prashannth vijayakumar
full stack engineer & growth hacker
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summary
Thank you for taking your valuable time to get to know me. I'm a startup animal, full-stack web and mobile engineer,
blogger, digital nomad and growth hacking geek. I'm passionate about startups & technology. I'm possibly the most positive
person on the face of Earth. I love building things and you can always find me working on a challenging idea! My core quality
is that I'm a quick and passionate learner. I have become engrossed with the idea `Learn as if you were to live forever` and
this is the fuel that keeps our torch of life burning. Over the years I've been fortunate to have learned so much and met
awesome gem of people leading me to realize that passion is highly inflammable. I blog to share knowledge with one
another, help one another develop new capacities for action, in creating learning process and to get to know more artists of
life. No matter where I find myself, my passion lies in helping people explore, identify and maximize what lies within them so
that they can live the life they aspire to.
employment
ninjacart
Founding Engineer
Jul 2015 to Sep 2016
First tech employee. Founding Principal Software Engineer.
Engineered UI design rich Android and iOS consumer applications for B2C E-commerce functionalities with social integrations, elastic
search, payment gateways and energy efficient B2B applications with geo-tracking and status tracking functionalities, operations heavy
ERP and warehouse management solutions.
Tech Stack - iOS (Swift), Android, PHP, MongoDB, AngularJS, NodeJS, ExpressJS, Socket.IO, Java (JDBC, Spring, DropWizard), MySQL, D3 charts,
HTML5, CSS3, Sass, Less, npm, bower, grunt, Git, AWS (EC2, S3, CloudFront), Deep Referral, Advertisement, Analytics, Slack Integration.
Freelancer
Full Stack Developer
Oct 2014 to Current
As an Independent freelance web and mobile application developer contractor and consultant, equipped clients with web and mobile
applications having a steep edge over the competition in the market with rich user focus. Consulted, trained and delegated in setting up
distributed remote teams.
Tech Stack - Native iOS (Objective-C and Swift), Android , Hybrid (Ionic, React Native), MEAN (MongoDB, ExpressJS, AngularJS, NodeJS),
Python (Django), Ruby (ROR), Angular 2, Wordpress, PHP, Ghost, Continuous Integration, Auto Scaling, Git, Social integration, Deep linking,
Advertisement, Analytics, Payment integrations.
Xosio
Mobile Developer
May 2016 to Aug 2016
Designed and Developed universal iOS applications with rich user interface with deep sense of functionality and user-centric response.
Huge reusable codebase with persona and end user sampling.
Tech Stack - iOS, Objective-C, Swift, XCTest, Cocoa, XCode, SDK, Social Integration, Google APIs, Maps Integration, Payment Gateway
Integration.
7C Studio
Full Stack Engineer
Jan 2015 to Jul 2015
Engineered intensive highly categorized products inventory, E-commerce, deep search and personalized recommendations. Architectured a
DevOps heavy professional communication and team work application SwitchChat with continuous integration and auto scaling.
Tech Stack - Android (Java, Maven, JUnit, SugarORM, Realm), NodeJS, EmberJS, AngularJS, npm, bower, grunt, gulp, HTML5, CSS3, Sass, Less,
Docker, Socket.IO, Python (Django, Flask), PyTest, MongoDB, SQLite, Cassandra, Redis, RabbitMQ, Websockets, AWS (EC2, S3, EBS), Git, TravisCI,
Jenkins, Slack Integration.
Shout
Co Founder
Feb 2014 to Dec 2014
Developed user experience rich and intensive mobile applications for Android & iOS, highly interactive web application, admin consoles,
analytics dashboards, heavily scalable backend for all the above platforms and 3rd party integrations. Offline marketing, partnerships,
affiliate tie-ups and exploring new and broader avenues.Frequent efficient conversion-resultant digital marketing campaigns through
facebook ads, google ads, twitter ads, thunderclap, viral content marketing, blog, guest posts. City-wide community engagement, events
and feature discussions with early adopters.
Tech Stack - Android (Java), iOS (Objective-C), PHP, HTML5, CSS3, JS, jQuery, jQuery Mobile, Social integrations, Google Maps Geo-Tagging.
IBM India Private Limited
Associate System Engineer
Jun 2013 to Feb 2014
Evaluated and reviewed new and existing software applications and technologies.Identified systems solutions to support business
strategies and objectives.Researched, designed, and developed software solutions to meet specifications. Ensured adherence to and
contributed to continuous improvement of internal policies/procedures, change control practices, etc. Provided on-going support for
production applications.
Tech Stack - VB.Net, SQL, Java, Oracle, RDBMS, Stored Procedures, XML, HTML, Object Oriented Programming, Apache, Linux, Unix.
education
College of Engineering, Guindy
Bachelor's Degree Electronics & Communication Engineering
2013
volunteering
NATIONAL CADET CORPS · Indian Army Cadet
2009 to 2010
Served as a cadet Indian Army Sevice Group under Technical
Engineers Arms underwent rigid army training, trekking, camping,
arms training and volunteering for local NGOs.
International Youth Forum ·
Finance & Marketing Head
2011 to
2012
International Youth Forum is a one of its kind endeavor to bring
together motivated and inspired young adults from across the
world to deliberate and work towards effective Policy, Change and
Development. It is our 'Call for Action' to the youth worldwide.
skills
TECHNICAL
HANDS-ON
JavaScript
iOS (Objective-C &
Swift)
Android (Java)
NodeJS
AngularJS (1&2)
Python (Django &
Flask)
React Native
ReactJS
HTML5
CSS3
Bootstrap
PHP
MySQL
MongoDB
RabbitMQ
Cassandra
Socket.IO
AWS
Start-ups
Growth Hacking
Blogging
Event Management
Design
Illustration
Digital Marketing