Nikhil Tayal

Nikhil Tayal

Senior Full-Stack Developer

New Delhi, India

#OpenToWork

About

Senior Full-Stack Developer with 7+ years building production React, Next.js, and Node.js systems across fintech, aviation, edtech, and e-commerce. Comfortable owning frontend architecture end-to-end and shipping measurable outcomes in Agile teams. • Scale & Reach: Built PW Gulf regional edtech platform from scratch (4 modules, 25% DAU growth in 3 months) and architected a Next.js reservation system handling 500+ monthly bookings with live multi-role inventory. • Transaction Systems: Built a USD payment portal processing $2M+ in 2 months across 500+ transactions, plus Razorpay integrations handling 2,000+ monthly bookings. • Performance Optimization: Cut server load by 40% and notification delivery time by 30% via a NestJS + Kafka + Redis microservice; achieved 80% test coverage with 35% fewer production bugs. • AI & Product Ownership: Founded Lookify, an AI Virtual Try-On SaaS on Shopify (ComfyUI, RunPod GPUs, Google Gemini) serving 20+ merchants and 1,000+ monthly sessions.

Experience

Thumby Aviation

Senior Full-Stack Developer

Jun 2024 – Present

Helitaxii (Helicopter Booking) and CAMO Winglet (Aircraft Maintenance) • Designed a Central Reservation System serving 500+ monthly bookings with shared live inventory, enabling concurrent seat management by 3 admin roles and public customers. • Engineered end-to-end customer booking flow with responsive user interface, integrating Razorpay payments processing 2000+ transactions monthly. • Created operations Admin Dashboard using React.js, JavaScript, HTML, and CSS, supporting schedule management and B2B access with downloadable reports for 10+ travel agents. • Shipped cross-platform React Native mobile app used by 15+ ground staff at 5 helipads for QR check-ins, passenger lookup, and on-ground booking management. • Designed digital technical logbook web application for 12+ aircraft, replacing 100% of paper-based maintenance records for DGCA regulatory compliance. • Implemented inspection scheduling with Webpack-bundled React.js modules and 3 template-based form types, plus CSV bulk import reducing data entry time by 70%.

React.jsNext.jsReact Native

Thumby Aviation

Lookify

Founder

Apr 2024 – Present

• Established AI-powered Virtual Try-On SaaS web application for 20+ Shopify merchants, handling 1,000+ monthly sessions with React.js front-end development and Generative AI pipeline. • Integrated Google Gemini (managed API) alongside self-hosted ComfyUI on RunPod GPUs as switchable try-on engines, enabling per-request routing between generative providers based on quality and cost. • Deployed Dockerized ComfyUI on RunPod serverless GPUs processing 500+ images monthly with custom Python handler for job queuing and watermarked output. • Implemented credit billing with Razorpay integration, HMAC webhook verification, and 95%+ uptime across the TypeScript codebase.

PythonDockerNext.js

Lookify

PhysicsWallah

SDE-2

May 2023 – Jun 2024

• Spearheaded PW Gulf regional edtech web application, growing daily active users by 25% within 3 months through front-end development and coding optimization across 8 modules. • Drove 40% increase in organic traffic through SEO improvements and modernized the frontend with Next.js(SSR/SSG/ISR), JavaScript, and CSS for 2 million monthly visitors. • Designed centralized notification microservice using NestJS, MongoDB, Kafka and Redis, reducing delivery time by 30%, server load by 40%, and failed notifications by 20%.

React.jsNext.jsNestJS

PhysicsWallah

Drip Capital

Software Engineer

Apr 2021 – May 2023

• Constructed Trade360 cross-border collaboration platform serving 200+ exporters and importers with Redux state management and 15+ API integrations. • Initiated Drip Switch USD transaction portal, processing $2M+ in 2 months with 40% improvement in payment efficiency across 500+ transactions. • Engineered container tracking application handling 10,000+ monthly API requests with interactive user interface design and real-time updates for 3 shipping corridors. • Achieved 80% test coverage with Jest, Mocha, and unit testing, reducing production bugs by 35%. • Published reusable UI component library to npm adopted across 4 teams.

React.jsTypeScriptRedux

Drip Capital

Credochain

React.js Developer

Jul 2019 – Apr 2021

• Pioneered PEMANT digital credit line web application adopted by 7,000+ MSMEs with front-end development using React.js, Redux, and JavaScript for 3 user roles. • Constructed underwriter dashboard supporting real-time credit decisions on 2,500+ active users with data visualization, debugging, and coding best practices in Highcharts, HTML, and CSS.

React.jsReduxJavaScript

Credochain

Education

Bhagwan Parshuram Institute of Technology (BPIT)

Bachelor of Technology

2015 – 2019

Skills

JestDockerAWSKafkaRedisPostgreSQLMongoDBExpress.jsNestJSNode.jsWebpackTailwind CSSCSSHTMLReduxJavaScriptTypeScriptReact NativeNext.jsReact