Nikhil Kumaran S

About Nikhil Kumaran S

I am a Senior Frontend Developer at Snowflake, the leading cloud data platform, helping businesses store, analyse, and share massive amounts of data on a highly scalable platform built to handle huge workloads effortlessly.I have 6 years of experience in architecting projects by bringing in the best tools, implementing best practices, and making apps scalable and maintainable in the long run. This includes setting up the folder structure, state management, authentication, data fetching, routing, rendering, styling, and testing.Developed independent, reusable, responsive React components in a component library by following a design system with Storybook. I\'m a design system advocate. Checkout my react component library - https://github.com/Nikhil-Kumaran/nk-design-system I involve in the complete lifecycle of a feature from design discussions to deployment. I have experience on profiling and improving the performance of React applications. Checkout my blog post on React optimizations - https://dev.to/nikhilkumaran/react-performance-improvements-make-your-react-app-performant-12bmI have strong experience with build tools like Webpack and Babel. Checkout my reactjs-boilerplate tool I use redux for state management when necessary. I unit test my react components with react-testing-library and perform end to end functionality testing with cypress or Puppeteer.I have experience in upgrading legacy React applications(v0.14.0 and v15.5.0) to the latest. These two applications are not bootstrapped with \"create-react-app\", had their own Webpack and babel configs that needed migration to the latest version.I have experience in SSR and SSG. I developed my blog website(https://nikhilkumaran.dev) using Next.jsApart from constant self-learning, I always had a soft corner for knowledge sharing. I share my knowledge by writing blog posts, giving tech talks, and contributing to open-source projects. I also mentored interns in Frontend development.

Experience

1. Co-founder

   Chennai React

   Feb 2024 — Present

   The official Reactjs community in namma Chennai We are a community of enthusiasts who are passionate about all things Reactjs. This community provides a platform to meetup, connect, and deepen our knowledge on the latest trends and developments in Reactjs and Frontend in General. Whether you\'re a beginner or an expert, join us to explore and discuss the intersection of technology, society, and the Reactjs framework. Let\'s collaborate, learn, and grow together as a community!https://chennaireact.in

Education

• Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering

  Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science

  2015 — 2019

• New Prince Matriculation Higher Secondary School

  Computer Science

  2006 — 2015