# Anish Roy - Developer Context

## Personal Information
- **Name**: Anish Roy
- **Location**: India (Kolkata, West Bengal)
- **Timezone**: UTC +05:30
- **Email**: anishroy212@gmail.com
- **Website**: https://anishroy.com
- **LinkedIn**: https://www.linkedin.com/in/iamanishroy/
- **GitHub**: https://github.com/iamanishroy/
- **Twitter**: https://twitter.com/iamanishroy

## Professional Summary
Software Engineer with 3 years of experience building scalable applications. Expertise in frontend architecture, performance optimization, and implementing complex features. Joined BuildShip from the very beginning with end-to-end product ownership. Passionate web developer focused on creating visually appealing, user-friendly websites and seamless web experiences.

## Current Role
**Software Engineer at BuildShip (formerly Rowy)** - December 2022 to Present (Remote)

## Work Experience

### BuildShip Platform (December 2022 - Present)
**Role**: Software Engineer (joined from the very beginning)

**Key Responsibilities & Achievements**:
- Architected the frontend from ground up including UI layout systems, API adapters, and participated in database schema design
- Designed and implemented critical features:
  - Workflow state management system
  - Logging and streaming infrastructure
  - Nodes library
  - Proxy-api-key system
- Developed complex frontend features:
  - Interactive walkthrough system
  - Canvas-based workflow editor using React Flow
- Built high-performance scalable usage tracking system:
  - Technologies: Rust, Redis, BigQuery
  - Processing 5.5M+ events daily
  - Data warehousing implementation
- **Payment Integration**: Owned complete pricing and billing infrastructure
  - Stripe integration
  - Subscription management
  - Metering system
  - Auto top-ups and addons
- **AI Agent Development**: Led end-to-end architecture and implementation of BuildShip AI agent system
  - Collaborated with cross-functional teams
  - Full ownership of the system

### Rowy Platform (Part of same company)
- Engineered role-based data access rules manager with granular permission controls
- Enhanced UI performance through:
  - Column reordering implementation
  - Memoized row rendering
  - Optimistic updates
- Contributed to low-code backend platform managing databases on spreadsheet-like UI
- Built cloud functions workflows in JS/TS

### Craft It Yourself, Pune (September 2022 - December 2022)
**Role**: Full Stack Developer (Part-Time)
- Developed full-stack solution for inventory management and order processing
- Technologies: MySQL, Node.js, React

### Studious Media Agency (July 2022 - September 2022)
**Role**: Frontend Web Developer (Internship, Remote)
- Translated design mockups into responsive, interactive React components
- Implemented drag-and-drop interfaces and data tables

### ISKCON, Pune (July 2022 - September 2022)
**Role**: Backend Developer (Volunteer)
- Worked on internal task management system backend
- Technologies: Node.js, MongoDB

## Technical Skills

### Programming Languages
- **Primary**: TypeScript, JavaScript
- **Secondary**: Java, Python, SQL, Bash, Rust
- Also proficient in: PHP

### Frontend Technologies
- React JS (Expert level)
- Next JS
- React Flow (Canvas-based editors)
- MUI (Material-UI)
- HTML, CSS, SCSS
- GraphQL

### Backend Technologies
- Node.js
- Express.js
- GraphQL
- REST APIs

### Databases
- PostgreSQL
- MySQL
- MongoDB
- Firebase Firestore
- Redis
- BigQuery

### Tools & Platforms
- Git & GitHub
- Google Cloud Platform
- Stripe API
- Linux
- Docker
- Azure
- Firebase
- Figma
- React Flow

### Specializations
- Frontend Architecture
- Performance Optimization
- Payment Systems Integration
- Usage Tracking & Analytics
- Workflow Systems
- Role-Based Access Control
- Serverless Architecture
- Low-Code Platform Development

## Notable Projects

### react-liquidswipe (Open Source)
- Published on npm
- Responsive React component library
- Enables liquid swipe animations with gesture support
- Repository: https://github.com/iamanishroy/react-liquidswipe

