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Player 1 · Bengaluru, IN

Shovan
Dhara

Frontend Architecture SME · Lv.11

  • 11+years on the road

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01 · Status

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Shovan Dhara

UI Tech Lead · Josys

Frontend Architecture SME with 11+ years of experience leading technical strategy and high-level design for high-performance, large-scale web applications. Provides UI leadership for P1 initiatives by translating complex requirements into scalable, user-centric experiences. Architects resilient Micro Frontend ecosystems using JavaScript, TypeScript, and modern frameworks including React, Angular, and Vue, enabling faster delivery through build-once–deploy-anywhere strategies and shared libraries. Brings strong backend and data-layer expertise using Node.js, MongoDB, GraphQL, and Prisma to design cohesive end-to-end systems. Drives innovation through POCs, ships shared libraries and CLI tooling, and ensures system quality through cross-functional collaboration and architectural leadership.

  • Frontend architecture
  • JavaScript & TypeScript
  • Micro frontends
  • Backend & data layer
  • AI & automation
  • Leadership & mentoring

“If I had an hour to solve a problem and my life depended on the solution, I would spend the first 55 minutes determining the proper question to ask, for once I know the proper question, I could solve the problem in less than five minutes.”

— Albert Einstein, Theoretical Physicist
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02 · Slot 01

Shield Rare Equipped

Frontend Ally & DOM Diplomat

Held between the mock and the markup.

The shield he raises when design and engineering start talking past each other. He reads the DOM the way a scout reads a map — every node, every crossing.

  • Design diplomacy
  • DOM fluency
  • Design
  • DOM
  • UX
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02 · Slot 02

Twin blades Epic Equipped

JavaScript, TypeScript & Beyond

Forged in the language. Honed on the type.

Twin blades, kept sharp. Modern JavaScript in one hand, TypeScript in the other, and whatever framework the road asks for that week.

  • Language craft
  • Type safety
  • Tooling
  • JavaScript
  • TypeScript
  • React
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02 · Slot 03

Codex Rare Equipped

Built on Best Practices

Draw the map before you cut the road.

He does not just raise the wall. He writes the pattern, names the stone, and leaves the next mason a way through.

  • Patterns
  • Documentation
  • Scale
  • Architecture
  • Docs
  • Patterns
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02 · Slot 04

Relic Epic Equipped

End-to-End Ownership

What he starts, he walks to the far shore.

From the first behavior to the last deploy, then back again. The loop is the relic — he carries the whole circuit, not a single link.

  • Closed loop
  • Delivery
  • Ownership
  • Systems
  • Delivery
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02 · Slot 05

Glass Rare Equipped

UI Obsessed, Problem Focused

The crack in the pane is where the work begins.

A clean interface is not decoration. It is how he finds the pain, takes the problem, and files it down until it fits the hand.

  • Pain-point sight
  • Interface craft
  • UI
  • Craft
  • Problems
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02 · Slot 06

Light Legendary Equipped

No Great Idea Left Behind

Even the odd spark gets a wick.

Unconventional ideas do not get left on the trail. He lights them, walks them a mile, and sees if they burn.

  • POC fire
  • Overlooked ideas
  • Ideas
  • POCs
  • Innovation

03 · Abilities

Technical

  • Modern JavaScript, Typescript, CSS, and HTML
  • Web Browser APIs, dev tools, and perf profiling
  • Component-based, state-driven, declarative UI frameworks (React, NEXT Js, React Query, Redux, Single SPA)
  • Webpack, babel, eslint
  • Testing Tools — Cypress, Jest, React Testing Library
  • Architecture — Monolithic, Micro Front-End
  • Backend — Node JS, Python (Basic)
  • DB — Mongo DB, PostgreSQL
  • Query Language — GraphQL
  • Security Integration — Sub-resource Integrity, Content Security Policy in CloudFront CDN
  • Infra — AWS S3, CloudFront, Helm Chart, Makefile, Jenkins, Nginx Config and Debugging, K8s, Docker

03 · Abilities

Planning & Collaboration

  • Collaboration across product, design, and engineering
  • User-centered design thinking
  • Planning for incremental delivery (Agile/Scrum)
  • Rapid prototyping and communication with wireframes

03 · Abilities

AI & Automation

  • Built Schematics (Created CLI Tools to simplify and enhance the DX)
  • AI-assisted development using Cursor IDE and Cursor MCP for accelerated coding and refactoring
  • Building AI-powered features using Vercel AI SDK and OpenAI APIs
  • Integrating LLMs into frontend workflows for intelligent UX and automation
  • Rapid prototyping of AI-driven Proofs of Concept (POCs)
  • Evaluating AI use-cases for product impact and system feasibility

