AWS Cloud Practitioner Essentials (First Edition)

Server-side Development with NodeJS, Express and MongoDB

Front-End Web Development with React

High School

Higher Secondary

Bachelor’s Degree

• Developed an internal curation website using React.js and Node.js, managing 7M items
• Created 25+ reusable components, reducing development time by 20%
• Adopted the Living design system, increasing user engagement by 70%

Software Engineer III

• Developed Retail application templates on Adobe Experience Manager for Vodafone Italy, enabling seamless page creation by other teams.
• Implemented payment and customer search widgets using React.js and Redux, enhancing user experience and functionality.
• Collaborated with customers during UAT and production to resolve over 100 defects, ensuring a smooth launch of the application.

Software Developer

• Led frontend team for Walmart's Content Curation Platform, resulting in 20% increase in automated enrichment and cost reduction from $3 to less than $1 per product.
• Acted as a bridge between Product Owners, Managers, and frontend engineering team of 5 people.
• Successfully migrated application outside of Walmart's Network, leading to a 30% efficiency improvement for Vendors.

Senior Software Engineer

• Designed and developed ZenHelp, a HR app for the organization with Ionic and Angular.
• Developed Zenverse, an interaction platform for employees with the CEO using Ionic and Angular.
• Created ZenPal, a ChatBot for the Organization using Dialog Flow and integrated inhouse services.

Software Engineer

- Leading frontend development for Target’s Vendor Experience Portal, a strategic initiative aimed at unifying and streamlining all vendor portals into a single cohesive platform.  
- Collaborating with cross-functional teams to design scalable, secure, and high-performing interfaces for a seamless vendor experience.  
- Driving the adoption of modern web technologies and development best practices to ensure a user-friendly, efficient, and consistent platform across all vendor touchpoints.  
- Mentoring and guiding a team of developers while ensuring alignment with product management, design, and backend teams.

Akash Pal

Lead Engineer @ Target | Frontend