Work
History
Startedcodingat10,nowan18-year-oldfoundercurrentlybuildingSimpoolifyfromthegroundup.I'vemanagedcommunitiesof5,000+membersandshipped400+projectsincludingAIintegrations.
Ritik Raj
Full-Stack Engineer & Founder @ Simpoolify

Ritik Raj
Full-Stack Engineer & Founder @ Simpoolify
Passionate engineer with deep expertise in modern web architectures, AI systems, and developer experience tooling. I thrive at the intersection of systems design and crafted UI. Founder of Simpoolify.
Freelance Full-Stack Developer
Self-Employed · Remote (Worldwide)
Ongoing high-intensity freelance work serving as the foundation of my engineering career. Delivered 100+ high-impact client projects across AI integrations, SaaS, e-commerce, and high-fidelity marketing sites.
Client Projects & Expertise
- AI Agents & LLM Integrations (Node.js + OpenAI/Claude) — Built automated customer support pipelines, codebase analyzers, and personalized data extractors for various digital agencies.
- High-Availability Discord Bots (Discord.js + WebSockets) — Produced scalable community management bots and real-time interaction systems serving 50k+ daily active users seamlessly.
- E-commerce & Custom Marketplaces (Shopify Headless + Next.js) — Engineered fast, conversion-optimized storefronts for international fast-fashion and tech brands, resulting in up to 3.2× conversion rate lifts.
- SaaS Dashboards & Billing Flows (React + Stripe + Supabase) — Architected frictionless subscription portals and data-heavy admin dashboards with granular access controls for global logistics operations.
- Immersive 3D/WebGL Marketing Experiences (Three.js + Framer Motion) — Developed highly interactive, pixel-perfect promotional sites for premium brands achieving average PageSpeed scores of 97/100 despite heavy graphics.
- Web3 & Blockchain Interfaces — Delivered secure, responsive minting pages, token-gated community portals, and direct Smart Contract interaction UIs.
Key Metrics & Approach
- 100+ projects delivered | 0 deadline misses | 100% satisfaction rate
- Maintained strong async communication and rapid iteration loops across 6 different time zones
- End-to-end product ownership: from foundational system design and Figma wireframing to full production deployment and CI/CD setup
Lead Engineer & Founder
Simpoolify (Startup) · Kota, India
Founded Simpoolify, an AI-powered SaaS startup building developer productivity tools. Wearing all engineering hats — architecture, shipping features, and infra. Currently working solo to build out the core platform.
Key Achievements
- Building the entire product from scratch — Next.js 14 frontend, Rust-based processing backend, LLM orchestration layer, and Kubernetes-hosted infrastructure on GKE.
- Developing a proprietary RAG pipeline with Pinecone + OpenAI embeddings for codebase-aware AI suggestions aimed at reducing hallucination rates.
- Implementing early core features by rapidly iterating on AI integrations (GPT-4o + Claude) focusing on establishing a solid architectural foundation.
- Preparing monetization systems — integrating Stripe, billing dashboard, and subscription lifecycle management end-to-end for future launch.
Responsibilities
- Setting technical direction and architecture for all product engineering
- Managing cloud infrastructure architecture and scaling strategy on GCP/GKE
- Planning direct engagement strategies for early customers and product discovery
- Open-sourcing internal tooling for developer communities
Full-Stack Software Engineer
Meta · Remote
Joined Meta's Platform Engineering team to modernize a legacy monolith serving 500k+ daily active users. Led technical initiatives across the full stack, mentored 3 junior engineers, and shipped critical infrastructure rewrites on time.
Key Achievements
- Architected and delivered a real-time notification system using WebSockets + Redis Pub/Sub, reducing user perception of data latency by 70%. Handles 800k+ events/day with 99.97% uptime.
- Migrated 6 REST microservices to GraphQL — reduced over-fetching, cut average API payload size by 48%, improved client developer velocity.
- Built an internal dashboarding platform (React + Recharts + D3.js) used by 4 product teams for real-time KPI monitoring — replaced 3 separate Looker dashboards.
- Implemented zero-downtime blue-green deployments on AWS ECS using Terraform, enabling weekly releases vs previous monthly cadence.
- Reduced PostgreSQL query P99 latency from 820ms → 90ms by introducing partial indexes, query plan analysis, and connection pooling (PgBouncer).
