Pathik Gandhi
Lead Frontend Architect
Architect by trade. Consultant by habit. Builder by nature.
Lead Frontend Architect with 15+ years building cross-platform React / React Native systems. Currently architecting a real-time healthcare messaging platform serving 5,000+ users across web, iOS, and Android, with 80% shared business logic and a token-based design system. Design and apply AI-native engineering workflows — custom Claude Code tooling, MCP integrations, and agentic development practice — across daily work and team mentorship. Open-source author (expo-pdf-text-extract) and technical writer.
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Introducing expo-pdf-text-extract: Native PDF Text Extraction for React Native & Expo
A free, open-source Expo module that extracts text from PDFs using native APIs. Works with Expo SDK 49+, full TypeScript support, processes documents in milliseconds.
AI Isn’t Coming — It’s Already Pair Programming with Me
A Technology Consultant's journey from skeptical observer to AI-powered developer. How GitHub Copilot Agent Mode changed my daily workflow building healthcare apps.
Rethinking Frontend Architecture: Decoupling UI from Domain Logic for Scalable Applications
How to decouple UI from domain logic for scalable frontend applications. A practical guide to clean architecture patterns in React.
Featured Work
Healthcare Messaging Platform
Real-time communication at scale
Architected real-time healthcare messaging platform serving 5,000+ users across web, iOS, and Android. Unified React / React Native codebase with ~80% shared business logic and a token-based design system; 2-engineer team owns all three platforms.
5,000+ users · 500+ concurrent · 3 platforms
expo-pdf-text-extract
Open-source PDF extraction for Expo
Open-source npm package for native PDF text extraction in React Native / Expo apps. Native iOS (PDFKit) and Android (PDFBox) implementations addressing a long-standing gap in the ecosystem. Actively maintained.
12,000+ npm downloads · Native iOS + Android
Tech Stack
Architecture
Frontend
Backend
Testing
Databases
DevOps
AI-Native Engineering
Methodologies
Leadership
Experience
Technogise Private Limited
CurrentSenior Technology Consultant
Oct 2022 – Present
Architecting a real-time healthcare messaging platform (5,000+ users, 500+ concurrent) on a unified React / React Native codebase serving web, iOS, and Android, with 80% shared business logic; 2-engineer team owns all three platforms. Built a token-based design system on React Native Paper with zero hardcoded styling values, and an AI-native engineering toolkit on Claude Code (custom subagents, slash commands, MCP integrations) adopted by the team. Mentored 4 frontend engineers including 2 junior developers onboarded into the team.
KodeYoga → Medly Software Systems
Lead Software Engineer → SDE III
Jul 2021 – Oct 2022
Led 5-engineer frontend team building e-commerce platform. Created reusable UI component library standardizing development across teams. Implemented Infrastructure as Code (Terraform); integrated Shopify APIs, AWS, Okta authentication. KodeYoga was acquired by Medly in May 2022; Medly shut down Oct 2022.
Springer Nature
Senior Development Consultant
Oct 2017 – Jul 2021
Owned UI architecture within a 10-person team building Springer Nature's scientific publishing platform; managed 2 frontend developers. Built React component library adopted across multiple teams and drove TDD adoption across the frontend.
Cybage Software
Senior Software Engineer
Oct 2015 – Oct 2017
Delivered frontend for DOMO (BI), Cvent (events), Symantec (security) using React, Angular, Redux. Collaborated with global client teams across US and India.
IndiaNIC Infotech
Senior Web Developer
Jul 2012 – Aug 2015
Built consumer web applications and Facebook integrations using PHP, JavaScript, and jQuery; integrated payment gateways and social APIs.
Digital Science Web Technologies
Web Developer
May 2010 – Jul 2012
Built profile creation platform using PHP, MySQL, and jQuery.
Credentials
Claude Code in Action
Anthropic
2026
Bachelor of Computer Application
Gujarat University, Ahmedabad
2006 – 2010
Testimonials
“Pathik is a true expert in JavaScript, ReactJS and NodeJS, serving as the go-to subject matter expert in our team. His ability to swiftly build and drive complex ReactJS projects is truly impressive. He's also a fantastic mentor and team player who willingly shares his knowledge and expertise.”
— Vaibhav Paliwal
Lead Software Engineer at Mastercard · LinkedIn