Senior Full-Stack Developer and Tech Lead with 16+ Years Experience

NITIN KUMAR SHUKLA

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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nitin-kumar-shukla/ PROFESSIONAL ABRIDGEMENT

Focused and smart Software Development Team Leader / Full Stack Developer with 16+ years of cross cultural experience in the IT Industry. Identify and remove impediments to turning out quality software applications for customers.

Excellent ability to read code and suggest changes to make the finished project glitch free.

Evangelist of agile principles and methodology.

Comprehensive domain grasp across all functional areas with expertise in Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).

Proven ability to leverage full-stack knowledge and experience to build interactive and user-centered website designs to scale

Proven ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment. Highly motivated, enthusiastic & thorough professional, with capabilities of working on own initiative with a systematic approach & a single-minded dedication towards the task at hand.

CAREER CONTOUR

Professional Experience

Encora Innovation Labs India Pvt Ltd Dec 2022 – May 2025 Technical Lead

Provided technical leadership to development teams, including code reviews, mentoring, and defining best practices and coding standards.

Defined and implemented application architecture, design patterns (MVC, microservices), and reusable components to improve efficiency and code quality. Ensured adherence to security standards, including data protection, input validation, and secure authentication.

Integrated third-party systems and APIs (payment gateways, CRMs, analytics, etc.) and managed performance optimization at both application and database levels. Junglee Games India Pvt Ltd Jun 2022 – Oct 2022

Technical Lead

Architected and designed scalable, secure, and high-performance PHP-based web applications, ensuring alignment with business goals and technical strategy. Led the end-to-end technical delivery across the SDLC including requirement analysis, solution architecture, development, deployment, and maintenance. Collaborated with stakeholders, project managers, and product owners to translate business requirements into technical solutions.

Evaluated and recommended frameworks, tools, and technologies (Laravel, Symfony, LAMP stack, REST APIs, etc.) based on project needs. Oversaw DevOps and deployment processes using CI/CD pipelines, containerization

(Docker), and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, etc.).

Facilitated code versioning and branching strategies using Git and managed releases in collaboration with QA and operations teams.

DiGIMENA FZE (jubna.com)May 2020 – May 2022

Full Stack Developer

Designed upgraded web application and complementary tools to improve usability, support, and maintenance of the application.

Responsible for quality of application.

Attended development work prioritization meetings. Understand technical feasibility. Recommend changes in business process and system standards

Team Handling.

Laitkor Infosolutions Pvt. Ltd. Dec 2015 – Apr 2020 Team Leader

Executed Project on domains like ecommerce, SAAS etc. Lead a team of software developers programming applications for insurance industry clients.

Ensured team members stayed on task.

Assigned coding tasks to various team members.

Regularly monitored work and cut problem members before issues became large. Responsible for the quality of applications delivered for customer orders. Directed team meetings to check on progress and plan code direction. Attended development work prioritization meetings. Balance workload across multiple time zones to guarantee quality in every deliverable

Understand technical feasibility. Recommend changes in business process and system standards

Resource management and Team Handling

RPI Consultants Pvt Ltd. Feb 2013 – Aug 2015

Senior Software Engineer

Ensured the programming team developed high-quality, working applications to clients.

Monitored all aspects of applications being developed to ensure they met quality standards.

Held team meetings and prioritized work tasks.

Designed upgraded web application and complementary tools to improve usability, support, and maintenance of the application.

Actively involved in Technical Bid / DPR preparation, in order to respond to the tenders.

Manage clients' expectations regarding scope of work. Aided in workflow analysis and process design.

Laitkor Infosolutions Pvt. Ltd.Feb 2011– Feb 2013

Software Engineer

Successfully generated back-end programming utilizing LAMP stack; Linux (CentOS 5/Redhat), Apache with Kohana 2, PHP 5, CSS, JavaScript/jQuery, and MySQL frameworks

Created e-commerce sites integrated with PayPal, Authorize.net, and other payment APIs

Provided leadership as a subject matter expert (SME) on hosting issues, client and staff loginsand general upgrades/maintenance of servers Designed and implemented PHP web application, streamlining high-server traffic resource configuration and allocation

Babysoft Software May 2010 – Feb 2011

Software Engineer

Supported the design and testing of all program phases, from initial design through coding, testing, and integration.

Assisted in the integration testing with other developers and other development teams.

