Resume
Akshat Arora
Professional Experience
BrickRed Systems
11/2024 – PresentFull Stack Developer - Software Engineer
Remote, CanadaClient Engagements & Internal Projects: Microsoft, Investors Title Company, BrickRed SaaS & VisionAI
Microsoft
C#, .NET, Azure DevOps, Azure Ecosystem
- ›Developed scalable enterprise solutions using C#, .NET, and the Azure ecosystem, including App Services, Functions, Key Vault, and Storage Accounts.
- ›Investigated and resolved complex backend bugs for the Service Map and Infrastructure Insights project, enhancing system stability and overall code quality for cloud-native observability tools.
- ›Served as a GitHub Copilot expert, establishing prompt engineering standards and training team members to accelerate development cycles and improve code quality.
- ›Modernized CI/CD infrastructure by migrating legacy OneBranch pipelines to YAML-based Azure DevOps pipelines, incorporating integrated unit and automated testing.
Investors Title Company
Enterprise C#/.NET Systems
- ›Maintained and enhanced mission-critical enterprise C#/.NET applications, ensuring high performance and stability in core business workflows.
- ›Engineered custom extensions for SoftPro Select to automate the generation of CPL (Closing Protection Letter) documents, streamlining core business workflows.
- ›Streamlined SQL database operations for high-volume transactions, minimizing downtime and optimizing query performance across distributed services.
- ›Refactored and modularized legacy codebases, significantly reducing technical debt and improving long-term maintainability for enterprise-scale systems.
- ›Authored comprehensive API documentation and technical guides, improving developer onboarding time and reducing support requests across engineering teams.
BrickRed In-house Projects
- ›Acted as a Frontend Developer for the Microsoft Security Ambassador project, for Microsoft internal Employees, building internal tools with Power Apps and the Microsoft web stack to track and manage security initiatives.
- ›Served as Tech Lead for the end-to-end migration of the CattleUSA application from Ionic to React Native, overseeing the full mobile and web development lifecycle.
- ›Managed a team of 4 junior developers, providing technical mentorship, conducting code reviews, and ensuring architectural consistency across React Native and Next.js platforms.
- ›Engineered scalable microservices architecture with React, Next.js, and Azure DevOps, managing cross-product dependencies and ensuring seamless integration between services.
- ›Implemented advanced dependency injection frameworks to decouple services, enabling independent deployments while maintaining shared business logic and utilities.
- ›Optimized monorepo build and deployment pipelines, reducing build times and enabling efficient management of multiple product releases from a single codebase.
- ›Enhanced authentication workflows and implemented secure API integrations for seamless third-party service connectivity across all SaaS offerings.
- ›Collaborating within Agile teams, leveraging CI/CD pipelines and GitHub Copilot to accelerate development cycles, automate testing, and reduce release time across multiple product lines.
- ›Integrating AI-powered development tools across projects, improving code quality, developer productivity, and establishing standardized coding patterns throughout the monorepo.
Ingenico
09/2023 – 12/2023Android Developer - Co-op
Toronto, ON- ›Developed Android-compatible payment terminal API using Kotlin, ensuring seamless integration with Ingenico's payment processing ecosystem and maintaining compatibility with existing terminal hardware.
- ›Accelerated API development progress from 50% to 75% completion within a four-month period, delivering critical payment processing endpoints and transaction handling modules.
- ›Optimized development workflows by implementing Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) practices, reducing sprint cycle times by 25% and improving cross-team collaboration.
- ›Implemented secure authentication mechanisms and encrypted communication protocols (TLS/SSL) to ensure PCI DSS compliance and protect sensitive payment data across terminal systems.
- ›Designed and documented RESTful API interfaces for payment authorization, transaction management, and terminal configuration operations.
- ›Collaborated with hardware engineering teams to ensure API compatibility with Ingenico's payment terminal product line.
FOLK Developers
07/2021 – 09/2022Flutter Developer - Flutter Frontend - Team Lead
Remote, India- ›Architected and developed cross-platform mobile applications using Flutter and Dart, delivering production-ready releases on schedule across iOS and Android platforms while establishing development best practices, including state management patterns (Provider/Bloc) and code review processes.
- ›Implemented secure authentication flows using Firebase Authentication with multi-factor authentication support, designed Firestore database schemas for real-time data synchronization, and integrated Firebase backend services (Cloud Functions, Cloud Messaging, Analytics) with WordPress REST API for content management.
- ›Managed Agile development cycles with sprint planning and retrospectives, accelerating project delivery by 40% and reducing backend development overhead by 50% through efficient Firebase and WordPress integration, improving application scalability by 25%.
- ›Mentored junior developers on Flutter framework fundamentals, widget lifecycle management, and coordinated with cross-functional teams to ensure consistent API contracts and optimal user experience.
Education
Graduated 4/2024
Mobile Solutions Development (Co-op)
Conestoga College
Waterloo, ON
GPA: 3.7/4.0 (80.4%) — Distinction
Graduated 8/2022
Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science (AI and ML)
Sharda University
U.P., India
GPA: 3.9/4.0 (85%)
Technical Skills
Languages
C#.NETJavaJavaScript (ES6+)TypeScriptDartSwiftKotlinSQLPHPC/C++
Cloud & DevOps
Microsoft Azure (FunctionsApp ServicesKey VaultSQL DatabaseEntra ID)Azure DevOps (YAML Pipelines)GitHub CopilotDockerAWSGCPFirebaseCloudFlare
Frontend & Web
ReactNext.jsAngularJSVue.jsExpress.jsNode.jsHTML5CSS3Tailwind CSS
Mobile Development
React NativeFlutterSwiftUIAndroid SDK
Architecture & Tools
MicroservicesMonorepo ArchitectureDependency InjectionRESTful APIsMongoDBGitJIRAConfluenceFigmaSAFeAgile