About

Rahul Makhija is a Senior Frontend Engineer at Razorpay with over 3 years of experience in the field of Frontend Development. He has a passion for analyzing how popular websites were built and delivering technical talks. Rahul believes that a product is truly great when it finds the perfect balance between technical, business, and customer needs. He strives to find this balance in everything that he does. With prior public speaking and leadership experience at Toastmasters, Rahul has learned good skills at collaborating with people. He channels those skills in giving technical presentations to his peers at the office or to other developers at Meetups. Rahul primarily works on React.js, Redux, and Javascript, and is also interested in Node.js, the business side of a company, S.E.O., and Wordpress. Rahul has worked with Pushengage as a Software Engineer, where he led the frontend architecture and development, built simple and performant UI’s for a global audience, converted a desktop-only app into mobile responsive, collaborated with backend developers to integrate REST APIs, worked on cross-browser compatibility for popular web browsers, tracked and resolved real-time bugs faced by users using Sentry.js, partnered with marketing executives to track key metrics using Google Analytics & other marketing tools, and integrated a ReactJS frontend on the WordPress company website. He has also worked with BFC Technologies as a UI Developer, where he developed a responsive dashboard with charts and data tables based on design requirements, boosted application performance by up to 50% to improve UX, integrated 3rd party payment gateway into the company website, and partnered with marketing executives to implement appropriate SEO strategy. Rahul has a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering from New Horizon College of Engineering. He has relevant experience of 5.62 years and possesses skills in Frontend, Javascript, Redux, ReactJS, UI, Software Engineer, NodeJS, Mobile, Backend, and Web.