Resume

resume.json

{
  "basics": {
    "name": "Rajesh Kanna",
    "label": "Senior Software Engineer | Technical Lead",
    "image": "https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/ba8fc6082292e59fbb54fd10203d3ddc43881889dd23e0756aea9019ec5f3ba8?size=512&d=initials",
    "email": "rajesh@kanna.in",
    "phone": "+14047177084",
    "url": "https://www.kanna.in",
    "summary": "Full-stack engineer with 15+ years building and leading software delivery. Delivered enterprise solutions for Walmart and McKesson; shipped products for YC startups including Rippling. Led India HQ operations: sales, marketing, delivery, hiring. Core stack: React, Node.js, Ruby on Rails. Strong in system design, microservices, performance optimization, and Agile delivery.",
    "location": {
      "address": "12202 Summerwood Ln",
      "postalCode": "30005",
      "city": "Alpharetta",
      "countryCode": "US",
      "region": "Georgia"
    },
    "profiles": [
      {
        "network": "Twitter",
        "username": "vrajeshkanna1",
        "url": "https://twitter.com/vrajeshkanna1"
      },
      {
        "network": "Github",
        "username": "vrajeshkanna",
        "url": "https://github.com/vrajeshkanna"
      },
      {
        "network": "LinkedIn",
        "username": "rajesh-kanna-v",
        "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/rajesh-kanna-v/"
      }
    ]
  },
  "work": [
    {
      "name": "TaskRabbit",
      "url": "https://www.taskrabbit.com/",
      "position": "Senior Software Engineer",
      "startDate": "2019-09",
      "highlights": [
        "Lead migration of fulfilment platform from monolith to target-state microservices; drive Agentic AI engineering practices and architecture standards.",
        "Own BMOS (Batch Matching Optimization System): ML-based batch matching for tasks and taskers; own architecture, release coordination, and cross-team support.",
        "Reduced recommendation latency; improved P99 and page load performance.",
        "Built and maintained TaskRabbit React Native app (Rails API) and React/Redux web front end.",
        "Led invoicing engine development during re-platforming; decomposed monolith into modular engines.",
        "Designed and ran pricing A/B tests; delivered pricing features that increased revenue."
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Navir Labs",
      "url": "https://navirlabs.kanna.in/",
      "position": "Founder, Full-Stack Engineer",
      "startDate": "2019-01-01",
      "highlights": [
        "TNEA: Full-stack web app (jQuery, Node.js/Express) for engineering stream selection; ranked colleges/majors by cutoff data.",
        "School List: React/Redux and Rails app for school discovery (proximity, affordability, quality; 10+ factors).",
        "Quick Send: React Native app with Node/Express backend for quick message and quote sharing (iOS, Android).",
        "Tamil Memes: React Native app with Node/Express backend (iOS, Android).",
        "Tamil Radio: Native Android app for mobile, tablet, Android TV, Chromecast, wearables.",
        "Desi Radios PWA: Node/Express/GraphQL backend; responsive PWA for online radio (web, iOS, Android).",
        "Paadal: jQuery + Node/Express app indexing Tamil songs from YouTube; search by artist, actor, music director.",
        "Trained LoRA models for SDXL; built blockchain networks and Web3 dApps; built GPT-4 Tweet reply application.",
        "Deployed projects on DigitalOcean (nginx) and Heroku."
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Codebrahma Technologies",
      "url": "https://www.codebrahma.com/",
      "position": "VP of Tech and Delivery",
      "startDate": "2017-06-26",
      "endDate": "2019-01-26",
      "summary": "Led India HQ: Sales, Marketing, Delivery, Hiring.",
      "highlights": [
        "Drove 58% YoY profit growth; positioned company as React and React Native specialist.",
        "Delivered for YC startups (Rippling, MinoGames, Dose.Dr) and enterprises (Chola Finance, Aditya Birla).",
        "Standardized HR on Zoho People: onboarding, offboarding, leave, comp-off, 360 reviews.",
        "Documented best practices; created project boilerplates, templates, and company handbook.",
        "Reduced hiring cycle to 10 days; built and ran remote campus hiring across 5 campuses.",
        "Cut attrition to 15% via policy updates, engagement, feedback loops, and equipment upgrades.",
        "Mentorhq.com: PM and full-stack (FFmpeg video merging, Node.js, customer retention); Judge: React + Rails.",
        "Shipped HIPAA-compliant React/Redux front end for YC healthcare startup."
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Manhattan Associates, US",
      "url": "https://www.manh.com/",
      "position": "Principal Analyst, Transportation Management",
      "startDate": "2014-01-01",
      "endDate": "2017-06-16",
      "summary": "Designed and delivered solutions for complex logistics software; wrote design and technical specs; led junior analysts.",
      "highlights": [
        "McKesson account coding: Enhanced Transportation 2010 for McKesson; new framework improved performance 5x.",
        "ROSS Inbound: Rule-based framework for dynamic order destination assignment.",
        "Performance: Analyzed heap/thread dumps, ASH/AWR/ADDM; tuned SQL; removed bottlenecks.",
        "Security: Remediated Heartbleed, BEAST and other vulnerabilities per IBM security scans."
