const aayush: Developer = {
name: "Aayush Rai",
role: "Full Stack Developer",
location: "Bhilai, Chhattisgarh 🇮🇳",
company: "Kandid Technologies",
experience: "2+ years in production environments",
currently: {
building: "Zozo — Mood-based Dating App 💘",
exploring: ["AI/ML Concepts", "LLM Integrations", "System Design"],
},
strengths: [
"Scalable React architectures",
"RESTful API design",
"AI API integrations (OpenAI, Gemini)",
"Performance optimization",
"Agile / Scrum workflows",
],
contact: "[email protected]",
funFact: "Coffee → Code → Ship. Repeat. ☕🚀",
};🏢 Kandid Technologies — Full Stack Developer | Jan 2025 – Present
Project: SLB Internal Tools Integration
- ⚡ Architected scalable React.js applications with Hooks, Context API and performance patterns for enterprise-grade internal tooling
- 🚀 Applied lazy loading, code splitting & memoization — measurably improved UI responsiveness on large datasets
- 🔌 Designed and owned RESTful API layers using Node.js + Express.js including auth, data flow, and business logic
- 🛠️ Diagnosed and resolved critical admin UI timeout issues by optimizing DB queries and API response handling
- 📋 Operated in Agile/Scrum with Git, Azure DevOps, Jira for structured delivery and code reviews
🏢 Kandid Technologies — Software Developer | Nov 2023 – Dec 2024
Project: Batesville Funeral Solutions Platform
- 🧩 Built production-grade React.js UI with reusable component libraries used across 10+ platform modules
- 🗃️ Developed complex admin features — dynamic data tables, multi-step wizard forms, and filtered views
- 🔗 Integrated RESTful APIs and third-party services enabling real-time, data-driven user experiences
- 🤖 Integrated OpenAI API to power AI-driven UI features with dynamic, personalized response generation
🏢 Kandid Technologies — Software Developer Intern | Jul 2023 – Oct 2023
- 🌱 Contributed to full-stack features using React.js, Node.js, Express.js & MySQL in production codebases
- 🐛 Delivered bug fixes and feature enhancements; first exposure to enterprise-scale development workflows
- 🎨 Built UI components and assisted in API integrations across active client projects
A full-stack AI-powered journaling app that understands your emotions and responds with personalised feedback and music recommendations.
| Feature | Status |
|---|---|
| JWT Authentication & protected routes | ✅ |
| Full CRUD journaling system | ✅ |
| Google Gemini AI — empathetic feedback + music picks | ✅ |
| Admin dashboard with large dataset optimization | ✅ |
| Fully responsive UI | ✅ |
Stack:
A next-gen mood-based dating platform — matches users on real-time emotional state, not just photos.
| Feature | Status |
|---|---|
| User Authentication (Login / Signup) | ✅ |
| Profile management with image upload | ✅ |
| Reusable React component architecture | ✅ |
| Mood-based matching logic | 🔄 In Progress |
| AI-powered chat & smart recommendations | 🔄 In Progress |
| Gamified swiping experience | 🔜 Planned |
Stack:
Full-stack platform to upload, manage and visualize geospatial files on interactive maps with drawing, editing and spatial analysis tools.
| Feature | Status |
|---|---|
| User authentication & protected routes | ✅ |
| GeoJSON & KML file upload (Multer) | ✅ |
| Interactive map visualization (Mapbox GL JS) | ✅ |
| Shape drawing & editing (Mapbox Draw) | ✅ |
| Hover cards with metadata | ✅ |
| Area & distance calculation (Turf.js) | ✅ |
| Fully responsive layout | ✅ |
Stack:
📚 AI / ML Fundamentals
├── Machine Learning concepts & algorithms
├── Prompt Engineering & LLM patterns
├── Building smarter features with AI APIs
└── Integrating ML models into web products
🎯 Goal → Build AI-native full-stack products
🎓 B.Tech — Computer Science & Engineering
Chhattisgarh Swami Vivekanand Technical University (CSVTU) | 2018 – 2022
"Good code is its own best documentation." — Write it. Ship it. Improve it. 💻