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I am a dedicated software engineer with extensive experience in front-end development, specializing in React and UI/UX enhancements. I have contributed to significant projects including ArcGIS Notebooks, JupyterLab notebook extensions, and mobile apps focused on accessibility. My background combines strong technical skills with a passion for building user-friendly software that improves efficiency and user engagement. Throughout my career, I have worked with diverse teams across different industries ranging from mapping software at ESRI to financial services at the Royal Bank of Scotland, and research projects at Northwestern University. I continuously seek to learn and implement the latest technologies to create innovative solutions and meaningful user experiences.…I am a dedicated software engineer with extensive experience in front-end development, specializing in React and UI/UX enhancements. I have contributed to significant projects including ArcGIS Notebooks, JupyterLab notebook extensions, and mobile apps focused on accessibility. My background combines strong technical skills with a passion for building user-friendly software that improves efficiency and user engagement. Throughout my career, I have worked with diverse teams across different industries ranging from mapping software at ESRI to financial services at the Royal Bank of Scotland, and research projects at Northwestern University. I continuously seek to learn and implement the latest technologies to create innovative solutions and meaningful user experiences.

Akshay Kumar

Front-End Developer, Web Developer, Developer, +1

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I am a dedicated software engineer with extensive experience in front-end development, specializing in React and UI/UX enhancements. I have contributed to significant projects including ArcGIS Notebooks, JupyterLab notebook extensions, and mobile apps focused on accessibility. My background combines strong technical skills with a passion for building user-friendly software that improves efficiency and user engagement. Throughout my career, I have worked with diverse teams across different industries ranging from mapping software at ESRI to financial services at the Royal Bank of Scotland, and research projects at Northwestern University. I continuously seek to learn and implement the latest technologies to create innovative solutions and meaningful user experiences.…I am a dedicated software engineer with extensive experience in front-end development, specializing in React and UI/UX enhancements. I have contributed to significant projects including ArcGIS Notebooks, JupyterLab notebook extensions, and mobile apps focused on accessibility. My background combines strong technical skills with a passion for building user-friendly software that improves efficiency and user engagement. Throughout my career, I have worked with diverse teams across different industries ranging from mapping software at ESRI to financial services at the Royal Bank of Scotland, and research projects at Northwestern University. I continuously seek to learn and implement the latest technologies to create innovative solutions and meaningful user experiences.

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I am a dedicated software engineer with extensive experience in front-end development, specializing in React and UI/UX enhancements. I have contributed to significant projects including ArcGIS Notebooks, JupyterLab notebook extensions, and mobile apps focused on accessibility. My background combines strong technical skills with a passion for building user-friendly software that improves efficiency and user engagement.

Throughout my career, I have worked with diverse teams across different industries ranging from mapping software at ESRI to financial services at the Royal Bank of Scotland, and research projects at Northwestern University. I continuously seek to learn and implement the latest technologies to create innovative solutions and meaningful user experiences.

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Software Engineer II at ESRI

December 31, 2024 - August 6, 2025

Led front-end development for ArcGIS Notebooks with emphasis on UX/UI features, internationalization, localization, date/time conversions, and accessibility. Created systems to manage scheduling of periodic tasks and developed a JupyterLab notebook extension integrated with the UI using iframe messaging. Migrated UI components from dojo to React, improving load times by 30%, and implemented reusable components in the internal UI library called Calcite.

Research Assistant at Northwestern University

April 30, 2022 - August 6, 2025

Developed a Twitter bot using Twitter API and machine learning to correct social media misinformation by replying with verified information from official sources. Created a course scheduler application fetching courses from the university API into Firebase, with authentication and authorization implemented for student course display.

Intern at Socratic Arts

July 31, 2021 - August 6, 2025

Developed a React tutorial app to fetch, analyze, and display government data from ProPublica APIs, emphasizing responsive design using React, Node.js, and D3 for charts. Migrated a mobile app tutorial from HTML/jQuery to React to modernize the codebase.

Software Engineer at Royal Bank of Scotland

August 31, 2019 - August 6, 2025

Built UI/UX enhancements for over 100 single-page applications. Improved search and recommendation accuracy of banking products by 40% using React/Redux. Resolved cross-browser compatibility issues and supported scaling of applications for mobile/iPad using React Native.

Graduate Analyst at Royal Bank of Scotland

June 30, 2016 - August 6, 2025

Created an interactive team dashboard to monitor progress of build, deployment, and packaging processes.