Balaji Kokate

Senior Frontend Developer | Tech Lead

Mumbai, Maharashtra 5+ yrs exp 90 · Outstanding

About

Senior Frontend Developer and Tech Lead with 5+ years of experience building insurance and enterprise SaaS products with React, Redux, JavaScript, TypeScript, SCSS and Node.js. At Quantique Metadata (InsurTech B2B, 50-100 people), I lead a 5-6 engineer team across frontend and backend, owning architecture decisions, sprint planning, code reviews and delivery. Known for stepping into high-pressure situations: rescued a full motor, health and commercial vehicle insurance platform in one month by rearchitecting it and shipping production-ready. Delivered Fleet Management ahead of deadline with a 4-person team.

Skills & Expertise (36)

mentoring Advanced

8.5/10

Years Exp

Reusable Component Architecture Advanced

8.5/10

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React JS Advanced

8.2/10

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JavaScript Advanced

8.0/10

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Sprint planning Advanced

8.0/10

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SCSS Advanced

8.0/10

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code reviews Advanced

8.0/10

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GitHub Advanced

8.0/10

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HTML Advanced

8.0/10

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CSS Advanced

8.0/10

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Responsive Design Advanced

8.0/10

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Node.js Advanced

8.0/10

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REST APIs Advanced

8.0/10

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Git Advanced

8.0/10

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React Native Advanced

7.8/10

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Typescript Advanced

7.5/10

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Multi-tenant Architecture Advanced

7.5/10

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Role-based access control Advanced

7.5/10

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GitHub Actions Advanced

7.5/10

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JWT Authentication Advanced

7.5/10

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SQL Advanced

7.0/10

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REDUX Advanced

7.0/10

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Third-party APIs Advanced

7.0/10

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bootstrap Advanced

7.0/10

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Jest Advanced

7.0/10

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Postgresql Advanced

7.0/10

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Vercel Intermediate

6.5/10

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Webhooks Intermediate

6.5/10

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AES-256 encryption Intermediate

6.5/10

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Power Apps Intermediate

6.5/10

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Power BI Intermediate

6.5/10

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Tailwind CSS Intermediate

6.5/10

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Render Intermediate

6.0/10

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Razorpay Intermediate

6.0/10

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Claude AI Intermediate

6.0/10

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SSMS Intermediate

6.0/10

Years Exp

Work Experience

Tech Lead - Product

Quantique Metadata Pvt. Ltd.

Feb 2024 - Sep 2026

Lead and mentor 5-6 engineers across frontend and backend; own sprint planning, code reviews, frontend architecture and unblocking delivery. Rescued a full insurance platform (motor, health, commercial vehicle and admin portal) in one month: rearchitected the codebase into reusable components, fixed critical bugs, enforced best practices and made every module responsive with SCSS. Delivered Fleet Management ahead of deadline, taking end-to-end ownership with a 4-person team. Built and maintained REST APIs in Node.js with CRUD operations and JWT authentication for web and mobile clients; used TypeScript to type API requests and responses and catch data mismatches early. Designed CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions) automating build, test and deployment, significantly reducing manual release effort. Implemented multi-tenant architecture with tenant-level data isolation and role-based access control (RBAC). Integrated the Razorpay payment gateway with webhook handling for real-time payment event processing. Implemented AES-256 encryption with client-side decryption to secure sensitive data in transit and at rest. Wrote Jest unit and integration tests for frontend components and API endpoints, catching regressions before release. Use AI tools (Claude AI) to speed up refactoring, debugging, test generation and documentation, reviewing and testing all AI-generated code before merging.

Solution Analyst

Sankey Solutions

May 2021 - Dec 2023

React Native and React JS developer delivering cross-domain enterprise solutions for 3+ years, building responsive UIs styled with SCSS. Built data-driven dashboards and solutions using Power Apps and Power BI; consistently improved UX metrics.