Uday Nayak

Senior Software Engineer

Summary

Senior Software Engineer with 5+ years of experience owning platform-level systems — from migrating legacy codebases to shipping payment platforms at scale. Specializing in TypeScript, React, Next.js, and Node.js.

Work Experience

• Senior Software Engineer · Skuad: a Payoneer company

  2024-04-01 – Present

  • Led platform-wide initiatives: identity/auth migration, Form Config service, and centralized error reporting
  • Awarded Stellar recognition for product ownership and delivery
  • Migrated identity/auth backend from Node 12 to Node 24 with full TypeScript (classes, decorators), 95%+ test coverage, and team-wide rollout
  • Migrated auth frontend into NX monorepo, reusing design system and components with modern syntax and tooling
  • Integrated SSO with Payoneer and third-party providers; implemented native multi-factor authentication (MFA)
  • Built Form Config service (NestJS), NX frontend package, and cross-environment gateway for config management
  • Cut build time by 50% through Rolldown adoption and GraphQL codegen optimization
  • Shipped 5 shared packages and 2 applications in the NX monorepo
  • Led JSX-to-TSX migration; increased TypeScript coverage to 85%+ across 206k LOC codebase
  • Owned error reporting strategy and rollout across the Pay platform team
  • Improved monorepo performance by migrating JS-based tooling (ESLint, Prettier) to Rust-based alternatives (OxLint, oxfmt, Rolldown/Vite)

• Software Engineer · Skuad: a Payoneer company

  2022-08-01 – 2024-04-01

  • Joined Skuad (EOR for Topica); contributed to Pay platform development and delivery
  • Led frontend migration from JavaScript to TypeScript across projects, improving maintainability and type safety
  • Built internal design library and established shared design and branding standards across projects
  • Developed JSON-based form creators with validation, streamlining data entry and reducing errors
  • Introduced Storybook for component documentation, improving collaboration and onboarding
  • Standardized contract signing and onboarding workflows for multi-country operations and legal compliance

• Senior Software Engineer · Topica Edtech Group

  2022-04-01 – 2022-08-01

  • Led cross-platform Liveclass application development in close collaboration with design and product teams
  • Integrated WebSockets for real-time interaction and assignments, significantly boosting Liveclass engagement
  • Built real-time quizzes and in-class Q&A with Electron, improving engagement for teachers and students
  • Established Lighthouse audits to maintain landing pages at consistent 90+ performance and quality scores
  • Mentored freshers and interns, supporting their onboarding and professional growth

• Software Engineer · Topica Edtech Group

  2020-08-01 – 2022-03-01

  • Full-stack engineer for Prominent Edtech platform serving Vietnam and Thailand markets
  • Led migration of three product sites to Next.js and GraphQL on Node.js, improving performance and modernizing the stack
  • Built foundation for CMS portal, streamlining product configuration and user management
  • Built component library with Material UI and TypeScript, reducing duplication and centralizing business logic
  • Developed internal and external tools with Electron to improve team productivity
  • Added Cypress integration tests to validate frontend and backend flows

Skills

• Frontend

  React · Next.js · TypeScript · JavaScript · Electron · Storybook · Material UI · NestJS

• Backend

  Node.js · NestJS · GraphQL · WebSockets · MongoDB · PostgreSQL

• Tools & Other

  Git · NX Monorepo · Docker · Cypress · Vite · Rolldown · OxLint