Viksit A.

Viksit A.

United States of America
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About Me

Viksit is a tech enthusiast who has studied computer science at MIT, focusing on systems design. He has worked as a full-stack engineer for the last seven years. He specializes in designing and building RESTful web services and scalable web applications for various clients. Viksit's tech stack is Ruby/Rails and React/Redux.

AI, ML & LLM

Ruby on Rails (RoR)

Frontend

Backend

Database

QA & Testing

Workflow

Other

Work history

Fort Point Beer Company
Lead Full-stack Engineer (Remote)
2017 - 2020 (3 years)
Remote
  • Worked directly with the CEO to refactor the existing monolithic Ruby on Rails code into a service-based architecture and a pure REST JSON API back end along with a React/Redux front end.

  • Refactored major parts of the React code and added Redux and React-Router to improve code design and structure.

  • Implemented a KPI reporting tool to visualize data for orders, sales, revenues, deliveries etc grouped and/or filtered by dates, sales rep, product category, sku etc. that the management used extensively for insights to make data driven decisions.

  • Implemented various functionalities for an in-house dashboard app that lets the sales and logistics teams handle accounts, orders, and deliveries.

  • Refactored the code to improve structure and code design as per SOLID principles.

  • Improved the execution time for many KPI requests by optimizing SQL queries.

Clustrix
Software Engineer (Remote)
2016 - 2017 (1 year)
Remote
  • Worked in a team of three to extend and maintain an admin interface (consisting of a DBI app and GUI app) for an existing scaled-out RDBS product.

  • Extended the DBI app API for multiple resource endpoints.

  • Implemented and extended multiple features like sanitization against XSS attacks, 300+ lines validations module, and more.

  • Fixed bugs, extended and maintained the front-end (JavaScript) code in GUI app of 30+ interdependent modules and 10,000+ lines of code for features like metrics display, polling, graph rendering, and more.

  • Introduced React and Webpack into the project and implemented a feature-heavy collection editing tool of (1,000+ lines of code) from scratch with React.

MySQLARELReact JavaScriptRuby on Rails (RoR) Ruby
Birch
Software Engineer (Remote)
2015 - 2016 (1 year)
Remote
  • Worked directly with the lead engineer to build a platform for video artists to secure and manage projects.

  • Designed and implemented a clean version REST API for the back-end to talk to multiple clients.

  • Wrote multiple Ember adapters for a client side Ember app.

  • Designed, implemented and tested a fault tolerant authentication and authorization module to be included as a mix-in in various Ember modules while talking to the server.

  • Added multiple features to a Node.js web service.

Ember.jsRuby on Rails (RoR) Ruby
Sonar
Software Engineer (Remote)
2015 - 2016 (1 year)
Remote
  • Worked in a team of five to build a Rails/React based messaging platform for businesses.

  • Created various critical components (React) to nail down core functionality.

  • Set up a solid testing environment for React components.

  • Wrote a comprehensive testing suite to test React components using Enzyme (Airbnb), Jasmine, and Jest.

  • Wrote a preprocessor with Gulp to compile existing JavaScript files into structured and exportable modules.

RedisElasticsearch SidekiqReduxReact Ruby on Rails (RoR) Ruby
Fixmasters
Chief Technical Officer
2014 - 2016 (2 years)
Remote
  • Headed a three-member team to build a full-fledged CRM from scratch in Ruby on Rails and React.

  • Built a stats reporting service in Python; it analyzed weekly/monthly data to crunch various critical performance metrics to send daily/weekly/monthly reports.

  • Built a complex dashboard (six tabs of ~ten columns each) using React/Redux for a blazing performance even under a heavy load.

  • Deployed and maintained app on Linode VPS using Nginx and Passenger.

  • Set up Elasticsearch as the full-text search engine.

Elasticsearch RefluxJS React Ruby on Rails (RoR) Ruby
Zikea
Full-stack Developer
2012 - 2013 (1 year)
Remote
  • Built a comprehensive online cataloging and inventory management tool.

  • Developed a slick custom paint app for editing designs.

