| Ex\-MakeMyTrip, Paytm

## About

I build consumer\-scale frontends used by 150M\+ people\. Lead Engineer on the Airtel Thanks App \(React/TypeScript\), leading a 5–7 engineer squad — currently shipping an agentic AI bot journey for SKYC onboarding in React Native\. Frontend\-first, full\-stack capable: recently shipped Spring Boot REST services for DTH order flows \(address update, validation, cancellation\) end\-to\-end\. What I've shipped: \- Airtel Digital — React/TypeScript architecture across prepaid, postpaid, Airtel One, Black, and SKYC journeys at 150M\+ MAU; final production review gate; HLD/LLD with architect sign\-off \- MakeMyTrip — Lifted Lighthouse 6 → 8–9 on the hotels PWA serving 5M\+ monthly sessions; killed 1,000\+ Sentry errors in 48 hours \- Paytm — Migrated merchant workflows to React for 3M\+ merchants; Soundbox checkout optimization drove a 40% lift in EDC device sales Building in public: \- Lakshya Hub — AI job\-search OS \(Next\.js, Supabase, Groq, Gemini\) \- FRIDAY — Local\-first personal AI agent \(Python, Ollama, vector memory\) \- SuperAgent \+ insanemesh\.ai — Claude Code meta\-skill framework \+ automated AI content pipeline Stack: React · React Native · Next\.js · TypeScript · Node\.js · Spring Boot · Python · LangChain · RAG · Agentic Systems · MCP · System Design · Web Performance Open to Senior/Lead Frontend and Full\-Stack roles — Delhi NCR or Remote India\. 📩 DM me here · animeshbasak\.com · animeshsbasak@gmail\.com

## Location

Delhi

## AI stack

antigravity

codex

cursor

## Work experience

Lead Engineer — Frontend \(React · React Native\) at Airtel Digital, Jun 2025 \- Present · 1 yr 3 mos, Gurugram, Haryana, India, \- Lead a squad of 5–7 engineers owning React/TypeScript architecture, delivery, and release standards across prepaid, postpaid, Airtel One, Black, and SKYC journeys on Airtel Thanks App at 150M\+ MAU; final production review gate for code quality and regression safety\. \- Building an agentic AI bot journey for SKYC onboarding in React Native — LLM\-driven conversational flows integrated with KYC and verification APIs\. \- Expanded into backend engineering — shipped Spring Boot REST services for DTH flows, including address\-update, order\-validation, and order\-cancellation APIs\. \- Authored HLD and LLD with architect sign\-off; own GrowthBook experimentation, Superset dashboards, and Jenkins CI/CD, driving measurable P1 incident reduction\.

Senior Software Engineer II — Frontend at MakeMyTrip, Jul 2024 \- May 2025 · 11 mos, Gurugram, Haryana, India, \- Improved Lighthouse scores from 6 to 8–9 via SSR tuning, LCP optimization, and critical\-rendering\-path improvements on the hotels booking PWA and desktop web, serving 5M\+ monthly sessions\. \- Resolved a systemic defect generating 1,000\+ Sentry errors within 48 hours; built reusable component architecture cutting onboarding time 30% while sustaining 90%\+ test coverage \(Vitest, Jest, RTL\)\.

Software Engineer at Paytm, Oct 2021 \- Jul 2024 · 2 yrs 10 mos, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India, \- Led migration from legacy merchant workflows to modern React architecture across journeys serving 3M\+ active merchants; optimized Soundbox checkout, contributing to a 40% increase in EDC device sales\. \- Built analytics dashboards as Analytics SPOC, lifting merchant engagement metrics 10–15% and enabling faster cross\-functional product decisions\.

Frontend Developer at Sparklin, Jan 2021 \- Oct 2021 · 10 mos, Delhi, India, Worked as a Frontend Developer On Multiple Projects For Icici Banking , Developed their UI interface using Angular Worked on multiple modules from scratch Served as the Lead for Nirvana , it’s a revamp UI for icici internet banking developed on Angular 8 TechStack: JS \| ANGULAR \| SCSS \| TS \| HTML5 \| CSS3 \| BOOTSTRAP

System Engineer at Infosys, Dec 2018 \- Jan 2021 · 2 yrs 2 mos, Greater Hyderabad Area, System Engineer at Infosys, Got trained in Python,DBMS,JAVA,Selenium and UFT System Engineer , worked as a SDET Engineer on ANZ Bank project Worked on WebdriverIO ,JS and Postman API, ES6, HTML CSS

## Education

Bachelor of Technology \(BTech\), Computer Science, APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University

Senior Secondary, Mathematics and Computer Science, Evergreen public school

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