Designed and implemented PHP web application, streamlining high-server traffic resource configuration and allocation

Crystal Webtech Jan 2009 – May 2010

Junior Software Engineer

Designed and implemented PHP web application.

PROJECTS UNDERTSAKEN

Project Title: DCP

Client:Corcentric (https://www.corcentric.com)

Technology:PHP, Laravel, MySQL, JS, AWS, Elasticsearch, SVN, Git, Vue.js Project Title: Jubna Ad Serving System

Client:DiGIMENA FZE (https://jubna.comDubai)

Technology:PHP, Amazon Aurora, Laravel, EC2, Lambda, S3, CloudFront, Route 53, API Gateway, CloudWatch, AWS Auto Scaling, Kinesis, IAM, Simple Notification Service, Simple Queue Service, ElastiCache, AMI, Load Balancers, Memcached, Redis, Nginx, Datadog, Git Project Title: ThePrintLife

Client:ThePrintLife (https://www.theprintlife.comUSA) Technology:PHP, MySQL, Lumen, AngularJS, Materialize CSS, EC2, S3, RDS, AWS Auto Scaling, Simple Notification Service, Load Balancers, Apache, Git

Precise: This is a SAAS application. The Print Life was built to help manage print shops more efficiently.The Print Life Software was developed to take the burden of managing clients, quotes, invoices, and art files off the shoulder of the printer so they can focus on doing what they do best, Printing.

Project Title: PayVibe

Client:PayVibe(https://payvibe.comUSA)

Technology:PHP, MySQL, Laravel, React, Bootstrap, EC2, S3, RDS, CloudFront, AWS Auto Scaling, Simple Notification Service, Load Balancers, Memcached, Redis, Apache, Git

Precise: This is a SAAS application. PayVibe Deals helps bring publishers and merchants together for a mutually beneficial arrangement where the publisher can sell discounted vouchers to the merchant in exchange for revenue or some form of advertising trade. Creating time limited, quantity limited offers is a quick and easy process and PayVibe is packed full of features to help you grow your subscribers and revenue. Project Title: Swoovy APIs

Client:Swoovy (https://www.swoovy.comUSA)

Technology:Python, Django, Django REST framework, PostgreSQL, Bitbucket, Vue.js, Kubernetes, Docker, GCP, Firebase

Precise: Swoovy supports corporate, collegiate, and faith-based groups getting connected with service projects in a way that strengthens camaraderie as well as the communityand most importantly, acknowledges individual interests and empowers people to give time how and when they want to give, with the opportunity to strengthen personal relationships along the way.

Project Title: Mustard

Client:Mustard (www.mustard.ieIreland)

Precise: The Mustard platform allows enterprises to find and book short term staff. The platform allows bookers to send highly targeted availability checks to their existing staffing pool, and to a wider network of freelancers if they chose.

There are two types of temping staff or talent users in the system, agency talent and freelance talent.

Agency talent are staff uploaded by a booker that the booker does not wish to share with other bookers. They can only receive job notifications from any other booker.

Freelance talent have been referred by another talent, or have simply registered directly themselves. They are free to receive availability checks from any booker.

A booker can choose to use their own network of agency talent uploaded by them, or select from a wider pool of freelance talent when staffing a job or shift.

Talent can only be considered if they are not booked on another job at that date/time, and if they match the criteria set by the booker on the push card.

Availability checks are sent to the selected talent. The talent can login to the system and choose to accept/reject the job. The booker can then choose from a quality list of people who are 1. Available and 2. Matching all the necessary criteria chosen by the booker.

The chosen team are notified of their success in applying for the job.

Project Title: Fruit People

Client:The Fruit People (www.thefruitpeople.ieIreland) Technology:Laravel, PHP, MySQL, WordPress, Bootstrap, JavaScript, jQuery. Precise: The Fruit People deliver fruit to offices. They need a system where they can run reports on orders to be delivered within a time range. There are packer reports, order reports, van driver reports, customer reports and fruit buyer reports.

All reports display similar information. There are only slight variations of the list page and details pages

They are filtered by date range and display a list of orders or customers depending on the report.

