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Vivek Narayanan

Senior Frontend Engineer

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About Me

Frontend Engineer Delivering Business Impact Across Startups and Enterprises.

Senior frontend engineer with 9+ years of expertise in React and TypeScript, with experience spanning full-stack delivery using Next.js, Node.js, and modern backend technologies.

Specialized in building scalable web platforms, no-code workflow tools, and decentralized applications. Proven success across enterprise banking, travel e-commerce, AI marketplaces, and Web3.

Strong technical leadership, cross-team collaboration, and ability to drive architectural decisions.

Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Hybrid / Remote
English (Fluent), Tamil (Native), Hindi (Conversational)

Strengths

React & TypeScript Architecture Next.js & Modern UI/UX State Management & Performance Web3 & Blockchain Development Observability & Monitoring CI/CD & DevOps Automation Agentic Workflows Cross-team Leadership

Career Highlights

No-Code AI Platform

Spearheaded the development of a no-code agentic workflow platform using Next.js and React Flow, empowering non-technical banking executives to visually design, integrate, and deploy AI pipelines, accelerating time-to-market for AI-driven banking products.

Next.jsReact FlowAI/ML

Revenue & Growth

Drove Google OneTap integration and automated SEO-driven page generation, increasing sign-in rates by 30% and contributing an additional €285K in Contribution Margin annually.

SEOGoogle OneTapAnalytics

Platform Redesign & Engagement

Led the complete redesign of a web platform with a 5-member cross-timezone team, boosting performance and increasing user engagement by 22%.

ReactPerformanceUX

Experience & Milestones

Senior Frontend Engineer

Backbase
Jul 2025 — Present Amsterdam, Netherlands

Building AI orchestration tools for enterprise banking, delivering a no-code platform for multi-agent workflows. Architected the frontend using Next.js and React Flow with real-time SSE communication, type-safe schema validation, and full-stack delivery using Prisma and PostgreSQL.

  • Spearheaded the development of a no-code agentic workflow platform (Next.js, React Flow) empowering non-technical banking executives to visually design, integrate, and deploy AI pipelines.
  • Shipped a Next.js server-side SSE stream for Playground workflow status — improved allSettled time from 124s → 100s (cold) and 6.4s → 1.2s (warm, 81% faster).
  • Migrated 16+ Python API routes to the Next.js App Router, sunsetting the Python service and enabling full-stack maintenance without a dedicated backend engineer.
  • Drove end-to-end product delivery from database to UI/UX using TailwindCSS, shadcn/ui, Prisma, and PostgreSQL.
  • Established zero-to-one CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Docker) and fortified security with strict CSP.
  • Engineered comprehensive system observability using OpenTelemetry, Jaeger, and Grafana.
  • Developed Langfuse integration for production LLM evaluation (0 → 1 stack) enabling trace-level scoring for multi-agent pipelines.

Senior Frontend Engineer

Travix
Jan 2022 — Jun 2025 Amsterdam, Netherlands

Maintained and enhanced the core web platform for a leading travel e-commerce company. Led platform redesigns, drove performance initiatives, and implemented observability across the stack.

  • Led the complete redesign of the web platform with a 5-member team across time zones, boosting performance and increasing user engagement by 22%.
  • Spearheaded Google OneTap integration, increasing sign-in rates by 30%, and automated SEO-driven page generation, contributing €285K in Contribution Margin annually.
  • Improved system reliability by implementing end-to-end observability (Prometheus, Grafana) and optimizing CMS image processing performance.
  • Drove cross-functional performance initiatives through A/B testing (Optimizely), enabling data-backed UI decisions.
  • Reduced resource consumption by 50% by decommissioning 20+ affiliates and cleaning up 35+ locale configurations.

Fullstack Developer

NNT (SingularityNET)
Apr 2019 — Dec 2021 Bangalore, India

Developed and maintained React-based decentralized applications for an AI marketplace platform. Acted as a bridge between product and engineering, building core frontend features, payment integrations, and native mobile applications.

  • Developed and maintained React-based decentralized applications (dApps) for AI marketplaces, with a focus on scalability and user experience.
  • Led fiat integration via PayPal and integrated MetaMask/WalletConnect, supporting 430+ crypto wallets.
  • Built a Swift iOS app to calculate longevity scores from patient health data, significantly reducing manual monitoring time for hospitals.
  • Implemented Sentry for real-time error tracking and used Hotjar to analyze user sessions, driving improvements in app performance.

Frontend Developer

Wipro Technologies
Jun 2016 — Apr 2019 Bangalore, India

Developed internal enterprise applications for one of India's largest IT services companies. Built React-based tools to automate HR processes and maintain internal portals.

  • Built a React app to automate the employee separation process, reducing turnaround time by 40%.
  • Designed and maintained the company's internal alumni portal, streamlining document access and reconnection for former employees.

Technical Acumen

Programming Languages

JavaScript TypeScript Python Swift HTML CSS Bash

Frontend Frameworks

React.js Next.js React Native React Ionic Redux RxJs TailwindCSS Material UI Styled Components Ant Design Semantic UI shadcn/ui

Backend & Databases

Node.js Knex.js PostgreSQL Prisma WebSockets gRPC

Testing

Jest react-test-renderer Sentry

Infrastructure & Cloud

Docker GitHub Actions Kubernetes Prometheus Grafana OpenTelemetry Jaeger Cloudflare GCP AWS Vercel Netlify Heroku

Blockchain & Web3

DeFi dApps IPFS Web3 MetaMask WalletConnect

AI Tooling

Agno Langgraph Langfuse

Certifications

GraphQL Developer Associate (Apr 2025)

Education

Bachelor of Engineering

Mechanical Engineering

Sri Ramakrishna Engineering College, Tamil Nadu, India

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