Senior Software
Engineer
I'm Aditya, a Senior Software Engineer at Wayground (formerly Quizizz), where I build scalable EdTech solutions. After hours, I tinker with LLMs and play guitar.
Leading Common Assessment
Platform Development
Spearheaded the complete 0-1 journey of a common assessment platform in just 4 months, enabling school administrators to benchmark student performance with data-driven insights.
Experience
7+ years of experience building scalable web applications and leading engineering initiatives
Senior Software Engineer
Wayground (formerly Quizizz)
June 2024 - Present
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Leading Common Assessment Project
- Spearheaded the development of common assessment platform enabling school and district administrators to benchmark student performance against multiple comparison metrics
- Led the complete 0-1 journey, transforming an exploratory concept into a standalone product in just 4 months
- Built a comprehensive common assessment solution that empowers educational institutions to make data-driven decisions about student progress
Software Engineer
Wayground (formerly Quizizz)
January 2024 - June 2024
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Engineering for Search & Discovery Team
- Spearheaded consolidation efforts of activity types—assessment, lesson, passage, and interactive video—making passage and interactive video first-class citizens
- Led the adoption of Quizizz's design system, tested its stability, and streamlined monetization logic, boosting metrics like sharing, hosting, copying, editing, and activations significantly
- Driving Root Cause Analysis (RCA) resulting in an 80% reduction in severe bugs, significantly enhancing system stability
- Spearheaded frontend development for a content discovery project, increasing click-through rates (CTR) by 6% for book discovery and 3% for skill discovery
- Migrated micro services from a monolithic API gateway to Kong gateway, improving scalability and performance of Go and Python-based services
Software Development Engineer
Wayground (formerly Quizizz)
August 2022 - December 2023
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Engineering for Growth Team
- Spearheaded the design of pageview events and framework-agnostic analytics client, streamlining integration across multiple front-end applications. This led to 60% reduction in package size
- Focused on improving SEO pages with architecture and performance enhancements, resulting in near-perfect scores on Lighthouse, boosting impressions and crawl rates significantly
- Actively involved in the migration of Nuxt 2 application to Vue3, involving extensive cross-team coordination for seamless transition
- Collaborated closely with business teams to design and implement a comprehensive framework for collecting organizational details
- Restructured authentication entry points, reducing code complexity by 60% with extensive test coverage (E2E, unit, and component)
Senior Frontend Engineer
Wayground (formerly Quizizz)
September 2021 - August 2022
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Engineering for Growth Team
- Developed and executed A/B tests tailored to different geographical regions to guide product enhancements and business decisions
- Worked hand-in-hand with product managers to ideate and execute growth strategies, focusing on measurable impacts on acquisition, activation, and retention metrics
- Contributed to key projects including phone authentication, mobile funnel optimization, SEO improvements, and Lighthouse performance tuning
- Played a pivotal role in international market expansion projects targeting school market penetration
Frontend Engineer
SupplyCompass
November 2019 - August 2021
Hyderabad, Telangana
Core Engineering Team Member at SupplyCompass Web Platform
- As a pivotal member of the core engineering team serving approximately 1,000 B2B customers, held end-to-end engineering responsibilities
- Acted as the lead engineer for the SupplyCompass Platform for brands, spearheading the architecture and development using React with MobX
- Successfully led the migration of the Manufacturer platform from Angular to React, enhancing scalability and performance
- Orchestrated an automated deployment pipeline for all frontend applications using GitHub Actions, streamlining release processes
Software Development Engineer I
Param.ai
June 2019 - November 2019
Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Full-stack development and performance optimization
- Broke down the platform into modular Vue.js components to increase reusability and maintainability
- Tuned front-end performance by integrating and configuring Webpack and Nginx, resulting in faster page load times
- Took end-to-end responsibility for developing and deploying the Param.ai Mobile App using React Native, TypeScript, MobX, and Firebase
Featured Projects
A showcase of key projects and technical achievements across EdTech, B2B platforms, and developer tools
Common Assessment Platform
A comprehensive platform enabling school and district administrators to benchmark student performance against multiple comparison metrics, including historical cohorts, subject peers, and grade-level counterparts.
Key Achievements:
- 0-1 product development in 4 months
- Empowers educational institutions with data-driven insights
- Built for scale to handle multiple school districts
Search & Discovery System
Frontend development for content discovery system that significantly improved user engagement and click-through rates across Quizizz's educational content platform.
Key Achievements:
- 6% CTR increase for book discovery
- 3% CTR increase for skill discovery
- Migrated microservices to Kong gateway
- 80% reduction in severe bugs through RCA processes
Framework-Agnostic Analytics Client
Designed and built a streamlined analytics client that works across multiple frontend applications, significantly reducing package size while improving integration efficiency.
Key Achievements:
- 60% reduction in package size
- Framework-agnostic design
- Streamlined integration across multiple applications
- Enhanced performance and efficiency
SEO & Performance Optimization
Comprehensive architecture and performance enhancements for SEO pages, achieving near-perfect Lighthouse scores and significantly improving search visibility.
Key Achievements:
- Near-perfect Lighthouse scores
- Significantly boosted impressions and crawl rates
- Server-side rendering optimization
- Architecture improvements for better performance
Authentication System Restructure
Complete overhaul of authentication entry points to support multiple authentication mechanisms with extensive test coverage and reduced complexity.
Key Achievements:
- 60% reduction in code complexity
- Extensive test coverage (E2E, unit, component)
- Support for multiple authentication mechanisms
- Improved security and maintainability
SupplyCompass B2B Platform
Lead engineer for a comprehensive B2B platform serving 1,000+ customers, handling end-to-end engineering responsibilities from architecture to deployment.
Key Achievements:
- Served 1,000+ B2B customers
- Led Angular to React migration
- Automated deployment pipeline with GitHub Actions
- End-to-end engineering ownership
Let's Connect
I'm always interested in discussing new opportunities, innovative projects, or just having a chat about technology and software engineering.
Currently based in
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
When I'm not coding, you'll find me playing metal or classical music on guitar, tinkering with LLMs, or exploring the latest in technology.