04 · Campaign · Stage 04

Josys current

UI Tech Lead Dec 2022 — Present

  • Product Enhancement Leadership: Led a talented team in transforming user experiences and improving product performance at Josys by driving forward-thinking UI/UX enhancements.
  • UI Development Mastery: Leveraged React.js proficiency to craft innovative UI libraries and Design Systems, accelerating component development and ensuring consistent, scalable interfaces across our products.
  • Code Optimization & Innovation: Spearheaded code optimizations, Micro Frontend integration, and i18n strategies, instrumental in successful global product launches and bolstering our technical foundation.
  • Efficiency & Automation: Implemented automation in the release process, streamlining operations for faster iterations and impeccable product deliveries, contributing directly to increased operational efficiency.
  • Measurable Impact: These efforts directly correlated with tangible outcomes, significantly elevating product sales and reinforcing our position in the market, fostering company growth.
  • Daily involvement with a whole host of AWS services like CloudFront, S3, EC2, Cloudwatch, and many others.

04 · Campaign · Stage 03

Cisco cleared

Software Engineer L10 June 2022 — Nov 2022

  • Working as a senior member of the technical team of Cisco SDWAN vManage Application.
  • Working extensively using React with Redux.
  • Mentoring and onboarding newcomers for vManage app.
  • Suggesting process improvement, best practices across teams.

04 · Campaign · Stage 02

Infoblox cleared

Senior Software Engineer Oct 2021 — May 2022

Software Engineer 2 April 2020 — Sept 2021

  • Worked as module owner for On-prem in BloxOne product and was responsible for tasks like feature addition, unit testing, improvement etc. Responsible for taking critical decision for UI related implementations and UX reviews. Helped Infoblox to build a strong UI team in Bengaluru for B1DDI platform by interviewing engineers both from India and US.
  • Engaged on migrating large monolithic browser application (Blox One DDI) to Micro front-end architecture without breaking current user experience. The architecture lets developers do individual development and deployment across teams from different time zone.
  • Worked closely with back end engineers to design (and frequently implemented) GraphQL schemas which properly model the domain and providing maximum flexibility for queries.
  • Worked on content sharing platform like AWS Cloudfront, S3, implemented security improvement for CDN network with the help of Subresource Integrity, Content Security Policy for Cloudfront etc.
  • Created Schematics specifically for the platform that enable developers to convert angular app into micro front-end with a single command.
  • Engaged on creating and maintaining angular libraries which used by other teams for day to day purpose. Also published and maintained library versioning system.
  • Worked on other aspect of deployment stuff like Jenkins, Helm Chart, Kubernetes, AWS, Spinnaker, Docker etc. Created Jenkins file and Makefile configurations. Played a role of SME in UI Architecture.

04 · Campaign · Stage 01

Cognizant starting village

Associate Software Engineer Dec 2016 — Jan 2020

Programmer Analyst Aug 2014 — Nov 2016

  • Designed and developed scalable, modular front-end architectures using Angular, React, and Material frameworks for building responsive Single Page Applications.
  • Built enterprise-grade applications and POCs using React, Redux, Flask (Python), MongoDB, and Node.js (Express), covering all stages of the product lifecycle in Agile and Waterfall models.
  • Collaborated with design teams to recommend user-friendly interfaces, emphasizing clean, efficient, and accessible UX patterns.
  • Proficient in Webpack, NPM, Grunt, and modern version control tools (Git, TFS, VSTS) to streamline development workflows and ensure quality delivery.
  • Recognized in multiple hackathons; proactive in adopting new technologies and patterns, with a passion for continuous improvement and innovation.
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05 · Artifact 01

Josys In-House Design System

Developed and maintained a scalable, reusable component library using React and TypeScript, enabling seamless integration across multiple micro frontends. Ensured consistency in UI/UX through modular architecture, strict typing, and adherence to Josys’s design tokens and accessibility standards.

  • React
  • TypeScript
  • Design Tokens
  • A11y
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05 · Artifact 02

Micro-Frontend for BloxOne Platform

Monolithic to Micro front-end migration — Architected, developed, lead a team, and deployed a micro front end loading platform for an existing monolithic UI application. Aside from developing the browser application, this included a large amount of deployment work involving AWS, Jenkins, Spinnaker, Helm, and Kubernetes.

  • Micro Frontends
  • AWS
  • Jenkins
  • Kubernetes
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05 · Artifact 03

Custom Angular Schematics Library

Developed a custom Schematics Library for converting basic angular boilerplate to a Micro Front-end boilerplate which makes 107 individual changes in several files. This library was focused to ease the job of the developer who wants to onboard a new MFE application in the Infoblox SAAS Enterprise platform.

  • Angular
  • Schematics
  • CLI / DX

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