Hi!, I'm Akshay S Gaekwad

MSc in CS, built everything from RL agents to CLI tools to SaaS dashboards. I just like understanding complex problems and then ship simple solutions.

Software Engineer 💻 | Smart Food Safe(past)

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    Smart Food Safe Pvt.Ltd

    Software Engineer

    • Developed web applications with dashboards and other data visualization components using React, backend services for handling PDF generation, automated emails and data validation with Node for multiple user workflows.
    • Improved app performance by cutting page load times and API response delays, writing optimized queries that pulled data from multiple collections in the database for analytics and custom reports.
    • Worked in a cross-functional Agile environment, collaborating closely with UI/UX designers to translate customer requirements into responsive, accessible interfaces.
    • Set up automated background tasks that sent scheduled emails, processed large datasets, and generated PDF reports directly from the database.
    • Owned our deployment pipeline using Jenkins and AWS, pushed for test-driven development practices with Jest.
    • Mentored team members to debug tricky problems, review code and share knowledge.
    • Utilised agentic tools, scrum and agile best practices in development life-cycle and applied secure API design and input validation throughout the life-cycle.

Skills

TypeScript iconTypeScript
Python iconPython
Go iconGo
Reactjs iconReactjs
SQlite iconSQlite
MongoDB iconMongoDB
NextJs iconNextJs
Prisma iconPrisma
Redis iconRedis
Jenkins iconJenkins
AWS iconAWS
Claude Code iconClaude Code
GraphQL iconGraphQL
Jest iconJest
Docker iconDocker

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