Ajo Varghese

Software Engineer @ Dematic

May 2023 - Present

Migrated a Snowflake database to PostgreSQL.
Developed Python (Flask) APIs that consume data from Snowflake DB and automate the process of generating electrical schemas. This significantly reduced the number of hours (months) an engineer had to spend drawing the schemas manually.
Developed a validation tool for their drawing which checked if the devices have the right connections, so that they won't order duplicate cables and devices on-site which was saving thousands of dollars on each project.
Single-handedly developed and deployed the entire application into different environments such as staging and production, also setup gitlab-CI which improved developer quality of life
Used typescript in the frontend and introduced type checking in the backend with mypy.

Freelance Software Engineer

Sep 2022 - May 2023

Advised startups on what tech stack they should use.
Built API's to create and upload customer list from Google cloud storage to the Google Ads panel, while also encrypting personal information, therefore automating the manual process and helping to serve relevant ads to tens of thousands of customers.

Software Engineer @ Canary Technologies

Aug 2020 - Apr 2022

I was responsible for integrating analytical tools like Amplitude, FullStory, and Pendo into our products to understand user behaviors, which helped us make better product decisions.
Localized the app with Vue-i18n, which helped the company onboard customers from Asia, Europe, and Latin America.
Set up a production-like environment from scratch for Pentesting, which helped the company get audited successfully and earn certifications.
Interviewed candidates and helped build a team in India.
Wrote headless browser scripts to automate internal processes which eased the workload on the customer success team, and also helped gain a large group of customers who were otherwise reluctant to try on the manual process.

Software Engineer @ Futurecam

Mar 2019 - Jul 2020

Along with two other engineers, I built a highly advanced photography app, Futurecam, for iOS.
Built and launched an MVP to the App Store in a hackathon in a day.
Learned Chrome extension development and delivered a Chrome extension to optimize a key business process — all in 1 month.
Helped onboard a new employee to the company and ramp up the codebase, significantly improving their productivity.
For one of our clients, I Interviewed iOS engineers and identified highly skilled ones, who were hired and went on to perform well in the company.

Frontend developer @ OnerosTech Pvt. Ltd.

Jun 2018 - Feb 2019

I was responsible for maintaining two iOS puzzle games and building features like Player stats, Achievements, and Leaderboards.
Furthermore, I designed and built a daily quest feature for players to compete and achieve goals every day and thus increasing the user retention of the app.

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