Prajakta Taralekar

Software Engineer

NJ ad35jv@r.postjobfree.com 929-***-****

Summary

• Software Engineer with 4+ years of hands-on experience in designing and developing robust software solutions.

• Experienced in Agile/Scrum methodologies, actively participating in sprint planning, backlog grooming, and ensuring software development adherence to the SDLC.

• Experienced in creating responsive and interactive web applications using HTML, CSS, React.js, Angular, and Node.js, ensuring user-friendly interfaces.

• Skilled in designing test strategies, creating test cases, and performing various testing types including Functional, Integration, and Unit Testing for software validation.

• Proficient in managing code repositories with Git and SVN, and experienced in utilizing DevOps tools like Docker and Kubernetes for efficient deployment and orchestration. Education

Master of Science in Computer Science Aug 2021 - Dec 2022 State University of New York at Binghamton, New York Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Engineering Aug 2015 - Oct 2020 Ramrao Adik Institute of Technology, Mumbai, India Skills

Programming Languages: Python, Java, JavaScript, C, C++ Test Automation Frameworks: Selenium, JUnit, PyTest Software Development: Agile/Scrum methodologies, SDLC Web Development: HTML, CSS, React.js, Angular, Node.js Continuous Integration: Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD

DevOps Tools: Docker, Kubernetes

Test Strategies: Functional Testing, Integration Testing, Unit Testing Version Control Systems: Git, SVN

Database Technologies: SQL, MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB Quality Assurance: Test Planning, Test Case Design, Bug Tracking Scripting: Shell scripting, PowerShell, Bash Soft Skills: Problem-solving, Communication, Team Collaboration Experience

Humana,USA Feb 2023 - Current

Software Engineer

• Collaborating within Agile/Scrum teams, participating in sprint planning, and sprint reviews, ensuring alignment with project goals and delivering incremental value.

• Developing and maintaining automated test suites using Selenium WebDriver, ensuring comprehensive coverage and reliability of web application testing across various browsers and platforms.

• Implementing interactive front-end components and user interfaces using React.js, leveraging its component-based architecture for building scalable and maintainable web applications.

• Leverage Node.js for backend development, building RESTful APIs and server-side applications, ensuring efficient data exchange between client and server.

• Managing and administered MySQL and PostgreSQL databases, performing routine maintenance tasks, ensuring data integrity, and optimizing database performance.

• Orchestrate containerizing applications using Docker, ensuring consistency and portability across different environments, and streamlining deployment processes. Hexaware Technologies, India June 2018 - Aug 2021

Software Engineer

• Contributed to the entire Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) phases, including requirements gathering, design, development, testing, deployment, and maintenance.

• Integrated Selenium with JUnit and PyTest frameworks, leveraging their functionalities for end-to-end testing and continuous integration workflows.

• Developed responsive and user-friendly web interfaces using HTML5 and CSS3, ensuring cross-browser compatibility and adherence to web standards.

• Integrated third-party APIs and libraries into web applications, enhancing functionality and expanding application capabilities in React.js, and Node.js environments.

• Designed and maintained Kubernetes clusters, configuring pods, services, and deployments for microservices-based architectures, ensuring optimal application performance.

• Collaborated with development teams to ensure optimal database access patterns, integrating SQL and NoSQL databases into application architectures for efficient data management.

• Integrated version control systems like Git with Jenkins enabling automatic triggering of build and test jobs upon code commits or merges.