ALOK SINGH
Technical Lead
Kuala Lumpur
Summary
Meticulous Technical Lead strictly adheres to both client-provided technical requirements and internal business goals. Balances project prioritization to fulfill both contractual obligations and internal revenue requirements. Provides foresight and management designed to grow satisfied customer bases and revenue figures.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Technical Lead
TCS Malaysia
10.2021 - Current
- Coordinated with cross-department teams like QA, DevOps, and Support to ensure seamless end-to-end software delivery process.
- Maintained close communication with clients throughout project life cycles for accurate progress reporting and prompt issue resolution.
- Enhanced system performance with thorough code reviews, debugging, and optimization techniques.
- Led a team of developers to successfully deliver high-quality software projects on time and within budget constraints.
- Improved systems with addition of new features and infrastructure.
- Optimized resource allocation across multiple concurrent projects by closely tracking team capacity levels against project deadlines and milestones.
- Streamlined project delivery processes, achieving milestones ahead of schedule without compromising on quality.
- Mentored junior developers through regular 1-on-1 meetings, providing guidance on best practices, coding standards, and career growth opportunities.
- Implemented continuous integration and deployment strategies for faster release cycles and improved application reliability.
- Documented software development methodologies in technical manuals to be used by IT personnel in future projects.
- Tested and deployed scalable and highly available software products.
- Proved successful working within tight deadlines and a fast-paced environment.
- Orchestrated transition to microservices architecture, enabling faster feature deployment and greater system flexibility.
- AWS services used: Route53, API Gateway, Lambda, Lambda Layers, Cognito, DynamoDB, Redis Cache, SQS, Eventbridge, Appflow, VPC, EC2, Load balancers, and Cloudwatch.
- Technologies used: NodeJS, Terraform, REST, SOAP, SSE, Websocket, Polling.
Founding Engineer
Traceable AI
05.2021 - 10.2021
- As a founding engineer, my responsibilities included independently developing major features and webpages such as API Details, API Vulnerabilities, and Potential Threats.
- I collaborated closely with backend developers, designers, and the product team.
- Developed various features from the ground up, utilizing complex libraries such as D3 to create graphs and maps of API usage.
- I collaborated with internal UI teams, participated in code reviews, and engaged in technical discussions about the latest technologies in the UI market.
- Wrote unit test cases to ensure the developed code was bug-free and easily refactorable.
- Tools used: Angular, GraphQL, TypeScript, Jest, D3 Library for Graphs, RxJS
Senior Associate Fullstack Developer
ASTRO
11.2018 - 05.2021
- Made News website (astroawani.com), Made Entertainment website (gempak.com), and Made Program Template (rancangan.gempak.com) Pages like Home, Article, Videos, Programs, Podcast.
- Made a CMS for reporters reporting from Mobile. Reporters can create breaking news, live blogs, and articles.
- Trained and supported new team members, maintaining a culture of collaboration.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to drive successful completion of complex projects within deadlines.
- Mentored junior associates, fostering professional growth and helping them reach their full potential.
- Effectively managed multiple competing priorities while maintaining focus on delivering exceptional results for clients and the organization.
- Increased client satisfaction through thorough analysis of project requirements and delivering high-quality results.
- Monitoring tools used: Runscope, PagerDuty, Bugsnag.
- More Features: SSR, AMP, Sitemap.
- Technologies used: React, Redux, Saga, Webpack, Styled Components, TypeScript, Jest, Lambdas.
- Technologies used: Express, NodeJS, Webpack, React.
Software Development Engineer
Innovaccer
03.2018 - 09.2018
- Worked on Datashop Engine, a framework to boost performance of legacy code. The engine contains an express layer that can be used for a gateway, combining multiple APIs, and response compression. It can be used for any UI technologies like React, Angular, etc.
- Optimized software performance by implementing efficient algorithms and code optimizations.
- Designed scalable architecture for applications to easily accommodate future growth in user base or functionality expansion.
- Technologies used: Express, NodeJS, Webpack, React
- Developed reusable code libraries to expedite future development efforts, reducing time-to-market for new features.
- Mentored junior developers by providing guidance on best practices, coding techniques, and problem-solving skills.
- Championed adherence to best practices in version control by leveraging Git workflows consistently throughout project lifecycles.
- Reduced technical debt by refactoring legacy code for improved maintainability and reduced error rates.
- Coordinated deployments of new software, feature updates and fixes.
- Technologies used: React, Redux, Saga, Webpack, Styled Components, Jest.
UI Developer / Growth Engineer
ixigo
06.2015 - 02.2018
- Build a setup for creating dynamic images, which proved extremely useful for marketing projects.
- Worked on Graph API to show carousel ads and its automation using Node.js.
- Built IRCTC signup page and UI for login functionality throughout the web, which includes accumulating all the validation from the IRCTC website.
- Worked on mobile Web Optimization, which improved page Insight Score up to 95 from 70.
- Worked on User Retargeting, Acquisition Mailers using CleverTap web-hook APIs.
- Collaborated with teammates to deliver valuable features meeting business and customer needs.
- Developed custom UI components to address unique business requirements and improve overall functionality.
- Built highly functional web applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS.
- Enhanced user experience by implementing innovative and responsive UI designs.
- Developed application UIs via emerging front-end technologies.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams for seamless integration of design and development processes.
- Drove UI requirements through to implementation, complete with accurate sizing estimates and task breakdowns.
- Stayed up-to-date on industry trends, incorporating new technologies and techniques into projects whenever applicable.
- Conceived and built optimized landing pages in HTML and CSS for integration and cross-browser compatibility.
- Technologies used: React, Node, Node Puppeteer, Webpack, Node, facebook-ads-sdk, Gulp.
Education
Bachelor of Science -
Indian Institute of Technology
Delhi 04.2011 - 01.2015
Skills
Software Development
API Development
React
RESTful APIs
JavaScript expertise
Code Review Expertise
Mentorship and coaching
Software development life cycle
Microservices Architecture
Technological integration
Quality assurance standards
Team performance management
Extracurricular Activities
Participated In many Music Events and Secured the Following, Overdrive, 2013, First, Eastern Night, 2011, Third, Fusion, 2011, Third, Dhwani, 2013, Third, Represented Hostel in inter hostel Football Tournament, Team secured the third position.
Projects
Connect NMK, Designed a Computer Player for the game connect (N, M, K) a generalized form of the 'Connect 4' game in the Course Artificial Intelligence. Text Compression, Implemented LZW Compression Algorithm to compress text files efficiently and quickly by making use of Hash table in the course Data Structure. Full Stack Development, Made a Library Web page that shows articles, books, and includes various filters applied simultaneously.
Unique
Received Appreciation from Astro's CEO, CTO, Technology VP, Technology SAVP, TCS Country Head, Delivery Head for Project shift., ES2020, ES6, Javascript, ReactJS, Redux, Saga, Styled-Components, Terraform, Serverless, HTML5, CSS, LESS, SASS, JSON, Node, Grunt, Gulp, Graph APIs for FB Ads, git, Node FFMPEG, NextJS, GraphQL, MYSQL, MongoDB, Gatsby, Nextjs, Angular, Wordpress, Mac, Linux, Windows
Timeline
Technical Lead
TCS Malaysia
10.2021 - Current
Founding Engineer
Traceable AI
05.2021 - 10.2021
Senior Associate Fullstack Developer
ASTRO
11.2018 - 05.2021
Software Development Engineer
Innovaccer
03.2018 - 09.2018
UI Developer / Growth Engineer
ixigo
06.2015 - 02.2018
Bachelor of Science -
Indian Institute of Technology
04.2011 - 01.2015