Achint Gupta

Achint Gupta

Full Stack Developer

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About Me

Hello! I’m Achint Gupta - A skilled full stack developer with 3+ years background in building scalable web-apps in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment using REST, MVC and Microservices architecture. And always excited about systems that keep people safe and secure. Experienced in all aspects of the software development lifecycle, from concept through to development and delivery.

Languages

Ruby
Advanced
Java
Beginner
HTML
Intermediate
JavaScript
Intermediate
Python
Advanced
Go
Beginner
CSS
Intermediate
C
Beginner

Frameworks

Ruby on Rails
Advanced
Angular
Beginner
RSpec
Advanced
Flask
Beginner

Databases

MySQL
Advanced
Neo4j
Beginner
PostgreSQL
Beginner

Methodologies and Tools

Git
Advanced
Travis
Advanced
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Beginner
  • Jira
  • Bugsnag
    •
    Agile Methodology
    Advanced
    Elasticsearch
    Beginner
    Google Cloud Services (GCP)
    Beginner
  • YouTrack for Kanban Teams
  • Code Climate
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    Work Experience

    Senior Software Engineer at Avaamo
    Feb, 2021 - Aug, 2021
  • Built regression testing feature enabling customers like Intel to autonomously improve their bots by providing exhaustive reports.
  • Upgraded Avaamo's integration with channels like Facebook Messenger to further support over a million monthly user queries.
  • Fixed security vulnerabilities like blocking Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) by using Nonce based Content Security Policy (CSP).
  • Integrated Rack middleware in rails web-app using Rack::Attack gem to monitor, block and throttle abusive requests.
    • Software Development Engineer - II at Nestaway
    Jan, 2020 - Oct, 2020
  • Managed a team of 8 engineers to develop a dispute resolution system using React and Rails boosting the annual revenue by USD 2.7 million.
  • Built an async service to assign 1000+ tasks every hour considering various filters like round-robin, zones, and holidays using Sidekiq gem for spawning schedulers.
  • Played a vital role in replacing Salesforce with an in-house ERP system, thus saving $400k annually.
  • Led the initiative to introduce State Machines using workflow-activerecord Ruby gem establishing the ERP system.
    • Software Development Engineer - I at Nestaway
    Jun, 2018 - Dec, 2019
  • Redesigned and fixed SEO framework (including sitemap) improving average daily impressions and visibility index by 20%.
  • Assisted in building a polygon microservice using Rails and PostgreSQL to map boundaries by uploading KML files.
  • Built a microservice using Rails and Elasticsearch to onboard marketable houses, further increasing annual revenue by $16,000.
  • Developed a JS autofill plugin to reduce the arduous tasks of around 1500 employees across 12 cities in-use for addresses.
  • Created an automatic price correction engine to run periodically, improving the conversion of house bookings by 6%.
    • Software Development Intern at BlueYonder (erstwhile JDA)
    Jul, 2017 - Dec, 2017
  • Developed a secure web-based portal using PHP, HTML, CSS & JS to validate Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) files.
  • Built automation framework using C# and asp.net to carry out QA tests and reduce reliances on manual testing in JDA.

    • Education

    MS. Computer Science from The University of Chicago, USA
    Sept, 2021 – Present
    B.E. (Hons.) Chemical Engineering from Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani, India
    Aug, 2014 – Jul, 2018

    Portfolio

    Backend / Ruby on Rails / Neo4j

    Social Networking Website

    Built a sample social networking website with features like News Feed, adding/removing followers, etc. Delivered codebase in Ruby on Rails, HTML, CSS and Neo4j database.

    Full stack / Flask / Sqlite

    Trading Website

    Buy/Sell shares using realtime data (provided by IEX) by signing up and further loading the wallet. This website was developed as part of Harvrad's CS50x project.

    Backend / Ruby on Rails / MySQL

    Slot Management Website

    A slot management website wherein users can find interview slots basis interviewers availability.