Rishikant Srivastava

Technical Delivery Lead (Team Lead) | Client Delivery (Australia) | QA & Acceptance

Lucknow, India | +91 7619088059 | rishi.kant.sri@gmail.com

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9+ years in software delivery
10 member cross-functional team
2 parallel client projects
Rishikant Srivastava portrait

Professional Summary

Technical Delivery Lead with 9+ years in software delivery, including a strong development background in PHP/Laravel, REST APIs, and WordPress, and recent focus on delivery ownership and client execution. Lead delivery for Australia-based clients across 2 parallel projects, coordinating a 10-member cross-functional team (6 Laravel developers, 1 Ionic mobile developer, and 3 supporting roles). Own requirement clarification, task coordination, functional and mobile testing, bug triage/prioritization, and daily status/risk/ETA reporting to clients and senior leadership. Exposure to AWS/Azure environments, Docker-based workflows, Git, and Linux server administration; able to ramp up quickly on new stacks (e.g., Drupal migration, iOS exposure) to unblock teams.

Core Competencies

  • Client delivery and execution ownership (Australia) with daily status/risk/ETA reporting
  • Requirement clarification, scope alignment, and change impact communication
  • Task coordination across multi-stack teams; dependency and escalation management
  • Quality assurance: functional testing, mobile testing, acceptance verification
  • Bug triage and prioritization (severity/priority), retest discipline
  • Release coordination and environment awareness (Dev/QA/Prod) in AWS/Azure setups
  • Knowledge transfer (KT), documentation, and mentoring support

Tools & Technologies

  • Collaboration: Microsoft Teams, Slack, Cliq, Email
  • Tracking: BugTrackerNet
  • Version control: Git, GitHub
  • DevOps exposure: Docker, AWS (EC2), Azure, Linux, SFTP/FTP
  • Backend: PHP, Laravel, REST APIs, MySQL
  • CMS: WordPress/WooCommerce
  • Frontend (working knowledge): Vue.js basics, React basics, Bootstrap, JavaScript, AJAX
  • Mobile exposure: Ionic coordination; iOS (SwiftUI basics)

Professional Experience

Quick Infotech Technologies Pvt. Ltd. - India

Team Lead / Technical Delivery Lead (PHP/Laravel) | May 2024 - Present

  • Lead delivery execution for Australia-based clients across 2 parallel projects; coordinate priorities, task allocation, and follow-through to closure.
  • Started as Senior Laravel Developer on a major Australia engagement and was promoted to Team Lead within 9 months based on delivery ownership and client communication.
  • Coordinate a 10-member team (6 Laravel developers, 1 Ionic mobile developer, and 3 supporting roles) and maintain alignment on requirements and acceptance criteria.
  • Own bug triage/prioritization and verify fixes through functional and mobile testing before reporting completion to stakeholders.
  • Provide daily status updates (Done / In Progress / Blockers / Risks / ETA) and escalate delivery risks early.
  • Support delivery continuity by onboarding to unfamiliar areas (e.g., Drupal migration, iOS exposure) and transferring knowledge to developers.

CMW - India

Team Lead / Laravel Developer | Aug 2021 - Mar 2024

  • Started as Senior Laravel Developer on a major USA/Africa engagement and was promoted to Team Lead within 6 months based on delivery ownership and client communication.
  • Delivered Laravel web applications and REST APIs for mobile app integrations; supported multi-panel systems (Admin/Employee/Customer and related portals).
  • Coordinated requirements clarification, defect resolution, and release updates with stakeholders and development teams.
  • Supported AWS EC2 deployments and production troubleshooting (configuration, access control, database provisioning, SFTP/FTP operations).

Freelancer - Lucknow, India

Laravel Developer | Jan 2021 - Jul 2021

  • Built and maintained Laravel modules and web flows; handled client fixes and production support.
  • Managed basic hosting operations on cPanel environments (email, FTP/SFTP, backups).

Rankuptechnologies - Lucknow, India

PHP Developer / SEO Expert | Aug 2017 - Dec 2020

  • Developed web applications using CodeIgniter/Core PHP and MySQL; managed hosting operations and production support.
  • Delivered SEO improvements and WordPress optimizations (on-page/off-page, plugins, link building).

Earlier Experience

  • Cityinfotech - Lucknow, India | Developer (WordPress/PHP) | Jan 2016 - Jul 2017
  • Eadhyayan Institute Pvt. Ltd. - Lucknow, India | Computer Instructor / WordPress Developer | Sep 2009 - Dec 2015
  • Mansoft Systems Pvt. Ltd. - Pune, India | SAP ABAP/4 Programmer | Aug 2008 - Jun 2009

Selected Projects

  • MedhhaNet (web platform): www.medhhanet.com - multi-panel system with payment integrations (TeleBirr, Amole).
  • Compendious MedWorks: www.compendiousmedworks.com - web platform with Admin and Employee panels.
  • WordPress: madhustamps.com - client-facing website.

Education

  • Post Graduate Diploma in Advanced Computing (PG-DAC) - C-DAC (ACTS), Pune, Maharashtra, India
  • Bachelor of Computer Application (BCA) - LCC, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
  • Diploma in Programming and System Management - IGM Computer Education, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India

Certifications & Training

AWS Certification (in progress) - AWS Solutions Architect - Associate (SAA-C03)

Languages

English, Hindi