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Nishant Kumar

Senior Frontend Engineer (Team Lead) | React.js · Next.js · TypeScript · Micro Frontend Architecture | Building scalable Banking UIs @ Wells Fargo via Persistent Systems

Bengaluru

4+ years of work experience

Persistent Systems
Jul 20251 yrJun 2026

India

Led development of reusable UI components and dynamic form workflows for Wells Fargo's enterprise onboarding platform, used across 6+ internal teams and processing thousands of customer documents weekly. • Migrated legacy RIA-3 components to Wells Fargo's Pioneer Design System, reducing component duplication by ~30% and cutting new-feature build time by ~20%. • Improved application performance through lazy loading, code splitting, and memoization — reducing initial bundle size by ~25% and cutting page load time by 1.5+ seconds. • Mentored 3 engineers on component architecture and testing standards while maintaining 80%+ unit test coverage using Jest and React Testing Library. • Integrated GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, and OpenAI Codex into the team's development workflow, cutting average PR turnaround time by ~15%.
Apexon
Aug 202411 mosJun 2025

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Built booking, hotel management, and payment modules for Builder.ai using React.js, Next.js, React Native, Node.js, Express.js, and MongoDB, supporting a platform serving 10,000+ monthly active users. • Designed and shipped secure JWT-based authentication and CRUD APIs, reducing auth-related production incidents by ~40%. • Reduced API response times by ~20% through backend query optimization and efficient state management on the frontend. • Resolved 25+ critical production issues over 11 months, improving platform stability and reducing recurring escalations.
R360 Group
Sep 20221 yr 6 mosFeb 2024

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Developed HDFC MyCards' rewards, transaction history, and dashboard modules using React.js and Next.js, serving cardholders across a high-traffic banking platform. • Built a reusable component library adopted across 3-4 feature teams, cutting new-screen development time by ~25%. • Optimized application state management with Redux Toolkit, reducing unnecessary re-renders and improving perceived load time by ~15-20%.
Capgemini
Nov 202110 mosAug 2022

India

• Resolved 100+ high-priority production incidents, maintaining 95%+ SLA compliance across enterprise business-critical systems. • Performed root-cause analysis using SQL and Unix tooling, reducing repeat-incident rate by ~20%.
doodleblue Innovations
Jul 20213 mosSep 2021

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

• Built enterprise sales dashboards with React.js and Chart.js, giving distributors real-time visibility into sales analytics across multiple regions. • Improved dashboard rendering performance by ~20% through component-level optimization.
GitHub
@Nishantkpodhar

Nishant’s AI Stack

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Education

Majhighariani Institute of Technology and Science

Bachelor of Technology, Computer Science

Majhighariani Institute of Technology and Science

20124 yrs2016

I.Sc

K M College

20102 yrs2012

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Headline

Senior Frontend Engineer (Team Lead) | React.js · Next.js · TypeScript · Micro Frontend Architecture | Building scalable Banking UIs @ Wells Fargo via Persistent Systems

About

🚀 Frontend Engineer & Team Lead with 7+ years building high-scale, enterprise-grade web applications — currently driving UI transformation at Wells Fargo through Persistent Systems. I specialize in: ▸ Micro Frontend Architecture (Module Federation) ▸ React.js · Next.js · TypeScript · Node.js ▸ Design Systems, Component Libraries & Performance Engineering ▸ Leading cross-functional Agile teams (5–10 engineers) What I bring to the table: ✦ Reduced page load times by 40% through code-splitting and lazy loading strategies ✦ Architected a scalable Micro Frontend system adopted across 3+ product teams ✦ Mentored junior developers and led sprint planning, code reviews & technical grooming I thrive at the intersection of clean code and great user experience — where performance meets product thinking. Currently open to: Senior Frontend / Full-Stack / Tech Lead roles in product-first companies. 📩 Let's connect: nishant.kumar@email.com | 🌐 Portfolio: https://myportfolio-4627.vercel.app/

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

github copilot

opencode

githubcopilot

ChatGPT

ChatGPT Images

Work experience

Senior Software Engineer Team Lead at Persistent Systems, Jul 2025 - Jun 2026 · 1 yr, India, Led development of reusable UI components and dynamic form workflows for Wells Fargo's enterprise onboarding platform, used across 6+ internal teams and processing thousands of customer documents weekly. • Migrated legacy RIA-3 components to Wells Fargo's Pioneer Design System, reducing component duplication by ~30% and cutting new-feature build time by ~20%. • Improved application performance through lazy loading, code splitting, and memoization — reducing initial bundle size by ~25% and cutting page load time by 1.5+ seconds. • Mentored 3 engineers on component architecture and testing standards while maintaining 80%+ unit test coverage using Jest and React Testing Library. • Integrated GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, and OpenAI Codex into the team's development workflow, cutting average PR turnaround time by ~15%.

Software Engineer II (Full Stack Developer) at Apexon, Aug 2024 - Jun 2025 · 11 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Built booking, hotel management, and payment modules for Builder.ai using React.js, Next.js, React Native, Node.js, Express.js, and MongoDB, supporting a platform serving 10,000+ monthly active users. • Designed and shipped secure JWT-based authentication and CRUD APIs, reducing auth-related production incidents by ~40%. • Reduced API response times by ~20% through backend query optimization and efficient state management on the frontend. • Resolved 25+ critical production issues over 11 months, improving platform stability and reducing recurring escalations.

React Developer at R360 Group, Sep 2022 - Feb 2024 · 1 yr 6 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Developed HDFC MyCards' rewards, transaction history, and dashboard modules using React.js and Next.js, serving cardholders across a high-traffic banking platform. • Built a reusable component library adopted across 3-4 feature teams, cutting new-screen development time by ~25%. • Optimized application state management with Redux Toolkit, reducing unnecessary re-renders and improving perceived load time by ~15-20%.

Software Engineer at Capgemini at Capgemini, Nov 2021 - Aug 2022 · 10 mos, India, • Resolved 100+ high-priority production incidents, maintaining 95%+ SLA compliance across enterprise business-critical systems. • Performed root-cause analysis using SQL and Unix tooling, reducing repeat-incident rate by ~20%.

Software Engineer at doodleblue Innovations, Jul 2021 - Sep 2021 · 3 mos, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, • Built enterprise sales dashboards with React.js and Chart.js, giving distributors real-time visibility into sales analytics across multiple regions. • Improved dashboard rendering performance by ~20% through component-level optimization.

Education

Bachelor of Technology, Computer Science, Majhighariani Institute of Technology and Science

I.Sc, K M College

Public links

github: https://github.com/Nishantkpodhar