Resume

🚀 Here's a detailed overview of my professional journey, skills, and accomplishments.

Ashmit Khadka

Software Engineer

Skills

Languages: JavaScript, TypeScript, C#, Python, SQL, HTML, CSS, Java, PowerShell

Frameworks: React, Node, ASP.NET Core, Express, Django, React Native, SASS, Redux, Next, GraphQL, D3, Tailwind

Cloud / DevOps: Azure, AWS, Docker, Jenkins, Splunk, Nginx

Databases: SQL, MongoDB

Testing: Jest, React Testing Library, Playwright, Selenium, Cypress, Cucumber

Other: Git, Figma, WCAG, Lunix, Jira, Postman, Webpack, Google Analytics

Education

  • MSc, Advanced Software Engineering - King's College London, 2024, Merit

  • BSc, Computing Science (with a Year in Industry) - University of East Anglia, 2021, First Class Honours

Certifications

Awards

  • Company Hackathon Winner - ADP, 2024

  • Top 50 Best HR Products - G2, (2021-2024)

  • Gold Winner for Mobile Web & App of the Year - The American Business Awards, 2024

  • Gold Winner for Mobile Site Design - COMM, 2023

  • Bebras Challenge - 1st of 200 students - Raspberry Pi foundation, 2016

Profile

Product driven software engineer with half a decade experience at ADP, a leading S&P 500 tech company, building and scaling React, .NET Core web apps used by over 1 million clients. I work on RUN, an award winning payroll platform with a 4.9 rating on the App Store and Google Play. King's College London master's graduate in Software Engineering with a First Class Honours in Computer Science. Driven by clean, scalable code and a deep interest in emerging tech and AI. Thrives in collaborative teams and embraces complex challenges with a hands-on, solutions-first mindset. Recent company hackathon winner for 2024.

Work Experience

Software Engineer - ADP (Automatic Data Processing)

September 2021 - Present

  • Hackathon 2024 winner for developing a web application that tracks code deployments across multiple environments, improving visibility and release traceability.
  • Delivered over 500+ features and production bug fixes across the full stack using React, TypeScript, Node.js, C#.
  • Performed 300+ code reviews, promoted architectural standards, and best practices.
  • Mentored 3 graduate engineers through deep dives, shadowing sessions, and pair programming.
  • Collaborate cross-functionally with UX designers to build responsive, accessible web apps using React and Figma. Engineered modular, reusable UI components with React and Tailwind.
  • Designed and optimized 30+ mission critical RESTful APIs using Node.js, Express, MongoDB and C#, implementing robust error handling, logging and performance tuning.
  • Authored and optimized stored procedures and queries using SQL and MongoDB, supporting data heavy features at scale.
  • Built 1,000+ unit and integration tests using React Testing Library and Jest.
  • Developed 100+ end-to-end UI test suites with Cypress, Selenium, and Cucumber, automating complex user journeys and release validation.

Associate Software Engineer - ADP (Automatic Data Processing)

July 2019 - June 2020 (Internship)

  • Developed responsive, high performance client-facing user experience using React, Node.js, and TypeScript.
  • Automated data mining of production usage patterns using Python to generate realistic LoadRunner performance test profiles and error reporting with Grafana.
  • Integrated Google Tag Manager to capture key user interactions and built end-to-end Google Analytics reporting pipelines helping enable better data-driven UX and product decisions.

Head of IT - Peterborough Nepalese Samaj (PNSUK)

April 2017 - Present

  • Collaborate with community stakeholders to build and enhance the charity website PNSUK.org, using React, Python, Django and SQL
  • Lead IT education workshops for both adults and children, fostering digital literacy and empowering the community with essential tech skills.

Projects

  • AI Sustainability Platform, Master's thesis (awarded Distinction) - Social platform targeting higher education with AI generated sustainability challenges, chatbots, and content moderation. Built using the MERN stack + GraphQL

  • DNA Visualisation Tool, Bachelor's thesis (awarded First Class Honours) - Partnered with The Sainsbury Laboratory to build an interactive web app for visualising protein interactions in plant pathogens. Powered by D3 and the MERN stack.

  • GeekCaffeine.com: One Hub for All Things Tech, - Curated a tech content hub with custom web scrapers and AI powered trend analytics using Python, TypeScript and the MERN stack.

  • PNSUK.com: Empowering the Nepali Community, - Designed and developed the official site for a UK-based Nepali charity that empowers the local Nepali community. Built using React and powered by Python and Django.