# Ayush Palak

Ayush Palak is a remote worker on Himalayas, Principal Engineer at Baazi Games, based in India.

Source: https://himalayas.app/@ayushpalak

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I build production-scale frontend platforms and AI tooling that remove friction for engineering teams.
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| Detail | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Availability | Open to opportunities |
| Location | India |
| Authorized to work in | India |
| Job categories | Frontend Engineer, Principal Engineer, Technical Lead, Frontend Engineer, Full Stack Developer, Mobile Software Developer, Platform Engineer, Developer Tools Engineer, AI Engineer, Web Frontend Engineer, Front End Software Engineer, Frontend Web Software Engineer, React Frontend Engineer, Front End Developer, UI Frontend Developer |
| Skills | React, React Native, TypeScript, JavaScript, Next.js, Node.Js Development, GraphQL, Redux, Micro Frontends, Server Driven UIs, Model Context Protocol, Claude, AI LLM Integration, Storybook, CI CD, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, System Architecture, System Design, Webpack, Jest, Cypress, Firestore, GitHub Actions, Gitlab CI, Expo, React Navigation, Docker, Python, Django REST Framework, NLP, Alexa Skills Kit, Swift, Kotlin, Bitbucket, Gitlab, NodeJS, Django, Jira, iOS, WhatsApp, GitHub, Firebase, Bitrise, Shortcut, Model Context Protocol (MCP), Android, Claude Code |

## What I'm looking for

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I'm looking to work on developer tooling, AI-augmented engineering, and frontend platform problems that remove real friction for real teams.
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## About

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At Baazi Games (PokerBaazi), I architect Sensei, a WebSocket-powered generative AI chatbot that automates multi-step QA and engineering workflows across web, mobile, and desktop.

I've built an LLM-based plain-text-to-action testing framework that saves roughly an engineer-hour per day, deployed Claude Code toolkits to 30+ engineers, and created a Claude-powered Bitbucket review agent processing 100+ PRs each week. I also build release automation, MCP-based workflows, Node.js APIs, and observability systems backed by PostgreSQL and MongoDB.

Before Baazi Games, I led frontend work at Cars24, where I published a cross-pod Design Language System, improved Core Web Vitals, modernised CI/CD, and expanded end-to-end testing. At CoinSwitch Kuber, I built a React and GraphQL server-driven UI system that decoupled releases from app-store cycles.

I've also shipped micro-frontends and open-source frontend utilities at Cimpress, cross-platform React Native applications at Criterion Networks, and NLP-powered resume parsing and conversational products at Cognizant. My work sits at the intersection of scalable React architecture, developer tooling, and practical LLM integration.
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## Experience

### Principal Engineer (current)

Baazi Games. Apr 2026 - Present

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• Architected "Sensei," a WebSocket-powered generative AI chatbot with a dedicated BFF layer enabling end-to-end multi-step automation for QA and engineering teams across web, mobile, and desktop platforms
• Designed and built an LLM-based plain-text-to-action testing framework, eliminating manual test scripting and saving ~1 engineer-hour per day across three platforms
• Deployed Claude Code to
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Skills: System-Architecture, React-Native, JavaScript, TypeScript, Node, Next.js

### Technical Lead

Baazi Games. Sep 2024 - May 2026

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• Led the platform team's frontend engineering, with a focus on developer tooling, AI-powered automation, and internal productivity systems.
• Built Claude-backed internal tools including a Slack slash command surfacing live JIRA updates and a GitHub-integrated designer workflow delivering automated PR screen-impact summaries — adopted by 5+ engineers and designers
• Drove the initial org-wide
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Skills: React-Native, System-Design, TypeScript, Kotlin

### Tech Lead – Frontend, Cars24

[Cars24](https://himalayas.app/companies/cars24). Dec 2023 - Sep 2024

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• Led frontend engineering for Cars24's C2C/D2C web platform, one of India's largest used-car marketplaces.
• Architected and published a cross-pod Design Language System (DLS) on Storybook, standardising reusable UI components and eliminating redundant work across engineering squads
• Optimised Core Web Vitals (LCP, INP, CLS) for the high-traffic C2C/D2C web application, improving page perform
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Skills: Webpack, Storybook, TypeScript

### Tech Lead – Frontend

[Cars24](https://himalayas.app/companies/cars24). Dec 2023 - Sep 2024

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Led frontend engineering for Cars24's C2C/D2C web platform. Architected a cross-pod Design Language System, optimized Core Web Vitals, and overhauled CI/CD pipelines.
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Skills: Webpack, Storybook, TypeScript

### SDE 2

[CoinSwitch Kuber](https://himalayas.app/companies/coinswitch). Jun 2022 - Dec 2023

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Owned frontend development for the mutual funds vertical and real-time trading interfaces at CoinSwitch, India's largest crypto exchange.

• Architected a server-driven UI system using React and GraphQL, decoupling feature releases from mobile app-store cycles and accelerating time-to-market
• Integrated Firestore as a real-time NoSQL database for live cryptocurrency price feeds, enabling sub-s
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Skills: Frontend-Development, HTML-and-CSS-Validation, React, Systems-Architecture, TypeScript, GraphQL

### Senior Frontend Developer

[Cimpress](https://himalayas.app/companies/cimpress-vista). Feb 2021 - May 2022

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• Built and open-sourced reusable frontend utilities — a keyboard shortcut manager and a custom cache layer — adopted across multiple engineering teams
• Implemented a micro-frontend architecture in React, enabling independent team deployments and improving release velocity
• Automated UI build and deployment workflows via GitHub Actions and GitLab CI/CD pipelines

Skills: React.js · Micro Fro
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Skills: React, TypeScript

### Full stack developer II

Criterion Networks. Nov 2019 - Feb 2021

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• Architected and shipped cross-platform iOS and Android applications in React Native using Expo and React Navigation from a single shared codebase
• Built reusable component libraries and navigation flows in React Native
• Containerised deployment workflows with Bitbucket and Docker, standardising environments across teams

Skills: React Native · Expo · iOS · Android · Docker
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Skills: React, TypeScript

### Associate

Cognizant. Aug 2019 - Nov 2019

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• Built an NLP-powered Resume Parser using React and Django REST Framework, automating candidate data extraction and reducing manual HR processing time
• Developed Alexa voice skills and web-based conversational chatbots, broadening product reach and improving client engagement metrics

Skills: React.js · Python · Django REST Framework · NLP · Alexa Skills Kit
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Skills: React, TypeScript

## Education

### DIT UNIVERSITY

Bachelor of Technology, Computer Engineering

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CGPA: 8.48
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### DIT UNIVERSITY

Bachelor's degree, Computer Science. 2013 - 2017

## Tech stack

- GitHub
- GitLab
- Bitbucket
- GitHub Actions
- GitLab CI
- React Native
- Expo
- PostgreSQL
- MongoDB
- Node.js
- Django
- Next.js
- Jira
- Webpack
- JavaScript
- Kotlin
- Django REST framework
- iOS
- WhatsApp
- GraphQL
- Firebase
- Shortcut
- Bitrise
- Model Context Protocol (MCP)
- Claude Code
- Android

To contact Ayush, message them from this profile with a Himalayas employer account: [Hire on Himalayas](https://himalayas.app/hire).

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