  • Created a simple version system to be used in CMS for designs.

  • Wrote a Python script to back up and move several gigabytes worth of existing data to the new catalog.

Spin (Remote)
Senior Software Engineer Contractor
Present (2025 years)
Remote
  • Shouldered the responsibility with the rest of the (growth) team to build and launch various important features (including just launched Spin Pass).

  • Built from scratch a web admin feature to auto-create Zendesk tickets when a new review was received on an app that met certain criteria (low rating, certain keywords, etc).

  • Added an extra layer of JSON Web Tokens verification to fix a critical bug related to Google and Apple Sign in.

DirtyLemon Beverages
Full-stack Engineer (Remote)
Present (2025 years)
Remote
  • Worked in a team of three (later extended to five) to build and extend a CRM interface to manage customers, orders, shipments, and more.

  • Designed and implemented an extensible customer metric reporting module.

  • Extended an existing chat interface built with React with multiple features like paginated loading, message loading, conversation filters, and more.

  • Added views and modified layouts with pixel-perfect designs for a customer-facing product portal.

  • Modified and extended the seven-step checkout process with features that followed the client's specifications.

  • Added features like UTM capturing and VIP checkout in the customer-facing portal.

NetlifyPrismic React JavaScriptRuby on Rails (RoR)
Picr, Inc.
Developer
Present (2025 years)
Remote
  • Wrote a testing setup for the React/Redux architecture using Mocha, Expect.js, Sinon, and Enzyme.

  • Wrote the JSON web token-based authentication service as a higher-order React component.

  • Built various reusable react components including but not limited to the Facebook login button, input form fields, authentication forms, and more.

  • Created various HTML/CSS pages and screens from Sketch Files with pixel-perfect designs to be used across various parts of the web app.

Amazon
Software Engineer
Present (2025 years)
Remote
  • Worked as part of the super sought-after five-member search and discovery team.

  • Built a service that helped improve search results by integrating Amazon-Facebook-Connect information with regular search algorithms (used the Facebook Connect API).

  • Set up an in-house graphing and reporting tool to help monitor user authentication statistics that helped analyze and improve user login stats.

PajamaDeals
Consultant Developer
Present (2025 years)
Remote
  • Optimized SQL queries and implemented caching.

  • Used built-in Rails helpers to improve the response time of data-heavy pages.

  • Redesigned the UI to represent information more logically.

  • Replaced redundant JavaScript code with jQuery libraries.

AngularRuby on Rails (RoR) Ruby
Oroeco
Consultant
Present (2025 years)
Remote
  • Wrote an extensive test suite for unit, functional, and behavior tests.

  • Developed a custom authentication system built on top of a device.

  • Added multiple features to a client-side heavy, real-time web application.

Showcase

Full-Stack Engineer - DirtyLemon Beverages
Full-Stack Engineer - DirtyLemon Beverages
  • DirtyLemon Beverages is a distribution platform focused on providing beverages with immediate delivery options.

  • The team developed an extensible CRM interface to manage customers, orders, and shipments.

  • Implemented features like UTM capturing and VIP checkout in the customer-facing portal.

Lead Full-Stack Engineer - Fort Point Beer Company
Lead Full-Stack Engineer - Fort Point Beer Company
  • Fort Point Beer Company is a New American brewery focused on quality craftsmanship and innovation.

  • The company refactored its Ruby on Rails codebase into a service-based architecture and REST JSON API back-end.

  • Implemented a KPI reporting tool and a dashboard app for sales and logistics teams.

Senior Software Engineer - Spin Pass
Senior Software Engineer - Spin Pass
  • Spin Pass is a new transportation pass system offering convenient and affordable travel options.

  • It allows riders to purchase passes for 1, 2, or 24 hours with a single tap, and utilize a fleet of scooters.

  • The project includes features like auto-ticket creation via a web admin, bug fixes related to sign-in, and robust testing and development practices.

Education

Education
Bachelor of Science Degree (Semester Pending) in Computer Science
Massachusetts Institute of Technology | MIT
2007 - 2013 (6 years)