Project Management Web Developer

Location:

Folsom, CA

Posted:

August 03, 2024

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Ravalika Gunda

+1-916-***-**** ********.***@*****.*** Linkedin Folsom, CA

SUMMARY:

Accomplished Web Developer and Project Lead with over 11 years of industry experience, specializing in designing dynamic web pages and leading cross-functional teams. She excels in driving tech migrations and integrations that enhance operational efficiency and boost revenue. I am recognized for my strong and natural leadership skills, having successfully managed teams and facilitated agile methodologies to deliver high-quality projects on time and within budget. My expertise spans frontend development using React JS, TypeScript, Next JS, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, and GraphQL, complemented by a solid foundation in project management tools and cloud platforms. With a proactive approach to problem-solving and a commitment to continuous improvement, I consistently deliver innovative solutions that align with business goals and drive organizational success.

Tech Migrations and Integrations: Spearheaded significant tech migrations and integrations, resulting in a 30% revenue increase for the organization.

Team Leadership and Management: Led and mentored teams of 10-15 developers, overseeing code reviews, deployment processes, and sprint planning.

Project Management Excellence: Excelled in project management, demonstrating the ability to deliver complex projects on time and within budget while ensuring high-quality standards.

Conducting interviews: Skilled at leading interviews, I have conducted numerous interviews both freshers and experienced. Been to campuses for facilitating the recruitment drive as well.

Legacy System Modernization: Successfully modernized legacy applications through a user-centric approach, enhancing performance and user experience.

Collaborative Approach: Collaborated effectively with cross-functional teams, including product managers, developers, and designers, to translate wireframes into final products, ensuring adherence to development standards and best practices.

SEO and Performance Optimization: Conducted SEO audits using tools like Lighthouse, implementing improvements to critical metrics such as CLS, TTFB, and LCP to enhance website performance.

Frontend Development Expertise: Built customizable, reusable frontend components using React and Redux, optimizing UI/UX and ensuring scalability.

Innovation and Rapid Prototyping: Led a team of 20 in an R&D hackathon, implementing over 70 ideas to enhance site personalization, with successful proof-of-concept implementations within a tight timeframe.

Experience with Legacy Platforms: Contributed significantly to the modernization of legacy platforms in prior roles, ensuring seamless transitions and improved functionality.

Accessibility Advocacy: Ensured web application accessibility across various browsers, conducting audits and testing based on WCAG guidelines, and advocating for inclusivity in digital experiences.

Server-side Integration: Proficient in using NodeJS and GraphQL for server-side integration, and AJAX/JSON for efficient data processing from REST APIs.

Technical Skills: Managed package toolkits like WebPack and NPM Scripts and conducted unit tests using Jest to maintain code quality and reliability.

Agile Methodologies: Implemented AGILE methodologies, actively participating in Scrum sessions and contributing to iterative development cycles.

JavaScript Expertise: Leveraged TypeScript and ES6 for robust JavaScript application development, ensuring code maintainability and performance.

Version Control and Project Management Tools: Managed source code with GIT and SVN, and utilized JIRA for effective project management and collaboration.

Cloud Platform Experience: Familiarity with AWS, GCP, and Azure cloud platforms, leveraging their capabilities to enhance application scalability and reliability.

Data Science and Machine Learning: Out of genuine curiosity, I took a 6-month classroom course on Data Science and Machine Learning and did a mini project on Recommendation Model and chatbot. This helps me to confidently take up any future projects related to AI.

Education: Holds a Bachelor of Technology degree in Information Technology from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad – Campus, India, achieving 84.6%.

