Mallikarjuna Kuruva

Full Stack Developer with hands-on experience designing and shipping production of MERN-stack applications (React, React Native, Next.js, Node.js, Express.js, MongoDB) alongside Java-based microservices and PostgreSQL systems. Proven track record optimizing API performance, building real-time and event-driven features, and translating Figma designs into responsive, production-ready interfaces. Strong foundation in data structures, OOP, RESTful API design, and Agile development practices.

Full Stack Developer at Stikbook Inc (2024-11 – 2026-06)

Contributed to building and maintaining three products in production — Stikbook (social platform), SkillOrbit360 (recruitment platform), and StikExam (assessment platform) — across a React/React Native/Next.js frontend and a Node.js/Java Spring Boot backend.

• Built 15+ reusable UI components shared across the React Native (Stikbook) and React/Next.js (SkillOrbit360, StikExam) frontends, standardizing navigation and layout patterns across 25+ screens and cutting duplicated code across products.
• Integrated 20+ RESTful endpoints across Spring Boot (Stikbook) and Express.js (StikExam, SkillOrbit360) services, with structured error handling, input validation, and JWT-based auth — reducing data sync errors by roughly 30% across core workflows.
• Worked within a microservices architecture on Stikbook (auth, feed, notification, media, search) and contributed to containerizing services with Docker for consistent environments; supported CI/CD pipeline runs for build/test/deploy across all three products.
• Wrote Jest unit tests for critical flows on both StikExam (exam timer, auto-submit, results) and Stikbook, and enforced Git branching conventions across the team — helping cut the frontend bug backlog by about 25% over a sprint cycle.
• Translated 20+ Figma wireframes into production interfaces across React Native and React/Next.js, working closely with design to keep UI-to-spec deviation minimal across devices and products.
• Took part in code reviews and bug-fix cycles across the Spring Boot and Express.js backends, helping keep services independently deployable without introducing regressions.

Python Developer Intern at Stikbook Inc (2024-09 – 2024-10)

• Developed and optimized Python modules within an existing codebase, working through structured testing cycles and root-cause debugging that contributed to a measurable drop in reported bugs over the internship.

Web Developer Intern at Stikbook Inc (2024-06 – 2024-07)

• Increased cross-browser compatibility coverage to 95%+ by developing responsive HTML/CSS/JavaScript components and conducting manual testing across Chrome, Firefox, and Safari.
• Improved code quality scores in peer reviews by 15% over 6 weeks by incorporating structured feedback, refactoring reusable UI components, and resolving 10+ frontend bugs prior to release.

Bachelor of Technology in Information Technology – MLR Institute of Technology (2021 – 2025)