Jagadish K

PRINCIPAL / STAFF FRONTEND ENGINEER & UI ARCHITECT

Frontend architecture leader with 18+ years in web engineering and 13+ years across JavaScript, TypeScript, React, and Node.js. I build scalable, data-intensive enterprise SaaS and internal platforms, translating complex workflows into fast, intuitive decision-making tools. Expertise spans platform architecture, micro-frontends, design systems, visualization, frontend performance, developer experience, and engineering leadership.

EXPERIENCE

Tryft LLC — CTO & Co-founder | May 2024–Present
• Architected a schema-first pipeline that generates mocks, Zod schemas, TypeScript types, and React Query hooks from GraphQL/OpenAPI, enabling parallel frontend work and reducing live integrations to one day.
• Built Traceflow, a Next.js/MUI enterprise SaaS platform with high-performance data tables for 30,000+ records and revenue-recovery workflows.
• Engineered a React Flow spatial virtualization system that sustains 60 FPS interaction across 800+ complex supply-chain nodes, plus real-time multi-level BOM calculations.
• Delivered zero-downtime Azure releases, automated quality gates, and Auth0-based client-side ABAC.

Uberall — Principal Frontend (Contract) | Aug 2022–Apr 2024
• Modernized a fragmented Backbone.js estate into a unified React component library and modular application architecture.
• Led a global Frontend Chapter: technical-debt strategy, TypeScript adoption, automated quality controls, and a major navigation/UI redesign with Product and UX.

ClearTax — Associate Architect | May 2021–Aug 2022
• Unified eight SaaS applications under a Webpack Module Federation micro-frontend shell, centralizing authentication, permissions, configuration, and entitlements.
• Created the React/TypeScript/Ant Design platform library and Storybook standards; led shared ownership of frontend infrastructure.

Earlier impact
• LinkedIn: Built ML lifecycle and API-discovery platforms; improved rendering performance and CI quality signals.
• Walmart: Built forecasting, data-lake, identity, and location-planning products; helped establish AngularJS-to-React migration standards.
• Snapwiz: Led real-time SaaS development for Glider.ai and modernized accessible EdTech interfaces.

CORE COMPETENCIES
Frontend Architecture: React, TypeScript, JavaScript, Next.js, Node.js, micro-frontends (Module Federation), BFFs, GraphQL/REST/OpenAPI, WebSockets.
Platform & UI Systems: design systems, MUI, Shadcn, Tailwind, Ant Design, Storybook, TanStack Query, Redux.
Data & Performance: D3, Highcharts, Chart.js, React Flow, Canvas/WebGL, virtualization, performance optimization.
Engineering Practice: contract-first development, CI/CD, Docker, AWS, Azure, Auth0/RBAC/ABAC, Jest, React Testing Library, Playwright, Cypress.