Hey, I'm Jaidev

Full-stack Engineer

Engineering at

  • Bengaluru (IST)
  • 5+ years
  • React, Next.js, TypeScript, Node.js

Things I've built

case studies · coming soonlanding once i finish procrastinatingthe order system and coupon engine at plum, and fast claims on slow phones. written up properly, not rushed.

  • Open sourcerootsThe React design system every Banyan Cloud product runs on.Banyan Cloud · 2022

Where I've been

  1. Booking Holdings Centre of Excellence
    1. Full-stack Engineer II

      2026 – now
  2. Auth0 SDKs team, open source
    1. Senior Software Engineer, contract

      May – Sep 2026

      Shipped features in Auth0's open-source Node.js, Express and React SDKs.

  3. Health insurance and employee benefits2023 – 26
    1. Software Engineer III

      Apr 2025 – May 2026

      Built Plum's commerce core, FE + BE: orders, payments, coupons, pricing.

      What I did
      • OMS v2: orders separated from payments, partial and Health Wallet payments, Kafka fulfilment. ₹15L+ / month.
      • Coupon rule engine on json-rules-engine, with a visual builder, test runs and approvals. 150+ sales in 5 days.
      • Catalogue & Pricing service: SKUs, city and state pricing, employer-sponsored and upgrade pricing.
      • Lead CRM with insurer APIs for quotes, payment links and policy tracking. ₹7L+ / month.
      • Moved Health Checkups and Telehealth from synchronous REST onto Kafka.

      Node.js · TypeScript · Kafka · PostgreSQL · MongoDB · React · Next.js

    2. Software Engineer II

      Jul 2023 – Apr 2025

      Sole frontend owner for Claims, on the web and inside the mobile apps.

      What I did
      • Led the reimbursement claims revamp. NPS went up, and users wrote to the CTO about it.
      • Cashless Claims: FCP under 750 ms, LCP under 1.2 s, Lighthouse ~94.
      • Next.js and Chakra UI upgrades, automated with custom codemods.
      • Introduced unit testing, mentored new engineers, interviewed SDE-2 and SDE-3 candidates.

      React · TypeScript · Next.js · Zustand · React Query · Tailwind

  4. Cloud security platform (CNAPP)
    1. UI Engineer

      Aug 2022 – Jun 2023

      Built roots, the open-source design system behind every product.

      What I did
      • Set the frontend coding standards for the team.
      • Built a pgAdmin-style schema visualiser and configurable dashboards.

      React · Redux · Sass · Rollup

  5. UdyogYantraSaaS for food businesses, cloud and IoT
    1. Software Engineer I

      Feb 2021 – Jul 2022

      Joined as the first frontend engineer, left as frontend lead for every product.

      What I did
      • Led a state-wide dashboard for Andhra Pradesh's Mid Day Meal programme, monitoring child nutrition.
      • Built Store 1.0 from scratch: catalogue, search, ordering, Paytm payments, tracking.
      • Kitchen management software running on IoT devices and in the cloud.

      React · Redux · Sass

  6. InternshipsOptiPhoenix · Crio.Do · Dahlia Technologies
    1. Frontend & technical writing

      2018 – 2021

      A/B tests for client sites, and the technical writing in my Writing tab.

B.Tech, Computer Science, Guru Tegh Bahadur Institute of Technology · CGPA 8.72017 – 2021

Toolbox

Frontend

  • React
  • Next.js
  • TypeScript
  • Zustand
  • React Query
  • Tailwind
  • Sass

Backend & data

  • Node.js
  • Kafka
  • PostgreSQL
  • MongoDB

Build & ship

  • Vite
  • Rollup
  • Docker
  • GCP

Practices

  • Core Web Vitals
  • Design systems
  • Event-driven systems
  • Codemods

Filled: what I reach for daily

Shelf

Builder of the YearPlum · 2025For ownership, technical depth and business impact.
  • Hackathon winnerPlum · 2024
  • Hackathon runner-upPlum · 2025
  • Hack the Web winnerMSIT · 2020
  • 2× Top 10, technical writingCrio.Do · 2020

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