Responsibilities
- Owned end-to-end delivery of 4 major product features — from RFC writing through production deployment
- Led architecture discussions and ADR documentation for platform decisions
- Mentored 3 junior engineers through weekly 1:1s and paired code reviews
- Maintained observability stack: Datadog APM, structured logging, custom alerting
- Collaborated with Product and Design on roadmap estimation and UX trade-offs
Full-Stack Engineer
Linear · Remote
Core team member responsible for the issue tracking engine and real-time collaboration features. Shipped the keyboard-first navigation system that became one of Linear's most celebrated product attributes.
Key Achievements
- Shipped the real-time collaborative editing system using CRDTs, supporting simultaneous edits across 10,000+ concurrent users
- Built Linear's universal search using Tantivy (Rust full-text search), achieving sub-30ms queries on datasets of 1M+ issues
- Rewrote the Electron app bundling pipeline, shrinking the app binary from 340MB to 89MB
- Implemented the cycle planning interface with drag-and-drop, keyboard shortcuts, and undo/redo history
Junior Frontend Developer
ArcDev · Remote
Joined as the first frontend hire at ArcDev and built the company's React component library from scratch. Delivered pixel-perfect UIs for 3 SaaS products within a 10-person startup environment.
Key Achievements
- Built the ArcDev design system — 40+ reusable components (React + Storybook + Jest) that became the foundation for 3 separate products, reducing design-to-code time by 55%.
- Reduced initial bundle size by 42% via code splitting, lazy loading, and tree shaking, improving LCP from 4.2s → 2.4s.
- Led migration from class components to React Hooks — converted 180+ components across 2 codebases with zero production regressions.
- Integrated 3 third-party REST APIs (Stripe, Twilio, Intercom), building reusable service wrappers tested to 98% coverage.
Responsibilities
- Developed responsive, accessible UI components using React 17, Redux Toolkit, and CSS Modules
- Collaborated with design team using Figma, translating complex designs into interactive interfaces
- Performed code reviews and pair programming sessions with backend engineers
- Maintained automated test coverage using Jest and React Testing Library
- Participated in bi-weekly sprint planning and retrospectives (Jira/Scrum)
Experience
Freelance Full-Stack Developer
Self-Employed · Remote (Worldwide)
Ongoing high-intensity freelance work serving as the foundation of my engineering career. Delivered 100+ high-impact client projects across AI integrations, SaaS, e-commerce, and high-fidelity marketing sites.
Lead Engineer & Founder
Simpoolify (Startup) · Kota, India
Founded Simpoolify, an AI-powered SaaS startup building developer productivity tools. Wearing all engineering hats — architecture, shipping features, and infra. Currently working solo to build out the core platform.
Full-Stack Software Engineer
Meta · Remote
Joined Meta's Platform Engineering team to modernize a legacy monolith serving 500k+ daily active users. Led technical initiatives across the full stack, mentored 3 junior engineers, and shipped critical infrastructure rewrites on time.
Full-Stack Engineer
Linear · Remote
Core team member responsible for the issue tracking engine and real-time collaboration features. Shipped the keyboard-first navigation system that became one of Linear's most celebrated product attributes.
Junior Frontend Developer
ArcDev · Remote
Joined as the first frontend hire at ArcDev and built the company's React component library from scratch. Delivered pixel-perfect UIs for 3 SaaS products within a 10-person startup environment.
Education
Allen Career Institute
2025-04 — PresentPreparing for the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) in Kota, the epicenter of competitive exam prep. Balancing rigorous academic preparation alongside active startup founder responsibilities.
Sacred Heart School
2013-03 — 2025-03From Kindergarten (repeated) through 10th grade. A foundational decade covering basic sciences and mathematics. During this time, I dove early into technology, began freelancing, and engaged in advanced communities.
Blooming Buds
2012-04 — 2013-03Early childhood education, completing Upper Kindergarten (UKG) in Prayagraj.
Army Public School, Prayagraj
2009-04 — 2011-03Initial formative years of education, where I completed Nursery and Lower Kindergarten (LKG).
Certifications
Advanced AI Architectures & Integration
MIT Professional Education · 2025
Full-Stack Development & Systems
IIT Guwahati · 2024
Data Structures and Algorithms
IIT Roorkee · 2023
Cloud Native Technologies
National University of Singapore · 2023
Meta Frontend Developer Professional
Coursera / Meta · 2022
Google Cloud Professional Architect
Google Cloud Platform · 2023
AWS Solutions Architect – Associate
Amazon Web Services · 2022