Karthik Jayakumar
Lead Software Engineer at LabRat.mobi
Tallinn, Harju County, Estonia
Summary
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Top SchoolKarthik Jayakumar is a Lead Software Engineer with 13 years of experience building web, backend, and game development technologies, currently leading next-generation Web and Native game tooling at LabRat.mobi from Tallinn. He previously shaped the architecture and code quality of large-scale remote gaming systems at Gamesys/Bally's and built low-latency live multiplayer and streaming game experiences at Playtech, working across TypeScript, Java, Node.js, WebRTC, websockets, and cloud-native tooling. Karthik blends deep game-client expertise (Pixi.js, WebGL, Spine) with production backend skills (Postgres, Docker, k8s, Argo CD, AWS) and a focus on CI/CD and observability. He’s comfortable moving between systems design and hands-on implementation, mentoring teams to maintain high code standards while delivering complex distributed features. An avid game developer by trade, his GitHub reflects practical, playable projects that underscore a pragmatic, product-focused engineering mindset.
13 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Information Technology, Bachelor's degree, Information Technology at Misrimal Navajee Munoth Jain Engineering College
English, Estonian, Tamil
Github Skills (200)
canvas2d10
lime10
web-animations-api10
easing-functions10
webextension10
assemblyscript10
game-development10
rendering-engine10
js-plugin10
javascript10
gltf10
animation10
game-engine10
rendering10
javascript-game10
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
goldenratio/console-browsers-gamepad
Jan 2016 - Dec 2017
Contributions:42 commits, 41 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 11 months
goldenratio/shape-shooter
Aug 2013 - Jul 2014
Contributions:16 commits in 11 months
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