Hi, I'm Senthamarai Kannan Dhanavel

Full-Stack Engineer with 4+ years of experience in scalable web applications,

proficient in JavaScript, Python and more.

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Projects

Skills

Experience

Full Stack Software Engineer

The Walt Disney Company

Jun 2025 – Present

Specializing in scalable microservices, real-time event-driven architecture, and AI-driven operational tools.

  • Implemented scalable full-stack features using React, TypeScript, Node.js, GraphQL, and PostgreSQL, supporting workforce scheduling workflows, handling high concurrent user traffic for 5+ operational teams.
  • Designed and optimized Node.js microservices with Redis caching and efficient query patterns to improve API performance and ensure consistent system responsiveness under load.
  • Streamlined event-driven communication using Kafka and WebSockets to synchronize live operational data across dashboards, decreasing manual refresh dependency and improving real-time update reliability by 40%.
  • Built and maintained CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, Docker, and Kubernetes, enabling automated testing, containerized deployments, and infrastructure provisioning on AWS.
  • Collaborated with analytics and operations teams to prototype AI-driven workload forecasting features using Python and TensorFlow and improved staffing demand prediction accuracy by 15%.
React TypeScript Node.js GraphQL PostgreSQL Redis Kafka WebSockets GitHub Actions Docker Kubernetes AWS Python TensorFlow Pandas NumPy

Full-Stack Software Engineer

AksharaPlus

Jan 2025 - Jun 2025

E-Learning Platform Development with Interactive Progress Tracking

  • Architected a responsive educational platform frontend using Next.js, React, and TypeScript, leveraging SSR and SSG to improve initial page loads by 40% and enhance SEO performance.
  • Designed and developed a robust backend with Django REST Framework and PostgreSQL, implementing scalable course management and user tracking systems to support 1000+ concurrent learners.
  • Secured API infrastructure using JWT authentication, rate limiting, and CORS policies via Django REST Framework, achieving 99.9% uptime and hardening against common web threats.
  • Developed interactive data visualizations with D3.js and custom SVGs, building dynamic directed graphs and course navigation tools that boosted user engagement by 55%.
  • Implemented secure and intuitive authentication flows with NextAuth.js, Google OAuth, and Zod validation, reducing authentication-related errors by 30%.
  • Optimized database performance by fine-tuning PostgreSQL queries, enforcing SSL connections, and refining many-to many relationship indexing, decreasing query latency by 35%.
  • Engineered automated CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions, AWS CodePipeline, and Kubernetes, deploying containerized apps via optimized Dockerfiles and AWS ECR, reducing deployment time by 40% and enabling daily releases.
Next.js React TypeScript Django PostgreSQL D3.js NextAuth.js Zod AWS ECR AWS CodePipeline GitHub Actions

Software Developer

University of Texas San Antonio

Jul 2024 – Jun 2025

Specializing in high-performance 3D data visualization and scalable machine learning pipeline orchestration.

  • Developed a web-based analytics dashboard using React JS and Python to visualize 3D object detection outputs.
  • Engineered a scalable RESTful backend services to orchestrate self-supervised machine learning pipelines, automating dataset ingestion and reducing the turnaround time for real-time model inference.
  • Overhauled frontend rendering capabilities for high-density 3D point clouds, engineering advanced state management and WebGL integrations to reduce rendering latency by 60% and eliminate browser memory bottlenecks.
  • Collaborated with researchers to translate experimental ML models into highly available web applications and to architect seamless, fault-tolerant data synchronization.
React Python WebGL

Software Engineer- II

CaratLane

Apr 2020- Jul 2022

System Efficiency Optimization for CaratLane OneView

  • Enhanced reliability and performance of the OneView CRM by integrating Node.js into backend workflows, increasing operational coverage by 55% and reducing system errors by 15%.
  • Improved application responsiveness of the OneView CRM by 10% during peak usage through backend performance tuning and optimization using JavaScript and Node.js.
  • Automated critical manual workflows in the OneView CRM with WebdriverIO and Node.js, significantly boosting processefficiency and overall team productivity.
  • Implemented comprehensive testing strategies using the Mocha framework to ensure high-quality releases and maintain stability across the OneView CRM system.
  • Developed and maintained interactive performance dashboards with JavaScript libraries, enabling real-time data visualization and actionable insights for ongoing system improvements.
Node.js React.js MySQL HTML5 CSS3 JavaScript MongoDB 4.x+ JIRA GitHub OWASP RESTful APIs GraphQL JWT OAuth 2.0 SonarQube WebdriverIO Mocha

Software Engineer- I

CaratLane

May 2019- Apr 2020

E-Commerce Platform Enhancement and Agile Process Integration

  • Streamlined application processes by 20% for the Titan Eye Plus e-commerce platform by refactoring the JavaScript based codebase and adopting Agile development practices.
  • Accelerated project delivery timelines by 30% through cross-functional collaboration and execution of detailed project plans aligned with business goals for the Titan Eye Plus platform.
  • Accelerated project delivery timelines by 30% through cross-functional collaboration and execution of detailed project plans aligned with business goals for the Titan Eye Plus platform.
  • Developed key e-commerce workflows—including product search, shopping cart, and checkout—using JavaScript, significantly improving the end-user experience on the Titan Eye Plus platform.
JavaScript MySQL PostgreSQL RESTful APIs Git AWS Agile

Education

Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics and Communication

Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering 2015 - 2019

Key Courses

Computer Networks Operating Systems Computer Architecture Object-Oriented Programming Data Structure

Achievements

  • Presented at ADC2018, International Conference on Advanced Computing and Communications
  • Finalist in SMART INDIA HACKATHON 2019

Master of Science in Computer Science

University of Texas at San Antonio 2022 - 2024

Key Courses

Algorithms and Data Structures Data Science Deep Learning Cloud Computing Operating Systems Object-Oriented Programming

Achievements

  • Awarded "Indian Student Association Annual Scholarship" for Fall 2023 & Spring 2024
  • Student Grader - Software Engineering

Let's Connect

I'm a full-stack engineer actively seeking new opportunities. Feel free to reach out for potential collaborations or job offers.

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