Ankit Agarwal

About Ankit Agarwal

A results-driven Engineering Leader with a strong track record of leading high-performing frontend teams and delivering scalable, high-impact solutions. Passionate about modernising architectures, optimizing performance, and driving innovation through cutting-edge technologies.Expert in React, TypeScript, Redux, Microfrontends, and cloud-based architectures, I specialize in breaking down monoliths, reducing technical debt, and accelerating project delivery. With a deep focus on performance optimization, scalable frontend strategies, and seamless integrations, I thrive in cross-functional collaboration and fostering a culture of technical excellence.Let’s connect to discuss engineering leadership, frontend scalability, and building high-performance teams!

Experience

1. Engineering Leader

   Tesco

   Feb 2024 — Present · Bengaluru, IN

   Spearheaded cross-functional collaboration and strategic planning among five engineering teams,resulting in a 30% increase in project delivery speed and a 20% improvement in product qualitybenchmarks.• Reduced Azure build pipeline time by 83%(from 35 minutes to 6 minutes), drastically improvingdeployment efficiency and accelerating release cycles.• Modernised legacy React codebase, upgrading from React 16 to React 18, improving maintainability andperformance while reducing technical debt.• Enhanced site performance by optimising Lighthouse scores and core web vitals, leading to a fasterpage load time and improved user engagement.• Implemented New Relic, Zen-desk, and BigPanda integration, improving monitoring efficiency, reducingdowntime, and ensuring faster incident resolution.• Developed synthetic monitoring scripts, ensuring real-time tracking of critical services and boostingoverall system uptime.• Optimised bundle sizes, reducing load times and enhancing the user experience for millions of websitevisitors.• Migrated to TypeScript and functional hooks, improving code reliability, readability, and reducing errorsin legacy React projects.• Managed a secure, SSO-enabled CMS platform allowing seamless content authoring, assetmanagement, and user-generated content moderation for targeted digital campaigns.• Spearheaded the transformation of engineering processes, resulting in a 50% reduction in systemoutages and a 30% enhancement in team productivity by integrating cutting-edge technologies and agile methodologies.

Education

• Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra

  Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering

  2009 — 2013

• S.V.M PUBLIC SCHOOL

  AISSCE,2008, SCIENCE

  2005 — 2008

Skills

• Turbo C++
• Intel 8085
• Gulp.js
• Multisim
• Visual Basic
• Html5
• Data Analysis
• Databases
• Algorithms
• Angularjs
• Javascript
• Data Warehousing
• Oracle
• Data Entry
• Sql
• Linux
• Asp.net
• Core Java
• Sharepoint
• Testing
• Vissim
• C#
• C Language
• C++
• Gruntjs
• Requirements Gathering
• Communication
• Vhdl
• Pl/Sql
• Html
• React
• Javascriptmvc
• Redux
• C
• Programming
• Matlab
• Php
• Data Structures
• Css
• Underscore.js