Akshit Nagpal
Senior Software Engineer (Lead IC Full-stack, Infra) at Whoppah
United Arab Emirates
Summary
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Top SchoolAkshit Nagpal is a Senior Software Engineer and lead individual contributor with a decade of experience building high-performance full-stack web platforms, currently based in the Netherlands. He specializes in React, Next.js, TypeScript, GraphQL and infrastructure, and has driven measurable improvements such as a ~40% faster core web platform and robust multi-locale support. At Whoppah he designed end-to-end systems including a GraphQL API gateway, multi-product shopping cart, Algolia search integration, Stripe payments and AI-assisted product moderation. Comfortable in early-stage, remote-first teams, he blends rapid iteration with production-grade reliability—owning analytics pipelines, SEO technical improvements, and growth experiments. An active open-source contributor, he worked on the popular Jitsi Meet Electron desktop app, adding React-driven UI and build tooling across platforms. He pairs hands-on coding with a product-minded approach that repeatedly turns performance and UX investments into higher conversion and organic growth.
10 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
AISSCE, AISSCE at Hansraj Model School, Punjabi Bagh, New DelhiBachelor of Technology IT and Mathematical Innovations, Bachelor of Technology IT and Mathematical Innovations at Cluster Innovation Centre, University of Delhi
English, Hindi
Github Skills (9)
javascript10
electron10
webpacker10
react10
webpack10
video-conferencing8
css7
html7
ui-design6
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
jitsi/jitsi-meet-electron
May 2018 - Aug 2018
Jitsi Meet desktop application powered by :electron:
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:51 commits, 39 PRs, 264 comments in 3 months
Contributions summary:Akshit primarily contributed to the desktop application's frontend, implementing React components and configuring the build process. They configured React using Webpack, which included setting up the build and template configurations for the frontend. The user also added an initial welcome page with navigation functionality. Furthermore, they made changes to the application's settings, including server URL configuration and start-up preferences for audio/video.
desktop-applicationelectronjitsijavascriptvideo-conferencing
akshitkrnagpal/youtube-api-demo
Oct 2018 - Dec 2020
Youtube Search API Demo
Contributions:65 commits, 9 PRs, 22 pushes in 2 years 2 months
apidemo-apiyoutube-search-apijavascriptexpress
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