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Raghav Kanwal

Senior Software Engineer

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Vancouver, British Columbia
raghav.kanwal@gmail.com

About me

Hi! I am a frontend engineer based in Vancouver BC, with a passion for building digital products and enabling organizations to deliver bespoke web experiences.

I have a knack for web design and development, from planning and designing all the way to solving real-life problems with code.

When not online, I love going on nature trails, trying out new cafes and gaming.

You can know more about me through my projects and social media profiles. Feel free to drop me an email!

Skills

Languages

  • JavaScript
  • TypeScript
  • HTML/CSS

Frameworks

  • Angular
  • Next.js
  • Ionic

Libraries

  • React
  • Tailwind
  • Redux
  • Storybook
  • Express
  • Next Auth
  • JSON Web Tokens

Tools & IDEs

  • Git
  • AWS
  • TerraformTerraform
  • Jira
  • VSCode

Experience
Total
10ys 3m

Unicommerce

Lead UI engineer
June 2018 ~ May 2023
  • Developed & maintained features for web applications used by more than 20,000 e-commerce businesses to manage over 600 million transactions annually.
  • Mentored and led a team of eight frontend developers in engineering the front- end for a SaaS product in the Order and Warehouse management domain, built with Angular and lonic.
  • Contributed to the design and implementation of a UX guideline and reusable UI component system based on Angular and Storybook.
  • Led front-end development for new SaaS products in the e-commerce shipping and logistics sector, utilizing Next.js and React.
  • Implemented, maintained and worked on the sunset process of an in-house Javascript framework built with vanilla JS and legacy libraries such as jQuery, Backbone and Underscore, among others.
  • Involved in the hiring and onboarding process: screening and interviewing candidates, evaluating tech assignments, onboarding new team members.

iimjobs.com

Frontend engineer
Aug 2016 ~ May 2018
  • Improved page load times by 50% by improving core web vitals thereby reducing user friction and increasing engagement.
  • Collaborated with designers to develop a platform for recruiters to manage and search over 1 million resumes with a focus on innovative features and UX.
  • Steered the engineering direction for a new PWA to be used as a jobseeker portal with a focus on accessibilty and performance, built using React and NodeS.

Mobikasa

UI/UX Developer
Sept 2014 ~ Aug 2016
  • Successfully built and delivered over 40 projects in the e-commerce domain, utilizing a wide range of tools including WordPress, Shopify, Magento, and woocommerce with a focus on optimizing ease of use and pertormance. Helped boost customer engagement up 20% by designing and implementing micro-sites and email templates for marketingcampaigns driven by social media.
  • Helped boost customer engagement up 20% by designing and implementing micro-sites and email templates for marketingcampaigns driven by social media.

Education

  • Birla Institute of Technology and Science

    Masters of Technology, Software Systems
    June 2018 ~ June 2022

  • IP University

    Bachelors of Computer Applications
    Sept 2011 ~ July 2014