About & Bio
sde-ii.wishlink · india
Full-stack engineer with 4+ years taking products from 0 to 1 and keeping them fast at scale. Open to interesting full-time roles.
Wishlink · SDE II
mar 2025 — present · creator & shopping
Cut cold start from 4s to <1.5s and CPU/memory by 50%. Python/Django, React, React Native, Celery & Maestro E2E on 1M MAU systems.
ByteLearn · SDE II
nov 2021 — feb 2025 · b2b & b2c ed-tech
Architected Node.js/MongoDB data platform, Chrome math extension, B2B student & teacher platforms, and mentored 10+ engineers.
Technical Stack
python · typescript · django · node · rn
PostgreSQL, Redis, Kafka, Celery, Databricks, AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, LLMs, MCP & agentic engineering workflows.
Résumé & CV
vikas-kukreti-resume.pdf
Read the complete curriculum vitae inline or download the typeset 3-page A4 PDF for hiring and recruiting teams.
vikassh.com · Connect
linkedin.com/in/vikas-kukreti
Not actively looking, but open to full-time roles that are genuinely interesting. Reach out on LinkedIn, GitHub, or LeetCode.
Still reverse-engineering, just at scale.
about · full-stack engineer · india
It started in 7th grade, when I reverse-engineered a mobile game to see how it worked, and then to make it do what I wanted. That curiosity still drives my work.
I'm grounded in computer science fundamentals, and I focus on turning ambiguous problems into robust, production-ready systems. Some of my work is 0-to-1, building from scratch. Some of it is scaling a foundation that's already carrying real traffic. The goal is the same either way: use software to solve real problems, and help the team around me grow.
I've guided a team of 10+ engineers and interns through architecture, standards, code review and mentorship. Away from the keyboard, you'll find me singing, at the gym, or dialing in high-protein eggetarian meal prep.
Experience
4+ years full-time · 2.5 years college freelance
Software Development Engineer II
Working across the full stack: Python/Django on the backend, React on web and React Native on mobile. Currently on the creator platform, earlier on the shopping app (1M MAU).
- Own performance and reliability for the creator app across the web app, Django backend and React Native shell, making it faster to open and more stable for creators.
- Handle the Android and React Native upgrades needed to stay on the Play Store, and fix long-standing crashes and deep-link issues.
- Improve load-time instrumentation so the team has numbers it can trust, and set up end-to-end testing with Maestro so releases depend less on manual QA.
- On the shopping app (1M MAU, v1, since sunset), built Python/Django REST APIs and Celery pipelines, and shipped Stories, Filters, Creator Discovery and Notifications.
- Cut startup time from 4s to under 1.5s and CPU and memory use by about 50%, and optimized shorts/reels playback.
Python · Django · React · React Native · TypeScript · Node.js · PostgreSQL · Celery · Maestro
Software Development Engineer II
ByteLearn
Led architecture and end-to-end delivery across B2B and B2C products, setting technical direction while staying hands-on across the stack.
- Architected an internal data platform end to end: Node.js services that scraped and cleaned data, exposed it through APIs, and powered a Google Sheets UI backed by MongoDB, with ETL scripts that let solver teams verify and modify data at scale.
- Built a Chrome extension that lets users screenshot a math problem on any page and get a step-by-step solution with interactive chat and hints.
- Drove a B2C mobile app where students photograph a problem and learn core concepts through drag-and-drop inputs, charts and graphs.
- Designed backend APIs in Python/Django, helped set up CI/CD with the DevOps team, and guided 10+ engineers and interns through architecture, standards, code review and mentorship.
Node.js · Python · Django · MongoDB · React · TypeScript · Chrome Extension
Software Development Engineer
ByteLearn
Built ByteLearn's B2B platform for schools, powering teaching and learning at scale.
- Owned and built the B2B student platform end to end: step-by-step problem solving through an interactive chatbot that builds real conceptual understanding. Later inherited the teacher platform and drove new features in assignment creation and grading workflows.
- Designed the systems behind automated grading, learning-gap identification and targeted practice, helping students improve where it mattered most.
- Built the backend in Python/Django with PostgreSQL, and the frontend in React and Next.js.
- Designed high-throughput REST APIs and automated ETL pipelines to process data at scale, and partnered with AI (chatbot) and DevOps teams to ship interactive features.
Python · Django · PostgreSQL · React · Next.js · Node.js
SDE Intern
ByteLearn
Owned end-to-end delivery of an interactive math-teaching system for an AI chatbot, from specs and API contracts to dynamic visual frontend integration.
Freelance Full-Stack Engineer
Self-employed · during college
Built products for government, education, enterprise and startup clients, including MachPrinciple real-time chat, LearninTV short-video app, Rudraprayag Forest Fire tracking system, VarrocAMD mobile catalog, and Teacher At Click.
Technical Stack
languages · backend · cloud · applied ai · mobile
Languages
python · typescript · javascript
Primary production languages across Wishlink & ByteLearn, plus working proficiency in Java, C++, and Go.
Backend & Data
django · node.js · postgresql · redis · kafka · celery
High-throughput REST APIs, async task queues, Databricks, MongoDB, and large-scale ETL pipelines.
Cloud & Infrastructure
aws · docker · kubernetes · ci/cd · maestro
Containerized deployment, release pipelines, load-time instrumentation, and automated mobile E2E testing.
Applied AI
llms · mcp · claude code · codex · pi · opencode
AI math-solver & chatbot integration, automated grading systems, and agentic engineering workflows.
Frontend & Mobile
react native · kotlin (android) · react.js · next.js
Creator & shopping mobile apps (1M MAU), Play Store upgrades, crash/deep-link fixes, and Chrome extensions.
CS Foundations & Education
b.tech computer science · 2018 — 2022
Uttarakhand Technical University. Strong grounding in algorithms, data structures, and system design.
Résumé
vikas-kukreti-resume.pdf · 3-page a4 document
Wishlink · SDE II
mar 2025 — present · india
Creator platform & shopping app (1M MAU). Cut cold start from 4s to <1.5s, reduced CPU/RAM by ~50%, owned Android/RN upgrades, load instrumentation & Maestro E2E.
ByteLearn · SDE II & SDE
nov 2021 — feb 2025 · india
Architected Node/Mongo/Sheets data platform, Chrome math extension, B2B student & teacher platforms (Django, Postgres, React, Next.js), and mentored 10+ engineers.
College Freelance & B.Tech CS
2018 — 2022 · india
2.5 years shipping client products (MachPrinciple chat, LearninTV, Rudraprayag Forest Fire tracker, VarrocAMD) alongside B.Tech in Computer Science.
Got an ambiguous problem? Let's talk.
not actively looking · open to interesting full-time roles
Primary
linkedin.com/in/vikas-kukreti
Fastest way to reach me for interesting full-time engineering roles and conversations.
Code
GitHub
github.com/vikas-kukreti
Open-source repositories, experiments, and personal engineering projects.
Algorithms
LeetCode
leetcode.com/u/vikaskukreti
Data structures, algorithms, and problem-solving profile.