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Gopinath VG

AI-Driven UI Web Architect & Full Stack Web Developer/Lead

Email: Gopinath.vg13@gmail.com | Ph: +1 5103860389

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Core Technical Expertise

  • ✅ ReactJS / Next.js / Astro / TypeScript
  • ✅ Node.js / Express / Microservices
  • ✅ GraphQL / REST APIs
  • ✅ HTML5 / CSS3 / Tailwind / JavaScript
  • ✅ MongoDB / PostgreSQL / Apache Kafka / Cassandra
  • ✅ Cloud: GCP / AWS / Azure / Terraform / Serverless
  • ✅ AI Tools: TensorFlow.js / ONNX.js / Dialogflow / AWS Rekognition
  • ✅ Visualization: Recharts / D3.js / TensorFlow.js
  • ✅ DevOps: Jenkins / GitHub Actions / CI/CD Pipelines

AI & Automation Specialist

  • Developed AI-powered product recommendations using TensorFlow.js in React/Next.js, boosting user engagement by 25%.
  • Designed real-time AI chatbot with React, Next.js, and Dialogflow, reducing support ticket volume by 30%.
  • Integrated Google AI & AWS Rekognition into Node.js APIs for scalable image recognition.
  • Led real-time AI predictions in Next.js using TensorFlow.js and Node.js (client/server inference).
  • Built AI-driven sentiment analysis using Google Cloud NLP for 100,000+ user reviews.
  • Implemented collaborative & content-based ML recommendations with React + Node stack.
  • Enabled real-time AI features via WebSockets/SSE and visualized data using D3.js/Recharts.
  • Built UI-integrated AI pipelines with TensorFlow.js, ONNX.js, and cloud AI services.

Key Tech Stack

  • AI Integration: TensorFlow.js, ONNX.js, Google Cloud AI, AWS AI
  • Frontend: React.js, Next.js (SSR, SSG)
  • Backend: Node.js, Express.js, Microservices
  • NLP: Sentiment Analysis, Text Classification

Cloud & Visualization

  • Cloud: Google Vision, AWS Rekognition, Microsoft Cognitive Services
  • Real-time Features: WebSockets, Server-Sent Events
  • Visualization: Recharts, D3.js, TensorFlow.js

Professional Experience

Strategic Education Inc. — Lead Technical Architect & Project Lead (Herndon VA) Jan 2023 to Dec 2024

  • Led frontend team to develop scalable web/mobile apps using AEM, ReactJS, Node.js, and GraphQL.
  • Built real-time chat with Node.js and Socket.io.
  • Integrated Stripe and SendGrid into backend services.
  • Optimized database performance and caching with Redis, boosting speed by 50%.
  • Architected responsive UI across multiple products with React and Redux.
  • Improved productivity by 25% via CI/CD pipelines, code reviews, and automated testing.
  • Reduced page load time by 40% using WPO, lazy loading, and code-splitting.
  • Led WCAG 2.0 and 508 accessibility implementation across all products.

Best Buy — Technical Lead (Minneapolis, MN) Apr 2022 to Jan 2023

  • Delivered micro-frontend case management in React, GraphQL, Node.js.
  • Developed backend ecommerce platform with MongoDB, Express, and Node.js.
  • Handled deployments to AWS and implemented autosave, analytics, call controls.
  • Integrated global action logs, brix-web components, and third-party tools.
  • Collaborated with backend teams to streamline API usage and reduce overhead.

UnitedHealth Group — Senior Web Architect (Hopkins, MN) Jul 2020 to Apr 2022

  • Migrated apps to Astro using GraphQL, Tailwind, TypeScript, and CMS (Contentful/Sanity).
  • Managed team of 14, led scrum activities, and delivered ADA-compliant, performance-optimized UIs.
  • Configured microservices architecture and built author-editable AEM UI screens.
  • Maintained GitHub codebase, optimized deployment workflows, and drove Astro-based reusability.

Kohl’s — Senior Web Developer (Milpitas, CA) Oct 2017 to May 2020

  • Led React-based micro-frontend implementation using Liferay and Redux.
  • Managed 13 devs and drove CI/CD using Azure DevOps, Docker, Jenkins.
  • Built SEO/ADA-compliant UIs, handled builds in Tomcat environments.
  • Enabled sprint-based agile delivery and guided code merge, branching, and GitHub pipelines.

Cognizant Technology Solutions — Technical Lead (India) Mar 2011 to Oct 2017

  • Managed 24 devs across 8 modules; migrated Angular modules to React with reusable components.
  • Built mobile/tablet React UIs, optimized SEO, ADA, and Omniture analytics integration.
  • Worked with DevOps teams to streamline Jenkins/GitHub releases and production deployments.
  • Trained teams, ensured agile/scrum practices, delivered high-performance ADA-compliant solutions.