### API Lab
- Browser-based API testing tool
- Live at: https://apilab.anishroy.com
- Features:
  - Support for multiple HTTP methods
  - Response metadata display
  - Request history
  - Test public APIs directly in browser

### PageLike
- Serverless, plug-and-play like button widget for websites
- Zero configuration setup
- Technologies: Express JS, Prisma, SCSS
- Live at: https://pagelike.js.org
- Source: https://github.com/iamanishroy/pagelike

### Fitness Coach (Alexa Skill)
- Voice-enabled fitness application for Alexa
- Exercise instructions with fuzzy search
- Extensive exercise database

### netlify-plugin-js-obfuscator
- JavaScript Obfuscator plugin for Netlify-hosted sites
- Provides source code protection
- Repository: https://github.com/iamanishroy/netlify-plugin-js-obfuscator

## Blog Posts & Technical Writing

### "Demystifying the Journey of a URL from Your Browser"
- Published: April 10, 2023
- Topics covered:
  - DNS lookup process
  - TCP connection establishment
  - HTTP requests
  - HTTPS complications
  - Browser optimization techniques

### "Beyond Divs and Spans: Boosting SEO and Accessibility with Semantic HTML!"
- Published: April 9, 2023
- Topics covered:
  - Semantic HTML importance
  - SEO benefits
  - Accessibility improvements
  - Common semantic HTML tags
  - Best practices

## Certifications

### Microsoft Azure
- **AZ-900: Microsoft Azure Fundamentals** (June 2022)

### MongoDB
- **MongoDB for JavaScript Developers** (August 2022)

### Web Development
- **Full Stack MERN Bootcamp** (February 2022)
- **React Certificate** (August 2021)

### Programming
- **SQL Certificate** (September 2021)
- **Python Certificate** (September 2021)

## Professional Strengths

### Technical Leadership
- Software Engineer from the very beginning of BuildShip
- End-to-end product ownership
- Cross-functional team collaboration
- Architecture design from ground up

### Development Expertise
- Scalable application architecture
- High-performance system design
- Complex feature implementation
- Frontend and backend proficiency

### Product Development
- Complete feature ownership
- Billing and payment systems
- Usage tracking and analytics
- AI agent system development

### Performance Focus
- UI performance optimization
- Memoization techniques
- Optimistic updates
- Efficient data handling

## Work Style
- Remote work experienced (multiple remote positions)
- Full-time and part-time availability
- Volunteer work history (demonstrates commitment)
- Open source contributor
- Technical writer and blogger

## Areas of Expertise
1. Frontend Architecture & Development
2. React Ecosystem (React, Next.js, React Flow)
3. Backend Development (Node.js, Express)
4. Database Design & Management
5. Payment Integration (Stripe)
6. Performance Optimization
7. Workflow Management Systems
8. Usage Tracking & Analytics
9. AI Agent Development
10. Low-Code Platform Development
11. Serverless Architecture
12. Role-Based Access Control

## Notable Achievements
- Processing 5.5M+ events daily in usage tracking system
- Built complete pricing and billing infrastructure from scratch
- Led AI agent system architecture and implementation
- Contributed to Rowy open-source low-code platform
- Published multiple npm packages
- Created serverless plug-and-play widgets

## Contact Preferences
- **Primary Email**: anishroy212@gmail.com
- **Portfolio**: https://anishroy.com
- **GitHub**: https://github.com/iamanishroy/ (for code samples and projects)
- **LinkedIn**: https://www.linkedin.com/in/iamanishroy/ (for professional networking)

## Summary
Anish Roy is an experienced software engineer specializing in building scalable web applications with strong expertise in React, TypeScript, and full-stack development. At BuildShip, he joined from the very beginning and has demonstrated capability in architecting complex systems from the ground up, including payment infrastructure, AI agents, and high-performance tracking systems. His work spans frontend architecture, backend development, performance optimization, and end-to-end feature ownership, with a proven track record of handling millions of events daily and building production-ready solutions.