Open to senior / lead roles

Frontend engineer
who ships at scale.

8 years building banking platforms and React architectures for 50,000+ users. I turn complex legacy systems into fast, accessible, rigorously tested products.

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8+Years experience
50k+Daily users
40%Load time cut
Core stack
ReactTypeScriptNext.jsRedux ToolkitZustandJestPlaywrightMCPClaude API
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Work

Banking · Enterprise

Open Account Online Platform

End-to-end account opening platform for a major retail bank. Built PII masking, role-based access control, and a test suite that became the internal coverage benchmark across 3 teams.

50k+Daily users
95%Test coverage
0PII breaches
ReactTypeScriptReduxPlaywrightRBAC
Migration · Platform

Angular to React Migration

Led full migration of a 50k+ user enterprise platform. Reduced load time by 40%, zero rollbacks, component library adopted by 6 product teams.

40%Faster load
0Rollbacks
6Teams adopted
ReactAngularJestWebpack

Labs

Side projects & experiments — built for fun, learning, or curiosity.

BLANKET LEAVETARGETED LEAVE65% SAVED
Workforce Analytics · Full stack

SmartLeave AI

Event-based leave impact intelligence platform for Indian organizations. Replaces blanket leave decisions with targeted recommendations based on commute mode, regional calendars, and employee demographics.

65Unit tests
SessionStorage only
React 19TypeScriptZustandRechartsExpress
Live demoView source
State Management Demo · Open source

FundScope

Mutual fund tracker — search, compare NAV, and explore fund details. Built with Zustand for global state, dark mode, skeleton loading, and a 42-test suite with Playwright E2E coverage.

42Tests
E2EPlaywright
React 19TypeScriptZustandTailwindVite
Live demoView source
AWS Architecture Demo · Open source

Advanced Tic-Tac-Toe

Multiplayer game with AWS Cognito auth, DynamoDB-backed history, global leaderboard, and dynamic 3x3 to 6x6 grids. Deployed on AWS Amplify with full CI/CD pipeline.

6x6Max grid size
E2EPlaywright tested
React 19TypeScriptAWS CognitoDynamoDBVite
Live demoView source
GMAIL JANITORKEEPTRASHTRASH
AI Email Agent · Open source

Inbox Janitor Agent

AI-powered, defensive Gmail inbox cleaner. Uses LangChain, Gemini 2.5 Flash, and strict Zod-enforced schemas to safely classify, filter, and purge automated newsletter, promotional, and marketing clutter.

Gemini2.5 Flash
StructuredZod Schema
TypeScriptLangChainGemini AIGmail APIZod
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Side project · Open source

This Portfolio

Next.js 16 + React 19 with App Router, JSON-LD structured data, LERP cursor spotlight, Vitest unit tests, and custom domain via is-a.dev.

Next.jsReact 19TailwindVitestVercel
Live demoView source
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Experience

  1. Aug 2022 — PresentCurrent

    Cognizant

    Senior Frontend Engineer

    • Architected React + TypeScript frontend for Open Account Online platform handling 50k+ daily users with secure PII masking and role-based access control (RBAC)
    • Established test coverage standard (95%+) using Jest/RTL adopted across 3 product teams as the internal pipeline benchmark
    • Optimized system performance using lazy loading, code-splitting, and custom hooks, yielding a 25% load time improvement
    • Mentored 4 junior engineers and redesigned PR workflow reviews, reducing cycle times by 35%
  2. Jun 2020 — Apr 2022

    Infosys

    Senior Frontend Engineer

    • Led full Angular-to-React migration of enterprise workflow platform serving 50k+ users — 40% load time reduction with zero migration rollbacks
    • Designed reusable component library adopted across 6 product teams, improving UI consistency and speed-to-market
    • Directed WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility compliance initiative (ARIA, keyboard navigation) across all critical onboarding flows
    • Collaborated with backend teams on API contract designs, utilizing React custom hooks and optimistic UI updates for lag-free performance
  3. Jun 2018 — Mar 2020

    Amazecodes Solutions

    Frontend Engineer

    • Built pixel-perfect responsive layouts using a custom component-driven architecture and CSS modules
    • Developed unified B2B component library that reduced visual and state bugs by 30% and cut delivery time by 20%
    • Identified and resolved critical bottlenecks via React Profiler, implementing memoization and tree-shaking
    • Integrated REST APIs and managed complex state using Redux Toolkit to deliver lag-free dashboards
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Certifications

Add Agents to Gemini EnterpriseGoogle CloudIssued Jun 2026
Google CloudGeminiAI Agents
Claude Certified Architect - FoundationsAnthropicIssued Jun 2026 · Expires Jun 2027
Claude CodeClaude Agent SDKClaude APIMCPAI Architecture
Context Engineering FoundationCognizantIssued Apr 2026
Context Engineering
AWS Certified Cloud PractitionerAmazon Web Services (AWS)Issued Mar 2026 · Expires Mar 2029
AWS Cloud Practitioner
Vibe Code Hackathon — Vibe Coded using CursorCognizantIssued Nov 2025
GitHub CopilotGitHubIssued Jun 2025 · Expires Jun 2028
GitHub Copilot
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About

Murugesh Aravind

I build frontend systems for environments where failure is expensive — banking platforms, enterprise products, and large-scale applications where performance, security, and reliability are non-negotiable.

I’m a Senior Frontend Engineer based in Bangalore with 8+ years of experience modernizing legacy architectures, improving performance, and shipping changes safely at scale. My work sits at the intersection of frontend engineering, system design, and operational reliability.

Over the years, I’ve helped deliver:

  • 50,000+ user platforms supporting enterprise workflows
  • 40% load time improvements through performance optimization
  • 85%+ test coverage as a quality baseline, not a milestone
  • Large-scale migrations completed with zero rollbacks

I’m drawn to difficult problems:

  • Turning tangled legacy codebases into maintainable React architectures.
  • Improving systems without disrupting teams.
  • Shipping faster without compromising stability.

My engineering principles:

Test-First by Default

Testing is part of the development loop — not a cleanup task before release.

Design for Failure

Feature flags, rollback paths, and incremental delivery aren’t optional when systems matter.

Build for the Next Engineer

Clean code matters, but maintainable systems matter more. I optimize for clarity, sustainability, and long-term ownership.

Outside enterprise work, I’m exploring cloud and AI-powered systems. As a Claude Certified Architect, I build integrations with the Model Context Protocol (MCP) and design agentic frontend architectures that combine modern UI engineering with deterministic reliability.

I’m interested in building products where frontend isn’t treated as UI implementation — but as architecture, performance, and user impact.

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