Vaibhav Gaikwad — Senior Angular Engineer

Professional Summary

Senior Frontend Engineer with 8+ years building production-grade Angular applications for global enterprise clients — currently owning frontend work on CSRD (Customer Service Representative Desktop) at Netcracker. Deep expertise in Angular (v2–v20), Module Federation micro-frontends, NgRx / RxJS / Signals, SSR, GraphQL and REST integrations, and CI/CD-backed delivery. Go-to engineer for architecture decisions, code reviews and mentoring; delivers end to end from design through AWS deployment. Strong async collaboration across distributed Agile teams, with IST overlap for UK/EU mornings and US East Coast evenings.

Core Skills

Frontend

Angular (2–20)TypeScriptJavaScript (ES6+)RxJSNgRxAngular SignalsHTML5CSS3 / SCSSAngular MaterialTailwind CSS

Architecture

Micro-frontendsModule FederationWebpackSSRLazy loadingPerformance optimisationReusable UI SDKs / design systems

APIs & Backend

GraphQLRESTNode.jsExpressMongoDB

Quality

JasmineKarmaJestTestCafePlaywrightESLintUnit & E2E automation

DevOps

GitGitHubBitbucketGitLab CI/CDJenkinsDockerKubernetesAWS (EC2, S3)

Ways of working

Agile / ScrumJIRACode reviewMentoringTechnical documentationDistributed teams

Work Experience

1. Senior Software Engineer — Netcracker Technology Solutions

   Jun 2023 – Present

   Pune, India

   CSRD — Customer Service Representative Desktop (telecom OSS/BSS agent desktop)

   • Lead frontend development on CSRD, a large-scale customer-service desktop used by 10+ Tier-1 telecom operators across Europe, Asia and the Americas (Angular 14–20; ~5 years continuous product ownership including prior role).
   • Architected 4 micro-frontend modules using Module Federation, enabling independent squad deployments and removing cross-team release coupling on CSRD.
   • Implemented NgRx for complex multi-step CSR / OSS-BSS workflows, significantly reducing UI state defects across agent journeys.
   • Eliminated memory leaks in critical CSRD modules by standardising RxJS teardown patterns (takeUntil / async pipe) and enforcing subscription hygiene in reviews.
   • Go-to person for architecture decisions and code reviews; mentor a squad of 3–5 junior and mid engineers and raise frontend quality standards.
   • Collaborate with backend on REST / GraphQL and Node.js/Express service contracts; own delivery through GitLab CI, Jenkins, Docker and AWS (EC2 / S3).

2. Software Engineer — Netcracker Technology Solutions

   Nov 2021 – Jun 2023

   Pune, India

   CSRD · Clients: NUUDAY, Telesat

   • Delivered multiple phases of CSRD for enterprise telecom clients including NUUDAY and Telesat within a 16-member Agile team, covering frontend development, pre-production and onsite production support.
   • Designed reusable UI widgets and SDK-driven components (Angular, TypeScript, JavaScript / SDK2), improving scalability and UI performance across CSRD modules.
   • Integrated CIP/REST and GraphQL for efficient agent-desktop data handling; expanded automation with Jasmine / Karma / Jest and TestCafe / Playwright E2E suites to cut regression effort.
   • Worked extensively with RxJS observables and operators for real-time async UI flows in high-traffic CSR screens.

3. Software Engineer — M3BI India Pvt Ltd (A Zensar Company)

   Oct 2019 – Nov 2021

   Pune, India

   • Built full-stack features with Angular 8–12, Node.js and MongoDB for insurance and BI clients (including Marsh); shipped secure, maintainable web applications.
   • Integrated GraphQL on the frontend to reduce over-fetching and improve page-load performance; created reusable Angular component libraries shared across modules.
   • Ran Docker / Kubernetes-based staging and production workflows; delivered a Power BI + Angular POC for in-app analytics visualisation.

4. Software Developer — Angular Minds Pvt Ltd

   Jun 2018 – Sep 2019

   Pune, India

   • Built Angular web apps and Ionic (Cordova / Capacitor) hybrid mobile apps for Android and iOS; owned end-to-end store release pipelines.
   • Delivered client projects with Angular 2–7, Node.js, MongoDB, Bootstrap 4, HTML5 and CSS3 in a fast-turnaround agency environment.

5. Web Developer — Softmatic Technologies Pvt Ltd

   Jun 2017 – Jun 2018

   Pune, India

   • Developed and maintained Angular 2/4 client applications with TypeScript, HTML5, CSS3, Angular Material and Bootstrap.
   • Integrated REST APIs and third-party services; collaborated directly with clients to ship UI features on tight deadlines.

Selected Projects

• CSRD — Customer Service Representative Desktop

  Netcracker

  Angular 14–20, TypeScript, NgRx, RxJS, Module Federation, GraphQL, REST, TestCafe, Playwright

  Enterprise CSR / agent desktop for Tier-1 telecom operators (incl. NUUDAY, Telesat). Built modular micro-frontends, reusable SDK widgets, NgRx-managed multi-step service workflows and CI/CD-backed releases on GitLab CI / Jenkins / AWS. Focus areas: performance, memory-leak prevention, automated regression and mentoring frontend engineers.

• RaterSpot — Multi-rating Insurance Platform

  InsurTech

  AngularJS, Angular 7, Node.js, MongoDB, SendGrid, Twilio

  End-to-end insurance workflow from leads to bind policy, with carrier and insured history management, SendGrid transactional email and Twilio SMS integrations.

• Numnu — Consumer App & Admin PWA

  Consumer mobile

  Ionic 3, Angular 5, PWA

  Location-based discovery app with modular architecture and dual roles (Super Admin / Business) for content and engagement management, plus offline caching and native camera/gallery integration.