Nikhil Racha
Software Engineer
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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SeniorNikhil Racha is a software engineer with 8 years’ experience building scalable full-stack and mobile solutions, currently modernizing cloud-native risk systems at UBS. He has delivered performance and UX improvements that cut load times by over 50% and introduced real-time Socket-based updates and robust Azure security for financial data. Previously at Amazon he built a widely used internal React+TypeScript tool and backend APIs to support multi-location inventory and third-party seller workflows. Comfortable across Java, Python, C++, C#, PHP and the Node/React mobile stack (Ionic, React Native), he also mentors junior developers and drives measurable optimizations such as reducing a speech-to-text pipeline from 55s to 18s. Based in New York with an MS in Computer Science, he blends research curiosity with production-grade engineering and a track record of shipping high-impact features.
8 years of coding experience
Github Skills (12)
expressjs8
backend7
react6
database5
loading-bar5
middleware4
redux4
mysql4
progress-bar4
svg-files1
staruml1
java1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
nikhilracha/jobster
Oct 2020 - Apr 2021
Jobster is a job searching platform where users can hunt for the jobs based on their preferences. This project is built on ReactJS, ExpressJS for the backend and MySQL as the database.
Contributions:73 commits, 7 PRs, 66 pushes in 5 months
backenddatabaseexpressjsmysqlreact
nikhilracha/ConnectUS
Mar 2018 - Jun 2020
ConnectUS aka Edu-Desk(E-services Development Unit) is a platform which connects Student Volunteers to various schemes and programmes of the Goverment of Sikkim
Contributions:6 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 3 months
spring-bootgovermentvolunteersdeskprogrammes
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