Hi, I'm Utkarsh Kanade

I’m a Full-Stack Developer with a strong focus on React and Next.js, passionate about building performant, scalable, and user-centric web applications. I enjoy working across the stack, learning system design, and turning ideas into reliable products.
Technologies I've worked With
  • React
  • AEM - Adobe Experience Manager
  • Next.js
  • Solid.js
  • Tailwind
  • Node.js
  • Express.js
  • TypeScript
  • JavaScript
  • HTML5
  • CSS3
  • PostgreSQL
  • Firebase
  • Redis
  • MongoDB
  • SCSS
  • SQL
  • Go Lang
  • Docker
  • AWS Lambda
  • Python
  • Java
  • C++
  • Git
  • Redux
  • REST APIs
  • Akamai

Experience

Bajaj Finserv Limited, Pune, India

Bajaj Finserv Limited, Pune, India

Jul 2023 - Sept 2025

Software Engineer

  • Led the end-to-end development of innovative financial calculators, driving a 15% increase in customer engagement.
  • Revamped existing Fixed Deposit and Personal Loan journeys, resulting in a 20% improvement in traffic and engagement.
  • Integrated partner scripts into the website to display advertisements while maintaining high performance, contributingto increased site revenue.
  • Assisted in migrating critical React components to SolidJS, improving application performance by 10%.
  • Designed and implemented UI components in React and SolidJS, ensuring seamless integration with AEM and optimizing page performance, reducing load times by 30%.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to define software requirements and deliver solutions using Agile methodologies, ensuring on-time delivery.
  • Conducted thorough code reviews for peers and junior developers to ensure code quality, adherence to best practices, and effective debugging of software issues.
Bajaj Finserv Limited, Pune, India

Bajaj Finserv Limited, Pune, India

Jan 2023 - Jul 2023

Software Engineer Intern

  • Developed reusable UI components in React and AEM, significantly accelerating page development and ensuring consistency across the platform.
  • Built a scalable redirection management system using AWS Lambda and MongoDB, now actively used in production to efficiently manage and route traffic to the correct webpages.
  • Ensured secure and reliable system operations by managing complex domain-level configurations and implementing whitelisting protocols through Akamai, enhancing site availability and protection.
  • Wrote comprehensive unit tests using JUnit and Jest to ensure code reliability, prevent regressions and reduce the risk of production issues.

Projects & Hackathons

JLR Hackathon

JLR Hackathon

Compared performance of CUDA and Triton for MNIST image classification, optimizing model training and inference on NVIDIA GPUs.

Findemy

Findemy

Built a comprehensive e-learning platform mirroring Udemy’s core features, enabling users to create, share, and enroll in courses with integrated payment processing.

Movie Recommendation System

Movie Recommendation System

Developed a Movie & TV Show Database similar to IMDB, designed an engaging UI with search functionality and implemented React Routing for seamless navigation

URL Shortener

URL Shortener

Made a backend service similar to Tiny Url to help reduce URL lengths using Go Lang and Go Gorilla Mux for routing.

Water tracker Extension

Water tracker Extension

Developed a browser extension that tracks water consumption and provides reminders to users.

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