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Krishna Vaishnav

Software Development Engineer building React frontendsDjango REST APIspayment systemseducation platformsReact frontends

Web platforms used at scale across India — by students, parents and educators every single day. Frontend at heart, full-stack in practice, at K12 Techno Services, Bengaluru.

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Tech stack

Tools I ship with

The everyday stack — frontend depth, growing backend ownership, everything below is in production use today.

React

Expert

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Next.js

Expert

JS

JavaScript

Advanced

Tailwind

Advanced

Rx

Redux

Advanced

dj

Django

Proficient

Pg

PostgreSQL

Proficient

MongoDB

Proficient

Node.js

Proficient

Git

Advanced

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React.js & Next.js. SSR, ISR and Core Web Vitals — production experience at scale.

JavaScript / ES6+. Modern, strict and readable patterns across large codebases.

CSS & Tailwind. Pixel-accurate, responsive builds from design to production.

Redux & State. Predictable state across large role-based applications.

Django & DRF. Payment APIs, models and serializers — running in production.

PostgreSQL & MongoDB. Schema design, migrations and query optimisation.

Selected work

Projects

Five live platforms, shipped to production and used by real people.

Flagship · Full-Stack

Orchids International School

The main website of one of India's largest school chains. Razorpay payments built end-to-end — Django REST APIs for order creation and signature-verified confirmation with the Next.js checkout UI — plus CMS-driven marketing pages and admissions flows.

Next.jsDjango RESTRazorpayPostgreSQL

Lakhs of visitors every month

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Flagship · Full-Stack

SchoolsUniverse

A discovery platform helping parents across India find the right school. Shipped the wishlist feature across the whole stack — Django models and REST APIs to Next.js UI — and lifted Core Web Vitals with ISR and rendering optimisations.

Next.jsDjango RESTISRRedux

Fast, findable, full-stack

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Full-Stack

Science Explorer

Built in 1 day

An event platform for a hands-on science experience for kids — custom design, registrations wired through a Django REST API into the CMS leads dashboard. Concept to production in a single day.

Next.jsTailwindDjango REST

Brief to production in one day

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Frontend

Arts At Orchids

Built in 1 week

An arts-programme site for Orchids International — designed, built and deployed in a week, matching the school's brand while standing on its own visually.

Next.jsTailwind

One week from brief to live

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Personal project

TaskFlow

A Kanban task-management app for teams — drag-and-drop boards, secure authentication and a clean, fast UI. Built end-to-end in TypeScript.

ReactTypeScriptKanbanAuth

Built after hours, shipped anyway

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Career

Experience

One company, two and a half years, an expanding scope — everything below is running in production today.

  1. Dec 2023

    Joined K12 Techno Services

    Started on React.js/Next.js features for Orchids International and SchoolsUniverse.

  2. 2024

    Core Web Vitals overhaul

    ISR and rendering optimisations across the platforms — faster loads, better SEO rankings.

  3. 2024

    ERP & role-based dashboards

    Finance, transport and operations modules with secure access control for four user roles.

  4. 2024

    Live bus tracking

    Real-time maps and location updates for parents and school administrators.

  5. 2025

    Full-stack expansion

    Took ownership end-to-end: Django REST Framework APIs and PostgreSQL schema design.

  6. 2025

    Payments in production

    Razorpay integration — order APIs, signature verification and failure handling, end-to-end.

  7. 2026

    Rapid builds

    Science Explorer shipped in a single day; Arts At Orchids in a week — both live in production.

  8. Next stop

    System design at scale

    Currently upskilling — the route keeps extending.

Contact

Let's build something together

Open to interesting problems, good teams and anything that ships to real users. The fastest way to reach me is a plain old email — I usually reply within a day.