MANIKANTA ALLAM
****.*******@*****.*** San Jose, CA 408-***-**** LinkedIn
SUMMARY
Seasoned Software Engineer with 7+ years of experience specializing in front-end development and project leadership, focused on delivering innovative solutions and operational excellence in fast-paced tech environments. SKILLS
Programming Languages: JavaScript, Typescript, HTML5, CSS, Python, SQL, Tailwind CSS Frameworks & Libraries: React, Redux, React Hook Form, API Slice, Saga, Material UI, Ant Design, High Charts, D3, Django, NextJS, Chart.js Tools & Technologies: MySQL Server, PostgreSQL, Amazon Web Services, Jenkins, Docker, Jest, Enzyme, Alteryx, Tableau, Git, JIRA Methodology/Process: Agile, Scrum, CI/CD
EXPERIENCE
VeArc Technologies, Bengaluru, India Jan 2023 – Feb 2025 Senior Software Engineer II
Portfolio Company: Concertiv
● Spearheaded the development of C360, a cutting-edge SaaS procurement platform, delivering comprehensive spend analytics, group purchasing benefits, and benchmarking to professional services firms.
● Engineered in-house, custom-made key platform features, including: Invoice Management: Leveraged AWS Textract for OCR-based invoice processing, automating manual reconciliation and entitlements, which reduced turnaround time from 30 to 2 minutes, drastically cutting manual labor and increasing efficiency. Survey Management Functionality: Enabled survey creation, participation, and scoring to enhance data-driven decision-making. Custom Field Framework: Empowered users to capture and track data tailored to their specific business needs. These features significantly contributed to acquiring new customers and reducing churn, expanding the platform's reach and impact in the industry.
● Led and mentored a cross-functional development squad in India, fostering close collaboration with the U.S. Concertiv tech group, ensuring seamless alignment across teams, and building strong stakeholder relationships. Fractal Analytics, Bengaluru, India Mar 2021 – Jan 2023 Software Development Engineer
Client: P&G
● Developed an interactive React UI web application to replace traditional Excel dashboards, enhancing data exploration and analysis for the leadership team with multi-level insights and complex visualizations.
● Implemented a sharing feature that allows users to create and distribute personalized data selections, promoting collaboration and the sharing of business insights across the organization. Client: Mondelez
● Designed a user interface for a web application that streamlines the daily targeting of customers by the FP&A team's collection agents and facilitates the logging of feedback.
● Captured user feedback through front-end UI components and stored the data in a MySQL database to support the generation of actionable business insights.
Mu Sigma, Bengaluru, India Sep 2017 – Mar 2023
Apprentice Leader
Client: Walmart
● Managed a team of five to successfully transition a data analytics web application from Angular to React.
● Enhanced user experience by redesigning and developing key UI/UX components. Client: Majid Al Futtaim
● Created a middleware solution to address data quality issues and implemented user-based access control in a business intelligence iOS application.
● Developed a front-end admin console and a Django authentication back-end for integration with Microsoft ADFS and Azure AD.
● Developed APIs to support both an admin console and iOS application. EDUCATION
Sastra University, Thanjavur, India Jun 2013 - May 2017 Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science, GPA: 8/10 AWARDS
● Collaboration Award (2023): Recognized for fostering strong cross-functional partnerships and teamwork.
● Great Start Award (2023): Honored for making a significant impact shortly after joining the company.
● Star Award (2022): Good Samaritan category, awarded for outstanding performance and exceptional dedication.
● Spot Award (2019): Commended for dedicated efforts and exemplary work, recognized by the client for innovative use cases.
● Spot Award (2018): Acknowledged for quickly mastering new technologies and demonstrating a strong commitment to learning.