Ashish Santikari

Built Deep Dialog Learning system using Python, AWS RDS, and AWS Cloud infra, reducing student time-to-exam readiness for 13,000+ students through AI-powered personalized learning paths. Built Custom Copilot for Microsoft Teams using Microsoft Graph APIs and TypeScript, increasing active learning engagement and earning showcase recognition by Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella at AI Tour 2024 Berlin.

Redesigned complete technical architecture of SASS platform to React, TypeScript, React Query stack with Vite, reducing lead time by 40%. Establishing engineering standards, processes and implemented comprehensive testing framework. Led 4 frontend developers within 8-person engineering providing the team with technical help and mentorship.

Built end-to-end time-off management and real-time workforce distribution features in a 2‑month engagement for a global workforce.

Built conversion-optimized shopping cart and affiliate marketing features contributing to 15% QOQ revenue growth through improved UX and strategic product recommendations. Strengthened Shop Apotheke’s frontend platform as an active Frontend Chapter contributor by driving refactors, reducing technical debt, and prototyping next‑gen shopping cart solutions to improve maintainability and delivery speed.

Built multiple white-label fintech products resulting in securing new clients for the company resulting in expansion and revenue growth. Built multiple back-office features for Machine Learning based categorization engine to classify transactions, increasing accuracy to ~70%+ and expanding spend coverage (e.g., gambling/lottery, utilities).

Client: Atlassian - delivered multi-currency checkout and internationalization driving $6M revenue and 35% sales lift. Core stack included React, Redux and Typescript. Client: Veritas – delivered Entitlement Management System in Angular stack by replacing Salesforce resulting in reduced operating expenses. Built frontend platforms PowerMe and DataCatalog (https://www.genpact.com/solutions/powerme) from scratch for enterprise clients and mentored engineers while reporting to the CTO.

Partnered with Project Managers and development teams to ship multiple projects for Cisco enterprise on-premise platforms, increasing adoption by ~15% across mid-to-large enterprise customers. Mentored 4 graduate engineers, cutting ramp-up time by ~30% and improving team delivery throughput. Delivered scalable, enterprise-grade networking software with multiple cross-disciplinary teams, supporting deployments of 10,000+ Linksys devices while meeting quality and delivery SLAs.