Summary
Vikas Kasu is a Lead Full Stack Developer based in the Austin metro area with nine years of experience building high-performance web applications across insurance, transportation, logistics, and steel industries. He combines deep Java/Spring backend skills with modern front-end expertise in Angular, Node.js and performance-first design (applying Big O thinking) to speed page renders and reduce backend calls by up to 50%. At enterprises like State Farm and LTI he has driven microservice decompositions, CI/CD automation, and platform deployments (PCF), while also creating reusable archetypes and tools that cut development time and annual enhancement costs. He regularly leads offshore teams and delivers measurable business impact—reducing stalls, improving UX, and saving costs—rooted in strong testing and TDD practices. His background includes dual MS degrees (Information Technology & Management and Mechanical Engineering), reflecting a multidisciplinary problem-solving approach and an eye for system-level optimization.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Mechanical Engineering, 3.62 CGPA, Master of Science - MS, Mechanical Engineering, 3.62 CGPA at Arizona State University
Salesforce, Salesforce at Trailhead by Salesforce
Master of Science - MS, Information Technology and Management, 3.8 CGPA, Master of Science - MS, Information Technology and Management, 3.8 CGPA at Illinois Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Mechanical Engineering at Anna University Chennai