Vishal Pugazhendhi
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EDUCATION
Master of Computer Science (GPA: 3.96), Northeastern University, WA May 2024
• Coursework: Algorithms, Scalable and Distributed Systems, Machine Learning, Data Mining, Mobile Development,
• Certifications: JPMorgan Virtual Program
PROGRAMMING SKILLS
Languages: Python, Java, JavaScript, TypeScript, SQL/NoSQL, PHP, HTML/CSS, C, Kotlin, Bash Frameworks & Libraries: React.js, React Native, Flutter, Next.js, Node.js, jQuery, Flask, Expo, Firebase, RESTful API, OpenCV, LangChain, LlamaIndex
Tools: Git, VSCode, Docker, JUnit, Jira, AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, API Design, Splunk, Jupyter, Figma, Agile Methodology PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Blyss, Software Developer Aug 2024 - Present
• Created a multi-screen onboarding flow with user profile setup, including name input, phone number verification, and profile picture upload, that resulted in a 30% increase in user retention during the onboarding process.
• Developed key components for a mobile app using React Native, including user authentication, profile creation, and media upload functionality.
• Implemented Supabase integration for user data management, enhancing app's data storage and retrieval capabilities which resulted in a 25% improvement in app performance and scalability.
• Collaborated with team members to resolve merge conflicts and maintain code integrity in a fast-paced development environment.
Empowered Futures, Backend Software Engineer Intern June 2033- Sept 2023
• Standardized backend infrastructure by standardizing and replacing deprecated code and libraries using NodeJS, ExpressJS, Docker, GraphQL, resulting in 25% increase in scalability and security.
• Optimized 2 backend microservices, reducing Database load by 50 req/sec by using Redis caching.
• Implemented optimized SQL queries and Asynchronous processing resulting in under 200ms API response time.
• Developed endpoints to facilitate private messaging and Video calls using Zoom SDK. Verizon, Full-stack Developer Intern Feb 2022 - June 2022
• Developed a RESTful Software Test Report manager web app with React.js, SpringBoot, via cross-functional Agile methods.
• Accelerated data submission, retrieval and deletion by 30% using Java Springboot’s PostgreSQL driver.
• Collaborated with PMs and SWEs to ensure compatibility with various tools used by Verizon and to reduce feature delivery by 2 weeks.
PROJECTS
TL; DR, Product Lead & Full-stack Developer May 2024 - July 2024
• Led a team of 3 to develop cross-platform mobile app for daily audio newsletter using React-Native, Supabase, and SerpAPI; reduced build time by 78%.
• Developed automated solutions to retrieve daily news using NewsAPI, summarize content and convert it to audio using OpenAI’s whisper, achieving an average response time of 50ms. OpenPilot, Product Lead & Full-stack Developer Feb 2024 - May 2024
• Led a team of 3 to develop an open-source python package powered by AI to automate codebase setup, resulting in a notable boost in developer efficiency using Python, LangChain, OpenAI APIs, and Milvus.
• Developed automated functionalities to detect over 10 different codebase types, interpret README files, and install necessary packages and libraries for code execution within 2 minutes, depending on codebase complexity. Music Streaming Service, Product Lead & Full-stack Developer Sept 2023 - Dec 2023
• Developed a React.js and Springboot web app, enabling high quality FLAC audio streaming at 1411kbit/s across devices.
• Designed and developed backend microservices and server infrastructure to handle load of 8,000+ req/sec utilizing RabbitMQ, Kafka and Redis caching.
• Deployed microservices using Amazon AWS EC2, integrated S3 bucket to store 100+ songs, Load balance to balance the traffic and configured Auto scaler to scale the service dynamically handle over 300+ concurrent devices. LEADERSHIP
Northeastern University, Teaching Assistant
Assisted 200+ students with their coursework in Web developed and Scalable and Distributed systems and Organized labs.