I am a Senior Fullstack Engineer with over 7 years of experience building scalable, high-performance web applications serving millions of users. I excel in leading critical infrastructure migrations and platform redesigns, with proven expertise in React, Node.js, TypeScript, and cloud platforms such as AWS and Google Cloud Platform. I pride myself on driving business impact through innovative solutions, improving user retention, performance, and cost efficiency. I have extensive experience mentoring engineers, conducting technical interviews, and promoting best practices across teams.

Saumya Tiwari

I am a Senior Fullstack Engineer with over 7 years of experience building scalable, high-performance web applications serving millions of users. I excel in leading critical infrastructure migrations and platform redesigns, with proven expertise in React, Node.js, TypeScript, and cloud platforms such as AWS and Google Cloud Platform. I pride myself on driving business impact through innovative solutions, improving user retention, performance, and cost efficiency. I have extensive experience mentoring engineers, conducting technical interviews, and promoting best practices across teams.

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I am a Senior Fullstack Engineer with over 7 years of experience building scalable, high-performance web applications serving millions of users. I excel in leading critical infrastructure migrations and platform redesigns, with proven expertise in React, Node.js, TypeScript, and cloud platforms such as AWS and Google Cloud Platform.

I pride myself on driving business impact through innovative solutions, improving user retention, performance, and cost efficiency. I have extensive experience mentoring engineers, conducting technical interviews, and promoting best practices across teams.

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Work Experience

Senior Fullstack Engineer at VdoCipher
June 1, 2022 - Present
Led modernization of the dashboard for 10,000+ users resulting in 15–20% more sign-ups and retention with upgrades like Atomic Design, Material-UI, and gradual TypeScript adoption. Architected a secure distributed search system using OpenSearch, reducing PostgreSQL CPU load by 40% and improving response time by 10x while serving millions of daily secure queries. Enhanced site speed and Core Web Vitals through performance debugging and Gatsby migration, boosting SEO by 25%. Partnered in AWS to GCP migration for video encoding infrastructure (100TB+ monthly), implementing GCS upload functionality and exploring Terraform automation, targeting 15% cost reduction. Built real-time encoding progress system using Server-Sent Events and Kinesis, improving user experience and reducing polling overhead by 80%. Developed video thumbnail selection POC running FFMPEG on Lambda. Delivered revenue-driving features including feature flag systems, lite pricing tiers expanding to SMB segment, and webho
Frontend Engineer at VdoCipher
June 1, 2022 - August 13, 2025
Single-handedly migrated main website from React SSR to Gatsby, improving Core Web Vitals by 40%, faster loads, and boosting SEO rankings by 25%, serving 500,000+ monthly visitors. Built responsive dashboard interfaces using React, Material-UI, and Redux for video management handling 57,000+ blocked piracy sessions. Implemented video player customization engine controlling 20+ player settings, adopted by 1,500+ education platforms. Developed key user features improving IP-geo restrictions preventing 290+ piracy attempts monthly, dynamic watermarking preview, video thumbnail generation, and onboarding flow increasing completion by 30%. Modernized documentation platform from Gitbook to Docusaurus, improving developer experience for 2,000+ API users.
Fullstack Engineer at Expedition
December 31, 2018 - August 13, 2025
Enhanced game UI/UX using TypeScript and React for a cross-platform RPG application serving 10,000+ players. Integrated Discord bot functionality improving community engagement by 25%. Contributed to open-source codebase by improving game stability.
Software Intern at Samsung R&D Institute
May 1, 2018 - August 13, 2025
Automated testing for Email Management System reducing manual QA time by 40%. Conducted quality assurance for Samsung Family Hub App and Smart TV platform. Created test documentation for 15+ features improving team efficiency.
Senior Fullstack Engineer at VdoCipher
June 1, 2022 - Present
At VdoCipher, a leading secure video hosting platform serving 10,000+ creators across 120+ countries with $2.5M+ annual revenue, I modernized the dashboard for 10K+ users resulting in 15-20% more signups and retention. I led a secure distributed search system architecture reducing PostgreSQL CPU load by 40% and improving response time by 10x. I improved site speed and Core Web Vitals through performance debugging and Gatsby migration, boosting SEO by 25%. I partnered on a cloud migration from AWS to GCP handling 100TB+ monthly video processing, achieving 15% projected cost reduction. I built a real-time encoding progress system using Server-Sent Events and Kinesis, projected to improve user experience for 3,000+ platforms by reducing polling overhead by 80%. I developed a video thumbnail selection POC using FFMPEG on Lambda and shipped revenue-driving features including feature flag system and lite pricing tiers. Additionally, I led technical excellence by mentoring 5+ engineers, condu
Frontend Engineer at VdoCipher
June 1, 2022 - August 21, 2025
Responsible for protecting $50M+ in content value annually from piracy on this secure video platform. I single-handedly migrated the main website from React SSR to Gatsby, improving Core Web Vitals by 40% (FCP and load time) and boosting SEO rankings by 25% while serving 500K+ monthly visitors. Developed responsive dashboard interfaces with React, Material-UI, and Redux managing 57,000+ blocked piracy sessions. Implemented a customizable video player engine with 20+ player settings, adopted by 1,500+ education platforms. Created key user features such as IP-Geo restrictions that prevented 290+ piracy attempts monthly, dynamic watermark previews, video thumbnail generation, and improved onboarding flow increasing completion by 30%. Modernized documentation platform from Gitbook to Docusaurus, improving developer experience for 2,000+ API users.
Fullstack Engineer at Expedition
December 31, 2018 - August 21, 2025
Contributed to open-source table top RPG platform with 100+ community-created quests by enhancing game UI/UX with TypeScript and React for a cross-platform RPG app serving 10,000+ players. Integrated Discord bot functionality improving community engagement by 25%. Made stability improvements to open-source codebase.
Software Intern at Samsung R&D Institute
May 1, 2018 - August 21, 2025
Automated testing for Email Management System, reducing manual QA time by 40%. Conducted quality assurance for Samsung Family Hub App and Smart TV platform. Created test documentation for 15+ features improving team efficiency.

Education

BE/B.Tech in Computer Science at India
January 1, 2014 - January 1, 2018

Qualifications

BE/B.Tech in Computer Science
January 1, 2014 - January 1, 2018

Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Media & Entertainment, Education