Revenue-critical frontend
Payments, checkout, and onboarding work where speed, reliability, and business outcomes have to move together.
Senior Software Engineer, Platforms & Applied AI
I build revenue critical systems that customers can trust.
I'm Rakesh Cheekatimala, a Singapore-based engineer with 10+ years across payments, eKYC, property, commerce, and enterprise platforms.
- 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.
I focus on performance, clean architecture, reliable tests, and developer tooling that helps teams ship with confidence.
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 work, with the outcome first.
Case Studies- 01View case study
Payments Performance Modernization
Reduced bundle size by 60% and supported faster checkout performance.
ReactTypeScriptPerformancePayments - 02View case study
eKYC Micro-Frontend Platform
Streamlined delivery across eKYC journeys while keeping teams aligned on shared frontend standards.
ReactRollupMicro-FrontendStorybook - 03View case study
Developer Tooling & Quality System
Improved developer experience through internal CLI automation, component documentation, testing standards, and CI quality gates.
Node.jsStorybookCypressJest