Nikhil Ponaganti

Summary

Senior Full-Stack Engineer with 6+ years of production experience building high-performance frontend architectures, reactive web applications, and cloud-native AI systems. Deeply proficient in Frontend technologies (React, Next.js, Angular, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS) alongside Backend development (Python FastAPI/Flask, Node.js, .NET) and cloud platforms (Azure, GCP). Proven track record of optimizing page load times by 30%, building ontology-driven MCP agents, and coordinating end-to-end features.

Experience

Senior Software Development Engineer Feb 2023 – Present

Ofofo Pvt Ltd — Bengaluru

Next.js · React · TypeScript · Angular · Tailwind CSS · Node.js · Python FastAPI · Electron · Flowise · Docker · GCP · Azure · D3.js · Stripe · Twilio

Architected and shipped a cross-platform Electron desktop app automating cloud compliance evidence collection across GCP, Azure, and AWS against all major SCF frameworks.
Built an ontology-driven MCP server mapping natural-language prompts to Steampipe queries and compliance controls.
Designed a responsive, AI-native chat UI library rendering interactive dashboard components (forms, score cards, snapshot diffs) inline as streaming agent tool outputs.
Built a RAG document pipeline UI for the SaaS platform with file upload progress, vector store integration, and semantic search.
Implemented SSR + SEO; achieved a 30% page-load reduction through structured data and route-level code-splitting across 20+ pages.
Integrated Stripe payments, Twilio real-time communications, and knowledge-graph visualization using D3.js pulling live Neo4j data.
Maintained Docker deployment of 9 microservices on GCP, managing frontend-to-backend API contracts.

Full-Stack Developer Feb 2021 – Feb 2023

AxiomIO Technologies — Hyderabad

React · Angular · Vue.js · Node.js · Python Flask · .NET · AWS S3/CloudFront/Cognito · ng-bootstrap · SSR

Led major version upgrades of Angular marketplace applications (Angular 8 to Angular 18), resolving breaking API changes, optimizing bundles, and integrating SSR (Server-Side Rendering) for enhanced performance and SEO.
Developed responsive, interactive SPA interfaces using React, Vue.js, and Angular; implemented custom directives, reactive forms, and UI primitives with @ng-bootstrap/ng-bootstrap, prioritizing smooth hardware-accelerated scrolling and layout stability.
Built a React HR-management SaaS dashboard with approval chains and JWT authentication via AWS Cognito.
Developed a Vue.js real-time trading interface with live Chart.js price feeds and Web3 wallet integration.
Designed and developed frontend reactive web applications and integrated backend REST APIs with .NET/Python Flask.

Web Designer Jun 2020 – Feb 2021

Sam Computronics — Hyderabad

Built a custom internal tool that streamlined customer-service operations through automated request routing.

Skills

Frontend	Next.js, React, TypeScript, Vue.js, Angular, Tailwind CSS, D3.js, Chart.js, Electron, PWA, SSR, SSG
Backend	Node.js, Python, Flask, FastAPI, .NET (Dot Net), REST APIs, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, MySQL, Drizzle ORM
AI / LLM	LiteLLM, Flowise, RAG Pipelines, Prompt Engineering, MCP (Model Context Protocol), AI Agents, Local SLMs, Tool Calls, Neo4j
Cloud & DevOps	Azure, GCP, AWS S3, AWS CloudFront, AWS Cognito, Docker, Vercel, GitHub Actions, CI/CD, Steampipe, Powerpipe
Integrations	Stripe, Twilio, Web3.js, JWT, NeoDB, AWS CodeCommit
Compliance	SOC 2, HIPAA, ISO 27001, NIST CSF, PCI DSS, GDPR, CIS CSC v8, Essential 8, SCF Frameworks

Education

M.Tech — Computer Science

BITS Pilani WILP

2026 — In Progress

B.Tech — Computer Science

Malla Reddy Institute of Technology

2020