About

Rakshit Shah is a highly skilled Senior Software Engineer with over 6 years of experience in web technologies, leadership, team and time management skills. He is currently working at Walmart Global Tech in the Customer Backbone team, where he is responsible for developing and enhancing the UI experience and performance of the platform. Prior to his current role, Rakshit was leading a team of top talents at KleerMail, where he ensured that the product vision was channeled across his team by providing insights on individual roles and responsibilities. He was also the frontend system architect for enhancing the UI experience and performance of the platform. Rakshit is a quick learner and passionate about developing applications. He is a Master's student in Computer Systems Engineering from Northeastern University with a focus on Software Design Engineering. His experience, skill set, domain knowledge, interest, and enthusiasm for software development, problem-solving, and continuous learning attitude are his strengths. Aside from his professional experience, Rakshit is also an Executive Secretary at the Rotaract Club of Nirma Institutes. He has organized music concerts of India’s topmost artists, headed and organized two National-Level Cultural Symposiums with the event budget of $65K each and event participation of over 12000 each while leading a team of over 500 volunteers. He has also brought in sponsorship deals of over $15K for events and helped other members seal their sponsorship deals. Moreover, he has organized quarterly Blood Donation Camps at Nirma University and collected over 1500 blood units. Rakshit has worked extensively in Banking and Financial Services as a Programmer Analyst at Cognizant. He developed web applications for project planning, reporting, and inventory using Agile methodology with constant client interaction. He also rebuilt the client’s internal website to improve the UI experience by shifting from ASP.NET to AngularJS framework, loading multiple views effortlessly thus increasing the performance by 75% and decreasing page abandonment rate by 50%. Rakshit holds a Master of Science (M.S.) in Computer Systems Engineering from Northeastern University and a Bachelor’s Degree in Electronics and Communications Engineering from Nirma University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. He is proficient in AWS, Ruby, Redux, ReactJS, and other software engineering technologies.