I'm a Senior Software Development Engineer with 7.8+ years of experience building high-scale web applications, frontend platforms, and developer infrastructure.

Currently at REA India (Housing.com), I work on production systems serving 20M+ monthly active visitors, focusing on frontend architecture, GraphQL BFFs, platform engineering, CI/CD automation, performance optimization, and cloud infrastructure.

• Build scalable React.js and Next.js applications
• Design GraphQL Backend-for-Frontend (BFF) services using Node.js
• Improve frontend performance and Core Web Vitals
• Build Design Systems and reusable UI component libraries
• Modernize CI/CD pipelines and developer platforms
• Optimize cloud infrastructure and deployment workflows
• Improve observability, reliability, and incident response

Nov 2021 – Present

• Designed and implemented an end-to-end Canary Release platform using Akamai EdgeWorkers and Flexible Composition.
• Reduced production build time from 2+ hours to ~20 minutes by modernizing CI/CD pipelines.
• Reduced infrastructure provisioning from 45–50 minutes to 3–5 minutes using pre-built deployment images.
• Built scalable GraphQL Backend-for-Frontend services using Node.js for SSR and frontend applications.
• Improved GraphQL resilience through caching, timeout handling, fallback mechanisms, and Fast-Fail validation.
• Contributed to CDN migration initiatives across Akamai and AWS CloudFront.
• Architected a shared Design System with 30+ reusable React components adopted across 5+ product verticals.
• Increased automated frontend test coverage from 38% to 74% using Jest and React Testing Library.
• Led a cross-functional engineering pod, mentoring engineers and driving technical execution.
• Received 6 Engineering Excellence Awards for technical ownership, innovation, production reliability, and leadership.

• React.js
• Next.js
• TypeScript
• JavaScript (ES6+)
• HTML5
• CSS3
• Redux
• Zustand
• React Query
• Tailwind CSS
• Material UI

• Node.js
• Express.js
• GraphQL (Apollo Server)
• REST APIs
• WebSockets
• Backend-for-Frontend (BFF)

• PostgreSQL
• MySQL
• Redis

• AWS (EC2, S3, Lambda, CloudFront)
• Docker
• Kubernetes
• Jenkins
• GitHub Actions
• Akamai EdgeWorkers

• Jest
• React Testing Library
• Playwright
• Storybook
• Chromatic

• New Relic
• Last9
• PagerDuty
• Pingdom

• React Server Components (RSC)
• AI-assisted developer tooling
• Edge computing and Edge Functions
• Modern micro-frontend architecture
• Advanced system design patterns

• 💼 LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/krishn-kant-tiwari
• 💻 GitHub: https://github.com/krishnkant1996

• Senior Software Engineer
• Senior Frontend Engineer
• Full Stack Engineer
• Frontend Platform Engineer
• Platform Engineering

I enjoy solving large-scale engineering problems, improving developer productivity, and building reliable software that performs well in production.