Full-Stack Student Engagement Platform

Goal

Design, build, and ship a scalable, secure, end-to-end engagement platform for Walmart India HR to manage student interactions, campus events, and placement activities across major colleges — built solo, in a full production Walmart environment, with WCNP certification.

Technical Stack

• Frontend: React + TypeScript; mobile apps for iOS & Android
• Backend: Express.js, PostgreSQL, Redis
• Infrastructure / Platform: Walmart Cloud Native Platform (WCNP)-certified, service mesh, containerized workloads, production-grade deployment

Solutions

Interactive Dashboard:

• Real-time hackathon & event coordination
• AMA / QA sessions coordination modules
• Quiz system with leaderboard
• Point-based reward store

Admin Portal:

• React + TypeScript front-end for admins
• Interfaces for event management, student analytics
• Monitoring dashboards for resource utilisation, system load

Infrastructure & Planning:

• Designed for 3,000+ concurrent users, scalable to support ~375,000 students in total
• Full pricing & resource estimation: compute, storage, network, scaling overhead, cost optimisations
• Deployed under WCNP with full production environment readiness, security & compliance standards

Impact

• Delivered from end to end by single developer — from design through deployment and maintenance
• Achieved WCNP certification and passed Walmart’s internal security & compliance audits
• Platform live in Walmart’s production service mesh environment, handling real traffic
• Delivered cost-efficient operations thanks to accurate estimation and infrastructure planning
• Reduced manual overhead in student engagement & campus event management; improved visibility & control for HR