Navaneeth Vijay: Experience, Certifications, and Education

Work Experience

Eight years, a lot of different hats.

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How did you get started, back in 2018?
NV

Associate Software Developer

2018 - 2020

Codilar Technologies Pvt. Ltd.

Started my career as an Associate Software Developer in an e-commerce agency. Quickly adapted to Magento architecture and started working on headless e-commerce projects, laying the foundation for everything that followed.
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What came next?
NV

Senior Magento Developer

2020 - 2021

Codilar Technologies Pvt. Ltd.

Promoted to Senior Magento Developer as my interest in backend development grew. Worked on Magento module development and customization alongside frontend UI, completed a certification on Magento Frontend, and handled multiple project deliveries while helping the team resolve complex UI issues.
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And what are you focused on these days?
NV

Solution Architect / Technical Lead

2021 - Present

Codilar Technologies Pvt. Ltd.

Own technical architecture, full-stack product strategy, and cloud-native deployment for high-scale platforms, managing multi-million dollar transaction volumes and hundreds of thousands of monthly active users. Designed custom state-management and lazy-loading patterns that slashed initial page load times by 30%, and built automated CI/CD pipelines that accelerated deployment velocity by 40% across engineering teams. Set high-quality engineering and testing standards across multiple projects, and mentored 10+ junior and mid-level engineers into core system contributors, all while architecting AI-native features such as RAG pipelines, tool-calling agents, and knowledge graphs.
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Key Client Engagements

A few of the platforms I've architected for global clients. Tap one to open it up.

  • Architected a modular, enterprise-grade knowledge platform integrating securely with multiple Drupal websites through REST/JSON:API connectors to transform raw content into a structured knowledge graph.
  • Developed recursive content crawling and metadata-driven dependency analysis to power an AI conversational interface via Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG).
  • Implemented extensible provider interfaces and local-first pluggable persistence to support future expansion into Azure Wiki, SharePoint, Confluence, and multi-tenant cloud deployments.
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  • Promoted to Team Lead to take full ownership of frontend delivery and engineering timelines for a high-traffic pharmaceutical platform.
  • Engineered a decoupled microservices platform connecting a headless CMS to a high-scale Next.js application, architecting the production infrastructure on Vercel including secure edge routing and global performance budgets.
  • Built a testing and quality system from the ground up (Jest, Storybook, Playwright, coverage thresholds) and a custom visual regression engine to support fast, zero-defect production releases.
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  • Architected a multi-tenant platform supporting regional B2B and B2C models across multiple countries for a global distribution client, using Adobe Commerce as a headless backend serving an estimated several hundred thousand monthly visitors.
  • Delivered a high-performance PWA storefront achieving near-instant page transitions and sub-second mobile load times, driving engagement and conversions across regional storefronts.
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  • Designed a real-time inventory and order management system synchronizing complex data across multiple third-party CRM/ERP systems and 5+ global fulfillment centers.
  • Engineered a custom geospatial checkout experience using the Google Maps API, reducing last-mile delivery failures by 30% and increasing successful checkouts by 40%.
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  • Contributed to a distributed order management system built on a composable (MACH) architecture on AWS, supporting a high-volume retail catalog.
  • Recovered 20% of lost page load speed through automated caching, edge execution budgets, and lazy-loaded third-party scripts.
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  • Led the transition of a massive retail catalog with thousands of SKUs to a decoupled, headless commerce architecture using Vue Storefront.
  • Built asynchronous filtering and product recommendation systems to support a fast, app-like mobile experience with heavy media assets.
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Certifications & Awards

Recognition along the way.

  • Adobe Certified Expert: Digital Experience Front-End Developer
  • World Traveler Award (Meet Magento NY), for outstanding global architecture execution
  • B2B Champ Award (Meet Magento India), for best-in-class scalable B2B enterprise infrastructure
  • Adobe Experience Maker Award, for high-performance, multi-currency localization engines

Education

Every architecture diagram starts somewhere.

Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) in Information Science and Technology

BNM Institute of Technology, Bengaluru