Sankareswari G.
Senior Backend Developer
Experience
Mar 2023 - Present
2 years 10 monthsSenior Backend Developer
Homeflow
- Homeflow is a property technology platform that powers real estate websites. I worked across multiple projects covering the entire property lifecycle from ingesting and managing property listings, news, articles, testimonials to building and maintaining data feeds that distribute listings to partner websites. My work focused on developing new backend applications, improving performance, handling feed integrations, migrating legacy Ruby systems and ensuring smooth data flow between agencies and the Homeflow platform.
- Designed and implemented features for internal Homeflow applications, covering property management, modules and feeds.
- Led migration of legacy Ruby applications to a modern system, improving stability and maintainability.
- Developed applications to view collection logs and transfer property data between systems.
- Collaborated directly with clients to understand their business goals, provided regular progress updates, and delivered technical solutions that met their needs.
- Maintained and continuously improved internal and legacy applications, including debugging and performance optimization.
- Worked on international projects and improvised geonames-based search functionality, fixed performance issues and developed new property management features.
- Managed and maintained multiple inbound and outbound feeds (Rightmove, OTM).
- Created an application to read and map BLM files from an FTP server into Homeflow’s data models.
- Participated in Agile sprints, contributing to sprint planning, stand-ups and retrospectives.
- Monitored application errors and resolved Airbrake issues, ensuring smooth performance.
- Mentored junior developers and supported team-building activities.
Mar 2021 - Dec 2022
1 year 10 monthsLead Developer
StadiumGoods
- Ether is an internal tool used across all business units to manage products, orders, consignors and operations, maintaining the complete lifecycle of a product from intake till shipment.
- Implemented business logic using Ruby on Rails and MySQL, following Domain Driven Design.
- Built and enhanced features for product, order and warehouse management systems.
- Developed new features and resolved bugs to improve functionality, performance and user experience.
- Collaborated with product owners and technical leads to refine requirements, plan sprints, and develop new features aligned with business goals.
- Provided on-call support to diagnose and resolve production issues.
- Conducted code reviews and wrote unit tests using RSpec.
- Managed deployments on AWS and utilized Kibana and New Relic for monitoring and log analysis.
- Implemented background job processing using Sidekiq to optimize application performance.
- Led sprint planning, stand-ups and sprint retrospectives.
- Mentored junior developers and supported team-building activities.
- Performed technical analysis and estimated story points for JIRA tickets.
Chennai, India
Senior Systems Engineer
Infosys
- PRIME is a project management tool developed for AT&T University, designed to track courses, manage projects and integrate with other internal tools. It provides dashboards and timesheets for users, enabling efficient project tracking and reporting.
- Analysed requirements, designed and developed application components.
- Created functional documentation detailing system interactions and dependencies with other internal systems.
- Developed user interface screens using HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
- Resolved production issues and implemented preventive measures.
- Conducted code reviews and ensured high-quality and maintainable code.
- Managed version control using SVN.
- Followed Agile methodology, actively participating in sprint planning, stand-ups and retrospectives.
Chennai, India
Systems Engineer
Infosys
- Digital Life is a system designed to monitor, store and process the sales data for home security systems.
- Designed and developed SSIS packages to process backend databases.
- Implemented and supported ETL processes.
- Provided production support for the sales module, ensuring smooth daily operations.
Summary
Senior Ruby on Rails developer with 8+ years of experience in building, maintaining and scaling web applications for Property Tech, E-commerce, and E-learning. Skilled in developing robust backend systems, and managing projects using Agile methodologies with a focus on performance, code quality, and team collaboration.
Skills
- Web Technologies: Ruby On Rails, Jquery, Rspec, Html, Css
- Deployment & Cloud Tools: Aws, Heroku, Docker
- Databases: Mysql, Postgresql, Redis
- Monitoring & Version Controlling Tools: Airbrake, Kibana, New Relic, Jira, Github, Svn
Languages
English
AdvancedEducation
Aug 2009 - May 2013
Francis Xavier Engineering College
Bachelor of Engineering · Electronics and Communication · Tirunelveli, India
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