RajKrithika Balakrishnan

Shrewsbury, MA 508-***-**** LinkedIn GitHub ad28pi@r.postjobfree.com https://rajkrithika.github.io/krithika/

Front End Engineer/ Software Engineer

Accomplished Software Engineer /UI Developer with proven ability to transform and grow businesses CORE COMPETENCIES

Software Engineering UI/UX Design API Development IT Strategy Leadership Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) Problem Solving Cross Functional Team Management Collaboration Requirements Gathering Responsive Web Design Communications Web Services TECHNICAL EXPERTISE

Programming: JavaScript JQuery Jasmine ES6/ES2015 SQL Graph QL Web Technologies: HTML5 XHTML CSS3 SASS JS JSON Frameworks: Angular 2+

JS Tools: Typescripts Eslint

Library: Chart.js Bootstrap

Database: AWS My SQL

Testing: Unit Test Karma Jasmine Protractor

Tools: JIRA, GIT

SELECTED ACHIEVEMENTS

Assessed project requirements using Agile & Scrum methodologies for high-volume online service, prioritizing developing activities and reducing ad hoc work requests by 35%. (Nokia)

Performed bug fixes and code reviews, reducing technical debt by 17% within the first month, and increasing the unit test coverage, consistently maintaining 80% each PR. (Nokia) PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Nokia Chennai, India Aug/2015 - Mar/2018

Performance Engineer – Front End Focused

Worked with other engineers on the squad through code reviews, pair programming, interactive design sessions and production support.

Worked with other product team to ensure we are building the right features based on scope and customer value.

Contributing back to the team by developing solutions that help improve developer efficiency or sharing knowledge about new techniques and technologies.

Developed new features, functionality, and customization of the existing features for the business-critical application using JavaScript and JQuery.

Collaborated with design team to make recommendations for a streamlined, user-friendly interface.

Ensuring proper documentation and reports in all stages of product life cycles.

Conducted requirements gathering and validation as a part of collaboration for the high-profile external web app to address important UI/UX parts of the system's user interface before the active phase of development.

Reviewed the quality of code for high-volume internal web application resulting in code readability increase and performance improvements.

RajKrithika Balakrishnan

Shrewsbury, MA 508-***-**** LinkedIn GitHub ad28pi@r.postjobfree.com Rajkrithika (uml.edu) Page 2 of 2

Performed troubleshooting and bug fixing for a high-volume internal web application resulting in system performance and scalability improvements.

SIDE PROJECTS

UMASS - Lowell Lowell, MA Jan/2023 – May/2023

Computer Research (Machine Learning - AlphaZero)

Implemented AlphaZero Algorithm for Tic-Tac-Toe: Developed a robust implementation of the AlphaZero algorithm in Python, leveraging PyTorch for the deep neural network model, to create a game- playing AI capable of competing at a Super Human Level in Tic-Tac-Toe.

Demonstrated Strong Problem-Solving and Machine Learning Skills: Successfully applied machine learning techniques, including ResNet architecture and Monte Carlo Tree Search (MCTS) algorithm, to enhance the AI's decision-making capabilities and achieve optimal gameplay strategies.

Hands-on Experience in End-to-End Project Development: Designed and executed the entire project, from setting up the development environment in Jupyter Notebook to creating interactive interfaces for users to play against the AI and assess its performance.

Achieved Self-Learning and Performance Improvement: Implemented a self-play mechanism and utilized AlphaZero's training process to enable the AI to improve its gameplay by playing multiple games against itself, resulting in progressive skill enhancement.

Effective Communication and Presentation Skills: Presented the project findings to peers and the course instructor, demonstrating clear communication and the ability to convey complex concepts in a comprehensive manner

UMASS - Lowell Lowell, MA Aug/2022 – Dec/2022

Internet and Web System

Created a homework web application for my web system course. Major of the development we utilized Vanilla Js/JQuery and HTML/CSS for DOM Creation.

Utilized AWS for Database and used REST to make API calls. Used Validation to check if the user entered a valid email, and password while the account was created (RegEx).

To make the website responsive used the Bootstrap grid components to create the layout

Utilized cahrt.js for data Visualization to represent the mark student earned.

Created and maintained documentation to support system configuration, training, and user experience. LICENSES & CERTIFICATION

The complete JavaScript course 2022: Zero to Expert! (UDEMY)

Software Testing (Amity Software Technologies)

EDUCATION

Master of Science (MS) Computer and Information Sciences UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS Lowell, MA (2022 - 2023)

Bachelor’s Degree Information Technology ANNA UNIVERSITY India (2011 - 2015)

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