Vijay Kumar

Experience

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  Reactmedia

  Sept 2006 - Feb 2016

  Development Team Lead

  • Working on the development of the platform with 100k+ MAU• Defining & developing flows for the Website, planning the timeline & writing code for the platform• Mentoring a team of 5 - 10 developers to create the complete marketplace for online fantasy games𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁• Led the entire Product Development Lifecycle from understanding the Business Case to Implementation• Successfully delivered ~100+ new features on the platform leading to increase in the MAU• Requirement Gathering: Continuously analyzing user behavior to obtain preferences & finalize features• Planning: Creating a timeline of the feature set broken into small deployable chunks & assigning deadlines• Development & Deployment: Executing & monitoring the development, testing and deployment of the various features on time.• Requirements gathering and analysis, estimating the time required for client requirements, preparing schedules, design reviews and development, testing and deployment of application enhancements. Show less

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  SPORTS PORT GAMING STUDIOS PVT LTD

  Mar 2016 - Jun 2017

  Technical Architect & Developer

  • Conceptualized & created a full game engine to incorporate all specified and unspecified features in the games, including asset rendering, player actions, menu systems, statistics, and music integration. • Programmed game in Unity/ Microsoft C#.• Developed the backend layer using nodejs• Integrated communication between cloud-based node servers, web services, and front-end systems.Worked closely with the creative director to design and execute new features and gameplay requirements.• Assisted in the development of new ideas, analysis and design phases, and feasibility judgments.• Collaborated and coordinated with producers to brainstorm regarding game projects.• Participated & Assisted in documentation and design for the patent documentation and diagrams. Show less

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  IceCream Labs

  Nov 2017 - Apr 2020

  Senior Software Engineer

  • Senior software engineer and technical lead for a small group (3-4 people).• Fully rewrote their existing solution to a fully functional application platform that won the 'Innovation Lab: Best Awareness Tech' Award in 2018 shop.org tradeshow.• Implemented event-driven architecture using Kafka for a loosely coupled & flexible system that can adapt to changes.• Designed and coded several systems using FastAPI and nodejs as api layer that allowed us to communicate with clients and vendors as well as created internal processes for business functionality and internal auditing.• Developed & delivered UI using an angular-js framework and integrated into an existing system.• Performing requirements gathering and analysis, estimating the time required for project completion, preparing schedules, design documentation, design reviews and development, testing and deployment of application enhancements, as well as project planning. Show less

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  Shell

  Oct 2020 - now

  Software Engineer