Revenue-critical frontend
Payments, checkout, and onboarding work where speed, reliability, and business outcomes have to move together.
Senior Frontend Platform Engineer
I build revenue-critical frontend systems that teams can trust.
I'm Rakesh Cheekatimala, a Singapore-based engineer with 10+ years across payments, eKYC, property, commerce, and enterprise platforms. I focus on performance, clean architecture, reliable tests, and developer tooling that helps teams ship with confidence.
60%
bundle-size reduction on a payments app
25%
sales lift from new payment methods
30%
test automation coverage increase
10+
years across Singapore engineering teams
What I'm hired to improve
Calm engineering judgment for frontend systems.
Platform architecture
Micro-frontends, shared UI standards, Storybook documentation, and integration boundaries that help teams scale cleanly.
Delivery confidence
Testing strategy, CI quality gates, Lighthouse workflows, Sentry visibility, and internal tooling that reduce delivery friction.
Selected proof
Case studies that connect engineering decisions to business outcomes.
Reduced bundle size by 60% and supported faster checkout performance.
Payments Performance Modernization
Reduced bundle size by 60%, contributed to payment methods tied to a 25% sales lift, and supported save-card work tied to an additional 3% lift.
Streamlined delivery across eKYC journeys while keeping teams aligned on shared frontend standards.
eKYC Micro-Frontend Platform
Aligned three eKYC journey areas around reusable frontend packaging, shared component standards, and clearer delivery boundaries.
Improved developer experience through internal CLI automation, component documentation, testing standards, and CI quality gates.
Developer Tooling & Quality System
Improved developer experience with CLI automation, Storybook standards, Lighthouse workflows, and testing gates including a 30% coverage increase at 99.co.
Writing signal
How I think about frontend systems.
Notes on architecture, testing, AI experiments, and developer experience, written to make engineering tradeoffs easier to reason about.
2025-12-06
Why uv is a Game-Changer for Python Development
Exploring uv, the blazingly fast Python package manager and resolver that's reshaping how we manage dependencies.
2025-06-10
AI for Frontend: Practical Experiments
A hands-on look at simple AI integrations that improve UX and DX.
2025-01-01
Designing delightful developer experiences
Thoughts on how to craft interfaces and docs that respect developers' time and focus.
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