Technical Skills:

Programming languages

JavaScript, CSS3, HTML 5, C, Perl, XML, XSL

Frameworks

React JS, JQuery, NodeJs, Express, Bootstrap, Tailwind, Material UI(MUI), Next JS, Vue JS (beginner)

Tools & IDE

VS Code, Figma, SQL Workbench, Jenkins, CI / CD, Elastic Search, Postman,

Eclipse, Android Studio, PyCharm, JIRA, Data Science

3rd party platforms

GTM, GA, Sentry, Pimberly, Launchdarkly, Convert, Hotjar, Amplience, Commercetools, Algolia

Cloud technologies

AWS, GCP and Azure Cloud

Methodologies

Agile, Waterfall

Operating System

Mac, Windows, Linux

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Company: Interflora April 2022 – Present

Role: Project Lead

Project: https://www.interflora.co.uk/

Location: Hyderabad, India

Interflora, started in 1923, in UK, is a floral based e-commerce platform with a community of local artisan florists crafting beautiful blooms and delivering gorgeous gifts across the UK & Ireland and even internationally.

Responsibilities:

Designed and implemented the migration of the Interflora website from legacy systems to latest tech stack like React JS, Typescript, NextJS, Node JS, NextJS, jest, webpack, etc. and ensured its successful completion and seamless launch.

Worked on Worldpay payment gateway integrations which resulted in significant increase in revenue.

Collaborated with Devops team for code promotions and establishing best practices for CI/CD pipelines, using Azure Cloud, setting up function apps, Azure Container registry and configuration management.

As a tech team lead, I have taken on responsibilities involving backend systems, including Node.js server and fulfillment systems, ensuring their efficient operation and seamless integration with the overall architecture.

Have an in-depth understanding of the workings and integrations of popular business applications like Pimberly, Amplience, Algolia etc.

Hired, Mentored, coached, & transformed high performance engineering teams that deliver highly robust code.

Worked alongside with business, analyzing client requirements, brainstorming new ideas, executing solutions, and providing support, analysis, and documentation throughout the process keeping customer experience as the top priority.

Led implementation of responsive design principles for cross-device compatibility.

Optimized information architecture to streamline user workflows and improve navigation efficiency.

Lazy-loaded routes and components to reduce initial bundle size and improve load time.

Worked with SASS CSS preprocessor to write maintainable, future-proof code, reducing the amount of CSS.

Designed reusable React components and higher-order components to reduce duplication and promote code reusability across projects.

Collaborated with cross-functional teams to align design objectives with business goals and technical constraints.

Conducted A/B testing and data analysis to optimize design solutions and drive improvements in key metrics such as conversion rates and user engagement.

Worked on cross-functional agile teams, participating in daily stand-ups, sprint planning, and retrospectives to ensure efficient and collaborative design processes.

Undertook the challenge of major version upgrades of React JS, NodeJS, Next JS. Despite just being upgrades, they always come with unexpected challenges. Effectively managed the hurdles and provided solutions to complex blockers and successfully deployed the updates.

Integrated many systems to the site for increased performance and improved user interaction. Especially, Paypal and Klarna payment methods increased revenue by 30%. Other external applications include Sentry for error monitoring, Launchdarkly for feature flags and Convert for A/B testing.

PROJECTS:

Legacy Migration: Led a comprehensive technology migration project aimed at upgrading legacy systems to modern tech stack like React JS, Typescript, Next JS, Node JS, etc, enhancing operational efficiency, and ensuring scalability. Major advantages were improved system reliability, reduced maintenance costs, and enhanced user experience. As the legacy technologies were perl, Javascript, JQuery, XML, XSL, MySQL, and development and maintenance became more and more complex with each day. Having the prior experience of migrating to a legacy platform, my contribution turned out to be highly valuable, especially in thinking forward about the possible challenges and coding in a way to mitigate those blockers well in advance. This also involved exhaustive planning, discussions, architecting, cross-teams collaboration, meetings with stakeholders, elaborate discussions with the business and driving the team in the right direction.

Environment: React JS, Typescript, Next JS, NodeJs, GraphQL, Webpack, Jest, Material UI(MUI), HTML5, CSS, GIT, Azure, GTM, GA, Perl, XML, XSL, Javascript, JQuery, My SQL,

Site Rebranding: Even with a century of legacy, one has to change with changing trends, Interflora have decided to embrace change by incorporating new brand colors, brand fonts, contemporary content etc. I formulated a strategic plan and facilitated the smooth launch of this enormous rebrand project. It involved making massive changes all over the codebase and website. It also involved creating and executing a script on Nodejs to make changes to over 3000+ content components which minimized costs tremendously. I have also carefully formulated a deployment plan from lower env to test env and then eventually to production. This plan includes a rollback strategy to ensure comprehensive control throughout the process.

