Ajinthan Thavendrarajah

• Lead architectural and technical strategy for platform scalability, performance optimization and API redesign across multiple systems.
• Direct multiple development projects, aligning technical strategy with business objectives.
• Oversee production deployments and release processes, ensuring system stability through post-release monitoring.
• Conduct code reviews to enforce architectural consistency, clean code standards and best practices.
• Design and implement integrations, including third-party APIs, payment gateways and telephony infrastructure.
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams to streamline Agile delivery cycles and champion DevOps practices.
• Mentor developers, lead technical interviews, and contribute to hiring decisions to grow the team.

.NET · NestJS · Next.js · PostgreSQL · Redis · React.js · Redux · TypeScript · Flutter · React Native · REST APIs · Kafka · WebSocket · Docker · Git · GitHub · Jenkins · Swagger · Prisma · NGINX · AWS · Azure

• Led an e-commerce site revamp and backend API redesign to improve performance and scalability.
• Developed a cross-platform React Native shopping app for Android and iOS.
• Built an SEO-friendly travel agency site integrating the Amadeus API for dynamic pricing and flight search.
• Integrated payment gateways including KoKo Pay, Stripe and Razorpay for flexible payment options.
• Upgraded a CRM with Twilio-powered telephony and fine-tuned access controls for better lead management.
• Conducted code reviews, oversaw deployments, and mentored junior developers.
• Championed Agile methodologies across three projects to improve delivery efficiency and collaboration.

.NET · NestJS · Next.js · PostgreSQL · Redis · React.js · Redux · TypeScript · React Native · REST APIs · Kafka · WebSocket · Docker · Git · GitHub · Jenkins · Swagger · Prisma · NGINX · AWS · Azure

• Contributed to a feature-rich trading platform with advanced charting, real-time market data and analytical tools.
• Developed a cross-platform React Native trading app, including key components like the order ticket and detailed trade view.
• Built a real-time order ticket supporting market and limit order execution with live data handling.
• Developed a custom arrow-marker analysis tool for the trading chart using SVG and Highcharts.
• Implemented complex mathematical logic for trading parameters and richer chart interactivity.
• Integrated React.js components into a legacy AngularJS application to modernize the UI.

React.js · React Native · Redux · JavaScript · TypeScript · AngularJS · Highcharts · SVG

• Migrated Kafka message serialization from JSON to Avro to improve data handling efficiency and reduce payload size.
• Built a personalization app in React.js as a custom Contentful extension to manage dynamic content delivery.
• Developed an Email Experience Service for personalized content based on user preferences and behaviour.
• Implemented omni-channel personalization with a rule engine tailoring content across web, email and app.
• Turned a dynamic website into a fully personalized platform with optimized rendering and faster load times.

Next.js · Express.js · React.js · REST · Redux · Git · Bitbucket · Contentful · Forma36

• Developed a personalization extension app for Contentful using React.js and Forma36 for dynamic content targeting.
• Designed a nested rule-based UI editor to manage complex personalization logic with intuitive controls.
• Integrated REST APIs and Redux for real-time data flow and state management.
• Built a rule-driven notification system for personalized messages over SMS, WhatsApp, email and push.
• Implemented real-time email personalization that adapts when the recipient opens the email.

Express.js · React.js · REST · Redux · Git · Contentful · Forma36

• Designed scalable microservices for live ride tracking, real-time communication and dispatch notifications with Node.js, Redis, Kafka and Socket.IO.
• Generated trip route images from geo-points stored in Redis and uploaded them to AWS S3 for trip summaries.
• Consumed Kafka streams to sync booking updates with B2B systems and trigger email, SMS and push notifications.
• Enhanced driver–customer chat with encrypted message storage, real-time messaging and image sharing via pre-signed S3 URLs.
• Built customer-facing and B2B portals with real-time booking and tracking in React.js, Redux and Socket.IO.
• Contributed to the control panel for operations, invoicing and partner configuration.
• Ran peer code reviews, improved test coverage, supported production deployments and guided junior engineers.

Node.js · Express.js · React.js · Redux · REST APIs · Socket.IO · Redis · Kafka · DynamoDB · AWS S3 · Firebase FCM · APNS · Google APIs · Stripe · Bootstrap

• Handled real-time status updates for dispatch, trip progress and booking changes, synced with B2B partners and driver apps via APIs and Socket.IO.
• Built and integrated APIs for B2B and customer booking workflows.
• Enhanced web portals with booking history, Stripe payments and Google Maps-based multi-stop routing.
• Delivered features in Agile sprints and handled bug fixes, production support and backend documentation.

Node.js · Express.js · React.js · Redux · REST APIs · Socket.IO · Redis · Kafka · DynamoDB · AWS S3 · Firebase FCM · APNS · Google APIs · Stripe · Bootstrap

• Helped build APIs and integrate backend services with Node.js and Express.
• Worked on frontend enhancements for customer and B2B portals in React.js and Redux.
• Implemented features and fixes for ride booking and customer interactions, using Redis, AWS S3 and Google APIs.

Node.js · Express.js · React.js · Redux · REST APIs · Socket.IO · Redis · AWS S3

A premium chauffeur booking platform for airport transfers, private chauffeur services and corporate transportation: fast, secure and SEO-optimized.

NestJS · Next.js · Redis · PostgreSQL · Stripe · AWS

A lightweight Chrome extension for instant on-page SEO analysis, right in the browser, with no tool-switching.

Chrome Extension · Manifest V3 · Structured data

Private chauffeur booking for trips to Disneyland Paris: the same high-performance booking stack, tuned for a global audience.

NestJS · Next.js · Redis · PostgreSQL · Stripe

Master of Cybersecurity

BSc (Hons) in Computer Science