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Manhattan Associates, US",
      "url": "https://www.manh.com/",
      "position": "Senior Analyst, Transportation Management",
      "startDate": "2011-11-04",
      "endDate": "2013-12-31",
      "summary": "Drove development process improvements; owned features from requirements through release.",
      "highlights": [
        "McKesson archive/purge: Rewrote stored procedure; 10x performance gain; used AWR and monitoring to find bottlenecks.",
        "CI/CD: Built Jenkins pipeline for SDN automation; fix packs keyed to commit id/git tag.",
        "Git migration: Migrated 45 projects from ClearCase to Git; trained team and set repo standards."
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Manhattan Associates, India",
      "url": "https://www.manh.com/en-in",
      "position": "Software Engineer, Transportation Management",
      "startDate": "2009-01-01",
      "endDate": "2011-11-03",
      "summary": "Java and web development for logistics; complex features and production troubleshooting.",
      "highlights": [
        "Freight Audit and Pay (FAP): Developed and refactored module for auditing transport costs and carrier payments.",
        "SCOPE Studio: Built Eclipse plugins for SCPP UI (autocomplete, drag-and-drop) to improve developer workflow.",
        "Security: Fixed XSS and SQL injection vulnerabilities.",
        "Retail Routing: Implemented warehouse-to-transport routing (cross-team).",
        "TLM SaaS: Cloud transportation app; delivered plan path, MCW, invoice short-pay and other enhancements."
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Manhattan Associates, India",
      "url": "https://www.manh.com/en-in",
      "position": "Associate Software Engineer, Transportation Management",
      "startDate": "2007-06-18",
      "endDate": "2008-12-31",
      "highlights": [
        "Transportation Execution: Bridge between WMS and TMS; TE Planning Engine routes orders at 6000/min.",
        "Manual Load Planning: Designed and built full UI for WM users to plan/re-plan shipments (Consolidation Engine fallback).",
        "AF Logistics: Enhanced PO updates, consignment UI, TO quantity sync, cost recalc, shipment line and cost adjustments."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "education": [
    {
      "institution": "Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani",
      "url": "https://www.bits-pilani.ac.in/",
      "area": "Software Systems",
      "studyType": "Master",
      "startDate": "2009-05-01",
      "endDate": "2011-04-01",
      "score": "7.79"
    },
    {
      "institution": "National Institute Of Technology, Trichy",
      "url": "https://www.nitt.edu/",
      "area": "Chemical Engineering",
      "studyType": "Bachelor",
      "startDate": "2003-08-01",
      "endDate": "2007-05-01",
      "score": "7.61"
    }
  ],
  "skills": [
    {
      "name": "Core",
      "keywords": [
        "Software Engineering",
        "System Design",
        "Microservices",
        "Agile",
        "Scrum",
        "Technical Leadership",
        "Mentoring",
        "API Development",
        "REST",
        "GraphQL"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Languages",
      "keywords": ["JavaScript", "Java", "Ruby", "SQL", "R"]
    },
    {
      "name": "Web & Backend",
      "keywords": [
        "Node.js",
        "Express",
        "Ruby on Rails",
        "React",
        "Redux",
        "Gatsby",
        "jQuery"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "DevOps & Build",
      "keywords": [
        "Docker",
        "CI/CD",
        "Jenkins",
        "Webpack",
        "Gradle",
        "Git",
        "Linux"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Databases",
      "keywords": ["PostgreSQL", "MySQL", "Oracle", "Redis", "Elasticsearch"]
    },
    {
      "name": "Cloud & Infrastructure",
      "keywords": ["AWS", "Heroku", "DigitalOcean", "Netlify", "nginx"]
    },
    {
      "name": "Mobile",
      "keywords": ["React Native", "Android", "iOS", "PWA"]
    }
  ],
  "volunteer": [
    {
      "organization": "Junior Achievement",
      "position": "Mentor",
      "url": "https://www.juniorachievement.org",
      "startDate": "2015-01-01",
      "endDate": "2015-01-01",
      "summary": "Junior Achievement's Purpose is to inspire and prepare young people to succeed in a global economy.",
      "highlights": [
        "Mentored students in personal financial planning and career exploration (JA Finance Park)."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "awards": [
    {
      "title": "2013 CHOICE Award",
      "date": "2014-01-01",
      "awarder": "Manhattan Associates",
      "summary": "For Excellence in Operational Improvement"
    }
  ],
  "interests": [
    {
      "name": "Software",
      "keywords": ["Reverse Engineering", "Computer Networks"]
    },
    {
      "name": "Others",
      "keywords": ["Economics", "Photography", "Mindfulness", "Music"]
    }
  ],
  "languages": [
    {
      "language": "English",
      "fluency": "Native or bilingual proficiency"
    },
    {
      "language": "Tamil",
      "fluency": "Native or bilingual proficiency"
    },
    {
      "language": "Telugu",
      "fluency": "Elementary proficiency"
    }
  ]
}