Environment: React JS, Vanilla javascript, Typescript, Next JS, NodeJs, GraphQL, Material UI(MUI), HTML5, CSS, Jest, GIT, Postman, Azure, GTM, GA

Technical Upgrades: Undertook the challenge of major version upgrades of React JS, NodeJS, Next JS. Despite being upgrades, they always come with unexpected challenges. Effectively managed the hurdles and provided solutions to complex blockers and successfully deployed the updates. Especially the Next 14 came with the new next-router, which required updates throughout the entire codebase on many components. And also fixed the hydration errors that came with the upgrade. Many other modules were interdependent and needed upgrading. I have quickly identified all of them, for example Apollo client, Material UI, React, Typescript, React-types, etc and promoted them to their respective compatible versions. All this while ensuring the page speed and core web vitals are not impacted. Used couple of third party applications to analyze the bundle size and dead code like Bundle Analyzer before and after each upgrade. Also, used tools like Google Light house to measure the page speed insights and core web vital metrics.

Environment: React JS, Typescript, Next JS, NodeJs, GraphQL, Apollo Client, Material UI(MUI), Core Web Vital Metrics, Bundle Analyzer, Google Light House, HTML5, CSS, Jest, GIT, Azure, GTM, GA

Integrations: Integrated many systems to the site for increased performance, improved user interaction. Especially, Paypal and Klarna payment methods increased revenue by 30%. Other external applications include Sentry for error monitoring, Launchdarkly for feature flags and Convert for A/B testing. All the integrations involve close working with Azure cloud for configurations and initial setup. My good understanding with Azure Cloud helped me setup the initial base and all configurations in Azure Cloud vault seamlessly.

Environment: React JS, Typescript, Next JS, NodeJs, GraphQL, Webpack, Jest, Javascript, JQuery, Material UI(MUI), HTML5, CSS, GIT, Azure Cloud, GTM, GA, Sentry, Launchdarkly, Convert,

Company: FTD INDIA PVT LTD. Jul 2013 – Jan 2022

Role: Lead UI Developer

Project: https://www.ftd.com/, Order Management System (OMS ), Gateway for Microservices

Location: Hyderabad, India

FTD Companies, Inc., commonly referred to as FTD, is a well-known floral and gifting company that operates primarily in North America. Originally known as Florists' Transworld Delivery, FTD was founded in 1910 as a floral wire service. It grew to become one of the largest floral companies globally, connecting florists and consumers through its network. FTD operates an online marketplace where customers can order flowers, plants, and gifts for various occasions such as birthdays, anniversaries, weddings, funerals and many other occasions.

Responsibilities:

Played a key role in web development as part of a major migration project. This involves re-platforming the existing 100+ year old FTD website's architecture using the latest tech stack involving React JS, Typescript, Node JS, NextJS, jest, webpack, etc.

Worked on designing and developing the Order Management System for FTD.

Conducted several interviews, visited campuses for hiring. As a tech team lead, I mentored the engineering team to get up to speed on the project.

Implemented Customer Product Reviews Mobile and desktop using power reviews for handling the reviews of all products.

I provided production support during peak holidays and addressed critical issues promptly using my strong debugging skills.

Established rigorous training and onboarding process for the new team members and enabled the transition from waterfall to agile methodology.

Before the migration project, I have developed various features like Site Navigation Menus, responsive mobile site, Product page redesign, Product availability checker etc. on legacy platform as well using Jquery, Javascript and perl, XML and XSL, MySQL.

Led the development process for the company's ecommerce platform, collaborating with product managers, developers, and stakeholders to prioritize design needs.

Conducted user research and gathered insights to inform development decisions, ensuring a user-centered approach and meeting the needs of the target audience.

Collaborated closely with product managers and developers to define and prioritize design requirements, ensuring seamless integration of design solutions.

