Nikhil Vijayan is a London-based backend software engineer with eight years of experience delivering scalable, secure microservices. He specializes in architecting test-driven backend systems and currently serves as a Senior Backend Engineer at token.com, in addition to his Backend Software Engineer responsibilities. His career spans Monolith, comparethemarket.com, and Jigsaw XYZ, reflecting a breadth of domain experience. He brings a unique blend of mass media and marketing training, including a Masters in Marketing and Advertising, which informs a product-focused, user-centric approach to engineering. He maintains a portfolio at nikhilvijayan.com and shares insights at nkhilv.medium.com, underscoring a habit of knowledge sharing. Based in the UK, he combines technical depth with cross-disciplinary communication to drive reliable backend solutions.
8 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Software Technology/Technician, Computer Software Technology/Technician at Makers
Bachelors in Mass Media, Advertising, 2:1 equivalent, Bachelors in Mass Media, Advertising, 2:1 equivalent at St. Xavier's College
Bachelor's of Mass Media, Advertising, 2:1 equivalent, Bachelor's of Mass Media, Advertising, 2:1 equivalent at SIES College of Arts, Science & Commerce
Masters in Marketing and Advertising, Marketing, 2:1, Masters in Marketing and Advertising, Marketing, 2:1 at Leeds University Business School
A fully responsive React app for a clothing retailer. This app has been extensively tested (using both unit and integration tests)
Contributions:50 PRs, 54 pushes, 18 branches in 2 days
reactfully-responsivejavascriptclothingunit
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