Design that works well on tablet and phone (especially tablet). Project Title: Browser Fingerprint

Client:InterpollsInc(www.interpolls.com USA)

Technology:PHP, MySQL, SAP HANA, SAP Lumira, Java Script. Precise: Created a tool, manager and database for Fingerprints (replacing Third-party Cookies) that will be used in online advertisements. Browser Fingerprint sets and get fingerprint from browsers, and store them in a database to manage data for the user profile fingerprint. It’s similar to any Cookie Manager. Fingerprint Manager generates the browser fingerprint based on the attributes of the browser. Project Title: Cyber Security

Client:Advanced Cyber Security (www.advancedcybersecurity.comUSA) Technology:PHP, Joomla, WordPress

Precise: Goal was to build a Website that users can subscribe to (pay monthly, Quarterly, or Yearly and scan their websites for security threats). We integrated the following scanners:

Nmap port Scanner. Ability to scan all ports and complete net blocks.

OpenVas Vulnerability Scanner. OpenVas open source vulnerability scanner that will perform thousands of checks against a system looking for known security vulnerabilities.

Nikto Web Scanner. Vulnerable web scripts, configuration errors, and web server vulnerabilities can all be detected with the online version of the Nikto Web Scanner.

SQL Injection Test. Sqlmap to test for SQL injection on applications. BlindElephant Scanner. Use Blindelephant to fingerprint versions of known CMS. Including the most common CMS applications, forums, and phpMyadmin.

WhatWeb Web Site Test. WhatWeb looks at the web server headers and source html from a website to determine what technologies are in use.

WordPress Security Scan. WordPress plugins, themes and other installation details can be assessed with this scanner. Joomla Security Scan. Use an online scanner to detect security problems with a Joomla installation.

Drupal Security Scan. Drupal security scan to find a variety of security related information around a Drupal installation. Project Title: Training Effectiveness System

Client:National University of Ireland (www.maynoothuniversity.ieIreland) Precise: Built a software as a service application for Human Resource professionals so they can track and record the effectiveness of their training and development programs. The Training Effectiveness System developed was a scalable, resilient, multi-tenant, multi-lingual application accessed via a browser or mobile device over the web. Project Title:That’s News Y

Client:Media House (Australia)

Technology:PHP, MySQL

Precise:This is a proposed Public Affairs/News site that will allow a membership of the Public to look at and comment on various Current Affair/ News style content. The site provides a Public Voting on particular stories or events allowing a sense of themood of the public in relation to the featured story or event. The site also has a forum attached for the Public to comment further on the stories or events posted on the site.The survey section has a full results section within the admin section to display results, by Graph, columns, printable reports that show what story the responsewas relating to. There is an accounting package attached for invoicing advertising sold on the site. Project Title: SiteLock

Client:SiteLock(www.sitelock.com USA)

Technology:PHP, MySQL

Precise: SiteLock is in the business of providing a low-cost, website scanning and monitoring service to small businesses. They protect over 400,000 customers from viruses, SQL injections, cross-site scripting, and other vulnerabilities through a Software-as-a-Service model.The responsibility in this project was to design, develop and deploy a cpanel/WHMCS plug-in. The client wants to have their SaaS offering available for their reseller partners on these platforms. They want the ability to mass distribute their offering by making it simpler, faster and easier for hosting providers to gain access to their API. EDUCATION

MCA (Computer Applications)2008

(Indira Gandhi National Open University)

BCA (Computer Applications) 2006

(Indira Gandhi National Open University)

IT Skills

Web Server LAMP, WAMP.

PHP Frameworks CakePHP, Laravel, Lumen,

CodeIgniter, Symfony.

Python Frameworks Django.

IDE Adobe Dreamweaver, NetBeans,

Sublime Text, PhpStorm

Database MySQL, MongoDB,

Amazon DynamoDB, Amazon Aurora.

Platforms Windows & Linux (CentOS,

Amazon Linux, Ubuntu).

Web tools JavaScript, HTML, CSS,jQuery,

Ajax,XML, JSON, AngularJS,

React, Vue.js.

Languages PHP, Python, Perl, Node.js

Code Versioning SVN, Git.

AWS EC2, Lambda, S3, Amazon Aurora,

Amazon DynamoDB, RDS,

CloudFront, Route 53, API

Gateway, CloudWatch, AWS Auto

Scaling, Kinesis, IAM, Simple

Notification Service, Simple Queue

Service, ElastiCache, AMI, Load

Balancers.

Other Memcached, Redis, Google Video

Intelligence, Firebase, Parse

Server,Apache, Nginx, Apache

Solr, Elasticsearch.

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Date of Birth: 24h October 1984

Address: E-3/451, Vinay Khand, Gomti Nagar, Lucknow, UP, India

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