Conducted usability testing and gathered feedback to iterate and improve designs, optimizing the user experience and driving conversion rates.

Mentored and provided guidance to junior designers, fostering a collaborative and growth-oriented design culture.

Architected and developed a single portal for order management. Which includes numerous features like cancellations, promotions, refunds, email communication, contacting florists, and order status tracking.

Developed this enterprise-level gateway for data manipulation across microservices, consisting of various forms with different fields.

Educated and advocated for the importance and benefits of accessibility and WCAG compliance, both internally and externally, through presentations, workshops, and articles.

Conducted A/B testing and data analysis to optimize design solutions and drive improvements in key metrics such as conversion rates and user engagement.

Worked on cross-functional agile teams, participating in daily stand-ups, sprint planning, and retrospectives to ensure efficient and collaborative design processes.

Presented design concepts and rationale to stakeholders, including executives and clients, effectively communicating the value and impact of the design solutions.

Collaborated with the development team to ensure accurate implementation of designs, providing guidance and support throughout the development process.

PROJECTS:

FTD Migration Project: As part of the FTD re-platform project, there was a complete overhaul of the tech stack, including migration to Microservices and Google Cloud GCP. Built the sites from scratch using latest tech stack like React JS, Node JS, NextJS, jest, webpack, etc from scratch following the atomic design principles. I worked on various key pages, including Product Page, Homepage, and Category page besides ensuring robust error handling for a wide range of components throughout the project. Have a sound knowledge of Adobe Analytics, Google Analytics, and GTM and worked in integrations to the site. Possess advanced expertise in SEO (Search Engine Optimization) techniques and canonical handling to achieve superior search engine rankings.

Environment: React JS, Redux, Typescript, Bootstrap, Next JS, Material UI(MUI), HTML5, CSS, Angular 2, Thunk, Express, Jest, Adobe AEM, Perl, XML, XSL, Tealeaf, GTM, GA

Order Management System - Customer Service Portal, Architected and developed a single portal for order management. Which includes numerous features like cancellations, promotions, refunds, email communication, contacting florists, and order status tracking. Developed efficient functionalities such as Bulk Order Processing and Inventory Management Screens. Using this, agents can search for a list of orders and edit (delete/send email etc.) them all in one go. This feature turned out to be a major revenue generator as it enormously reduced the processing time which otherwise was done for each order manually. Designed and developed features like upload functionality, auto-suggestions, and fraud management. Implemented service improvements and value add-ons successfully.

Environment: React JS, Redux, Typescript, Bootstrap, Next JS, Material UI(MUI), HTML5, CSS, Angular 2, Thunk, Express, Jest, Adobe AEM, Perl, XML, XSL, Tealeaf, GTM, GA

Gateway for Microservices - Developed this enterprise-level gateway for data manipulation across microservices, consisting of various forms with different fields. This gateway is built using React. It has a unique architecture that incorporates Java for configuring and customizing UI components. I have worked on implementing new configurations on the Java end of the system as well. The configurations are served as a metadata and UI is built using the metadata. Designed the frontend code efficiently handle these configurations, including complex UI setups such as tabbed screens with different views and popups with multiple field types. An interesting component I developed was a query search builder with custom fields.

Environment: React JS, Redux, Typescript, Bootstrap, Next JS, Material UI(MUI), HTML5, CSS, Angular 2, Thunk, Express, Jest, Adobe AEM, Perl, XML, XSL, Tealeaf, GTM, GA

Responsive Mobile site development: This is the most interesting project and turned out to be a huge revenue producer for our company. It is creating the mobile version of our website. I have played a vital role in bringing up the project from scratch.

Environment: Angular 2, Material UI(MUI), HTML4, CSS, Perl, XML, XSL, Tealeaf, GTM, GA

Content Management System: As FTD is completely maintained in house, CMS was also for us to maintain and add new features. All the content on the site can be configured in here. It has an extensive hierarchy of categories, to divide the content between various sites, child domains, florist sites. We have also implemented the authorization and different views for users who login with different levels of authorization.