Jigish Modi

Senior Software Engineer

IBM

Aug 2025 - Current (11 months)

Designed and delivered customer-facing web applications with React, TypeScript, and GraphQL, collaborating with product, design, and platform teams to create scalable, intuitive user experiences that increased user satisfaction. Built an AI-driven "Chat with Data" proof of concept for Astra DB using React, Node.js, GraphQL, OpenAI SDK, and MCP server tooling, enabling conversational access to database records, advanced filtering, and secure CRUD workflows. Led code reviews and mentored engineers on modern React patterns, GraphQL best practices, and frontend architecture, improving code quality and team velocity. Translated complex business requirements into well-structured frontend and API contracts using TypeScript and GraphQL schemas, par

Senior Software Engineer

DataStax

Sep 2020 - Aug 2025 (5 years)

Led development of large-scale frontend applications using React, TypeScript, and GraphQL, redesigning core Astra UI architecture to improve performance, scalability, and long-term maintainability. Implemented and enhanced critical platform features including IAM (roles & permissions), multiRegion support, Private Link (AWS/GCP), and Okta SSO, collaborating with Node.js and GraphQL backend services. Re-architected the GraphQL data layer, improving query efficiency, error handling, and API resilience while reducing frontend-backend coupling. Delivered advanced performance optimizations such as GraphQL retry strategies, graceful error recovery, and request batching, backed by comprehensive unit and end-to-end testing. Refactored legacy codeba

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Front End Developer

FSASTORE INC.

Jan 2020 - Sep 2020 (9 months)

Developed a cross-browser compatible e-commerce website with Next.js, React Hooks, Redux-saga, immer.js, CSS-in-JS, TypeScript, and ES6 features, delivering a seamless shopping experience that reduced bounce rates. Integrated the e-commerce website with a third-party platform via REST APIs, enabling customers to complete purchases without leaving the partner site and expanding sales channels. Gathered and refined business requirements and collaborated with cross-functional teams to produce detailed technical specifications, ensuring alignment and accelerating development timelines.

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Front End Developer

CNBC.

Aug 2017 - Jan 2020 (2 years 6 months)

Designed and developed a CNBC Redesigned website using HTML5, SCSS/CSS3, JavaScript, ES6 features, React.JS, Redux, Jest, and Enzyme that meets accessibility and browser standards. Utilized GraphQL API with Apollo Client to fetch and transform data for the site, ensuring fast and reliable content delivery. Worked with an agile team consisting of product leads, designers, and developers to enhance user experience and increase design consistency across the product. Led bi-weekly sprint demos and participated in daily stand-ups, team meetings, and sprint planning.

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Front End Developer

BIOGEN.

Jan 2016 - Jul 2017 (1 year 7 months)

Developed and launched the front end for mobile and desktop sites (Zinbryta Pharmacy Portal, Alprolix, Eloctate-patient, Biogen Hemophilia, SMA Lead Gen) using CSS3, HTML5, jQuery, Adobe Creative Cloud, and JSP, delivering a responsive user experience across devices. Redesigned high-visibility Biogen websites with Alfresco, AEM, JavaScript, jQuery plugins, and Photoshop, improving navigation speed and visual consistency; also designed and built the Zinbryta Pharmacy Portal using Spring MVC, JavaScript, jQuery, JSP, and Bootstrap, providing a responsive portal for pharmacy partners. Implemented cross-platform and cross-browser development practices using automated testing and responsive design techniques, resulting in consistent functionalit

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Front End Developer

AT&T.

Jul 2014 - Jan 2016 (1 year 7 months)

Developed cross-browser web pages using JSP, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, AngularJS, DOM, JSON, jQuery, and AJAX, ensuring consistent functionality across browsers. Updated the website with ad-hoc changes using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, keeping content current and meeting stakeholder requests promptly. Worked with an offshore team to develop and maintain front-end features using ReactJS and jQuery, delivering reliable UI components that supported user workflows.

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Programmer Analyst

TECHASPECT SOLUTIONS.

Feb 2014 - Jun 2014 (5 months)

Designed and developed website components with Backbone, JavaScript, jQuery, JSP, AJAX, HTML5, CSS, and XHTML using Notepad++, which streamlined the front-end and reduced development time. Analyzed business requirements and translated them into website specifications, ensuring the implementation met customer needs and improved user satisfaction.

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Front End Developer

MERCEDES BENZ.

Apr 2013 - Jan 2014 (10 months)

Designed and developed the Mercedes-Benz intranet websites with JSP, JavaScript, jQuery, HTML, CSS, Velocity, DB2, and the Vignette CMS, delivering a more consistent internal portal for employees. Implemented automated testing in IntelliJ using Selenium, JUnit, and TestNG, which increased test coverage and reduced manual testing effort. Improved the registration process by building Java POJOs, REST services, JSON handling, and Maven builds, resulting in a smoother user sign-up experience and fewer registration errors.

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