Full-Stack Developer · Mid-level · ~5 yrs
Sana Kulkarni
Senior Full-Stack Developer
Professional summary
Full-stack developer with 5 years building and scaling React/Next.js + Node.js products in fintech and B2B SaaS. Owns features end to end — from PostgreSQL schema to typed API to accessible UI — and has a track record of measurable wins in performance, reliability and developer velocity. Mentors junior engineers and sets the bar on code review and CI/CD.
120k
Monthly active users served
38%
Faster p95 page load
5
Years shipping full-stack
Skills
Frontend
Backend
Cloud & DevOps
Practices
Work experience
Full-Stack Developer · Finhabit (Series B fintech)
Jul 2022 – PresentPune
- Own the payments dashboard (Next.js + Node/PostgreSQL) used by 120k monthly active users; led a re-architecture that cut p95 page load 38% (2.4s → 1.5s).
- Migrated 9 REST endpoints to GraphQL with persisted queries, reducing over-fetching and dropping mobile payload 41%.
- Introduced a GitHub Actions CI/CD pipeline with preview deploys and automated tests, cutting release time from ~2 hours to 12 minutes.
- Mentored 3 junior engineers and instituted a code-review checklist that reduced post-release defects 27% quarter over quarter.
Software Engineer · BrightLedger
Jun 2020 – Jun 2022Remote
- Shipped a customer onboarding flow in React/TypeScript that lifted activation 19% through inline validation and progressive disclosure.
- Built a Node.js reconciliation service processing 2M+ transactions/day, backed by PostgreSQL partitioning and Redis queues.
- Cut AWS spend ~₹6.2L/year by right-sizing ECS tasks and adding S3 lifecycle policies.
Featured projects
A TypeScript token pipeline adopted internally across 4 products.
- Authored a token-to-CSS-variables generator with theming; reduced design-to-dev handoff time ~35%.
Education
B.Tech Information Technology
2020College of Engineering Pune (COEP), Pune
First Class with Distinction
Certifications
AWS Certified Developer – Associate
Amazon Web Services · 2023
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