
Nayan Kyada — Senior Software Engineer
Next.js & Sanity CMS specialist · Surat, India
Summary
Senior software engineer with 5+ years building production Next.js, React, and Sanity CMS applications. Shipped platforms serving 50M+ end-users and SaaS products processing $1M+ in monthly revenue. Strong focus on Core Web Vitals, SEO, and clean engineering — freelance since 2023.
Experience

Dallas branding agency developing brands and websites since 2007 — the Mission Plan process delivers strategic direction in 90 minutes with clear budgets and timelines.
- Led frontend development of a high-performance, SEO-optimised client-facing website in Next.js and TypeScript — owning architecture, delivery, and quality standards
- Shipped SSR, SSG, and ISR rendering strategies for fast loads and fresh content; integrated Sanity.io CMS for content and SEO management
- Implemented GSAP animations for rich interactions, built dynamic landing pages with robust contact forms, and wired SendGrid for reliable transactional email
- Partnered with clients and designers to align UX with business goals — drove SEO and Core Web Vitals gains across the site

Dublin-based technology recruitment firm — contract and permanent placements for startups and scale-ups, with operations across Ireland and the Middle East.
- Redesigned the ninedots.io header for a cleaner, more modern UX — sharper navigation, improved mobile patterns, and consistent branding across the site
- Restructured the blog into distinct content verticals — Case Studies, Events, Guides, and Advice — each with its own listing, filters, and Sanity CMS taxonomy
- Merged the Resources and Blog pages into a single streamlined content hub — simpler editorial workflow and cleaner navigation for visitors
- Built a comprehensive FAQ section with Google-compliant FAQPage JSON-LD structured data to lift SEO visibility in rich results
- Implemented region-aware content delivery — visitors in Ireland and the Middle East see tailored copy, services, and calls-to-action from a single Gatsby + Sanity codebase

Global recruitment ecosystem serving candidates and employers across 40+ countries — AI-powered candidate matching plus Nova, a programmatic job-advertising and applicant-tracking suite.
- Owned frontend architecture across Ditto.jobs and the Nova recruiter platform — React, Next.js, TypeScript, Styled Components, Redux, and Ant Design serving candidates and employers in 40+ countries
- Mentored junior engineers, ran code reviews, and set frontend standards — component libraries, testing conventions, and performance budgets adopted across the product
- Shipped AI-powered job matching, profile builder, and a streamlined application flow — removed multi-step forms to lift candidate-to-apply conversion on mobile
- Built Nova employer tools — programmatic job distribution across 1,000+ portals and social channels, applicant tracking, budget controls, and analytics dashboards
- Drove Core Web Vitals improvements across key recruiter and candidate-facing pages — faster TTI, smaller bundles, and measurable lifts in engagement and retention

TEE-based serverless coprocessors for Web3 — the Oyster network enables secure, scalable, and verifiable off-chain computation for AI, DeFi, and decentralised applications.
- Led frontend development on the Oyster platform, shipping the operator dashboard for real-time compute-node metrics, deployment flows, and TEE attestation views
- Built decentralised cloud UX with SvelteKit, TypeScript, and Web3 wallet flows; integrated AWS services for scalability, performance, and security
- Shipped open-source UI components consumed by the broader Marlin ecosystem, working across a distributed global contributor team

Platform for managing AI prompts across generative-AI tools — curated library, templates, and collaboration features help users optimise interactions and improve prompt engineering.
- Integrated Algolia search into the PromptPal web app — index design, query tuning, and relevance configuration across the prompt and template library
- Optimised search for UX and efficiency — instant results, typo tolerance, and faceted filtering with sub-100ms query latency
- Wired the Sanity CMS content pipeline to keep the Algolia index in sync on every publish — no manual reindexing, no stale results
- Shipped responsive Tailwind UI for search input, live results, and filter controls; paired with Node.js services for index-building and content ingestion

Conversational messaging platform founded in 2004 — unified API across WhatsApp, SMS, and 30+ channels, serving 50,000+ customers in 130+ countries and handling 120B+ messages annually.
- Built the SuperLemon merchant platform — WhatsApp marketing and CRM now serving 65,000+ Shopify stores and powering $1M+ in monthly recovered revenue
- Shipped the SuperLemon Chrome extension surfacing Shopify customer, order, and cart data inside merchants' WhatsApp Web chat — eliminated tab-switching in daily support workflows
- Architected the Marketing Dashboard in React + TypeScript for customer-data import, segmentation, and targeted WhatsApp campaign management with MUI and Shopify Polaris
- Delivered store-configuration and automated-message UIs across abandoned-cart recovery, order confirmations, shipping updates, and COD verification

Global digital consulting firm specialising in business transformation — strategy, experience design, technology engineering, data & AI, and digital product management across industries.
- Designed and shipped responsive, cross-client email templates plus a customisable frontend platform for personalised enterprise communications
- Built pixel-perfect HTML/CSS email layouts rendering consistently across Gmail, Outlook, and Apple Mail; streamlined transactional and marketing email workflows
- Implemented campaign-management and tracking tooling — enabled targeted customer engagement through reusable templates and measurable delivery insights

Ahmedabad-based full-service product engineering studio — crafts digital experiences for HealthTech, SaaS, and enterprise clients worldwide with a 70+ engineer team.
- Built healthcare and content platforms — Sangam Health and Live History India — with React, Next.js, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS, and Sanity CMS
- Shipped a prescription scheduling system for Sangam Health improving patient medication management, and engineered a Next.js + Sanity CMS platform for Live History India supporting diverse cultural-heritage content types
- Delivered dynamic, responsive UX powering seamless content workflows and strong engagement for clients across healthcare and cultural-heritage verticals

Leading Indian financial services group founded in 1994 — mutual-fund distribution, asset management, insurance broking, and credit products, headquartered in Surat with 180+ locations and 1,800+ employees across India.
- Applied AI and data-science techniques to real-world financial problems as an ML intern and software development trainee
- Implemented supervised and unsupervised learning algorithms for predictive modelling and recommendation systems — scikit-learn, TensorFlow, and pandas on financial and big-data sets
- Delivered actionable business insights and scalable ML solutions that enhanced decision-making and supported business-intelligence initiatives
Skills
Education
B.Eng. Computer Engineering
Gujarat Technological University, India