Abhinav Rajesh
Kochi, INSoftware engineer based in India, most recently at Victoria's Secret & Co. Previously consulted for GitHub on projects serving millions of developers. I care about fast, accessible web experiences — clean UIs backed by solid code.
available for freelance & consulting
Experience
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?May 2026 — Present
Software Engineer IIFull-timeHybridJoining a new team as a fullstack engineer.
Victoria's Secret & Co.Jun 2023 — May 2026
Frontend DeveloperFull-timeRemoteShipped accessibility, auth, and analytics across the Victoria's Secret storefront. Most recently a core contributor on the architecture team for the UFE (Unified Frontend Experience) initiative.
- Enhanced accessibility of the main VS website — 10% increase in retention among users with disabilities.
- Implemented "Keep me signed in" — $13.6M annualized impact.
- Integrated OTP-based auth — $12.6M impact, 27% more sign-ins, 84% reduction in forgot-password support, ~4× more account creations, and 50%+ users preferring OTP over passwords.
- Core contributor to the architecture team migrating analytics from Tealium utag to an Event-Driven Data Layer (EDDL) — ~$70K annual savings.
- Supported onboarding of frontend devs to EDDL via documentation, code reviews, and mentoring.
- Contributed to the team-wide React 16 → 18 migration.
- Core contributor on the UFE initiative — migrating the codebase from React to React Native to share a single codebase across web and app.
React·React Native·TypeScript·TailwindCSS·NativeWind·GluestackUI·JestGitHubFeb 2026 — Apr 2026
ConsultantFreelanceRemoteMigrated the GitHub Universe 2025 codebase to build the GitHub Constellation India 2026 site — a one-day developer event featuring Jay Parikh (EVP, Core AI at Microsoft) and Kyle Daigle (COO, GitHub).
- Designed and built session listing, session detail, and registration pages.
- Designed Open Graph images for sessions in Figma.
- Added embedded YouTube live keynote streaming support.
- Ensured accessibility compliance and optimized image assets for performance.
React·Next.js·TypeScript·Primer·GSAP·Figma·GitHub ActionsGitHubJan 2024 — Oct 2024
ConsultantFreelanceRemoteLed the design and development of GitHub Constellation India 2024 — India's largest open-source developer conference, with a keynote by GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke.
- Built a dynamic Open Graph image generation module for the site.
- Structured the site as a reusable template, used for Constellation South Africa 2024.
React·Next.js·TypeScript·TailwindCSS·Figma·GitHub ActionsGitHubFeb 2022 — Jun 2023
DevRel EngineerInternshipRemoteDesigned and built githubindia.com and githubbrasil.com, serving as key hubs for 10M+ developers in India and 3M+ in Brazil.
- Single-handedly designed and developed both regional sites end-to-end.
- Built a Slack bot for URL shortening and other internal tools that reduced manual work for Hubbers by ~5%.
React·Next.js·TypeScript·TailwindCSS·Primer·Jekyll·Ruby·Azure·GitHub APIGrowthCXMar 2021 — Jan 2022
Software EngineerInternshipRemoteBuilt the entire frontend of SuiteJar from a design, plus marketing and client sites.
- Created the full SuiteJar frontend from design to production.
- Migrated multiple pages to WordPress — 25% increase in manageability and 20% reduction in maintenance costs for GrowthCX and clients.
React·TypeScript·TailwindCSS·Redux·Ant Design·WordPress·Node.js
Education
- B.Tech, Computer Science & Engineering2019 — 2023
School of Engineering, CUSAT · 9.05 GPA / 10
- Higher Secondary, Computer Science (AISSCE)2017 — 2019
Saraswathi Vidyaniketan · 88.8%