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I'm Soorya Saravanapavan.

Aspiring Software Engineeer

About Me
About

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Me

Currently a fourth year Software Engineering student at the University of Ottawa, Software Engineering Intern at Telus, and CEO at Software for Love. I am actively seeking full-time software development and product management roles starting in May 2023!

Profile

Skills

  • 95%
    Software Development
  • 90%
    Version Control
  • 90%
    Agile Methodologies
  • 90%
    Leadership
  • 90%
    Cross-Team Collaboration
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Resume

More of my credentials.

Experience

Software Engineering Intern

Sep 2021 - Sep 2022
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

TELUS

  • Engaged in back-end development to develop a tool with NodeJS and ExpressJS, saving front-line teams 3 hours per day
  • Wrote automation scripts in C# to streamline process flow and root cause analysis for issues
  • Communicated with stakeholders, documented requirements, and added tickets to product backlog for projects
  • Utilized JIRA, Github, C#, NodeJS, ExpressJS, Postman

Software Automation Engineering Intern

May 2021 - Aug 2021
Remote

Lumentum

  • Contributed to the ongoing development of automated solutions for optical transport products
  • Automated tools and dashboard to visualize and analyze data to improve product performance and quality
  • Worked in close collaboration with Optical, Hardware, Mechanical, Software, and R&D teams
  • Utilized .NET, C#, SVN, Jira, Jenkins, CodeCollab

Corrector

Jan 2021 - Apr 2021
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

University of Ottawa

  • Corrector for Intro to Programming II, taught by Professor Mehrdad Sabetzadeh and Professor Guy-Vincent Jourdan
  • Graded students' assignments and examinations in a timely fashion
  • Demonstrated a strong understanding of abstract data types and software design principles
  • Evaluated and tested students' code written in Java to identify whether work meets the specifications outlined in assignments, and provide written feedback to students

Teaching Assistant

Sep 2020 - Dec 2020
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

University of Ottawa

  • 1st Year Undergraduate Teaching Assistant who worked alongside Professor Stéphane Somé
  • Assisted to teach a software engineering course revolving around the basics of web development
  • Hosted weekly tutorials for students online
  • Taught students basics of HTML/CSS, Git, Github
  • Regularly evaluated student work & answered questions with respect to course content

Junior Developer

Jan 2020 - Apr 2020
Gatineau, Québec, Canada

Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)

  • Worked with Entity Framework, Excel Interop, C#, (.NET), SQL, Java
  • Designed and constructed a database in SQL to hold Unemployment Rate data from across Canada
  • Developed functions to calculate employment insurance benefit payments based on legislation in the Canadian Employment Insurance Act
  • Created GUI apps using the .NET framework to streamline the input and output of unemployment rate data from an SQL database for the end user
  • Utilized Excel Interop and Entity Framework to automatically parse data from spreadsheets and input/output directly to the database

Production Engineering Intern

May 2019 - Aug 2019
Saarbrücken, Germany

Center for Mechatronics and Automation Technology (ZeMA)

  • Extensively utilized Python packages such as OpenCV, Paho-MQTT, and NumPy
  • Contributed to development of a human assistance system for smart production lines to decrease human error and increase efficiency
  • Wrote Python scripts using OpenCV, NumPy, and Pandas to find and identify desired items on a production line to workers using cameras in real-time using ArUco markers
  • Worked with MQTT and TCP protocols to establish two-way communication with other smart devices within the production line
  • Wrote Javascript functions and utilized new technologies such as Node-RED to connect and coordinate various devices within the system (IoT)

Entrepreneurship

Chief Executive Officer

Dec 2021 - Present
Brampton, Ontario, Canada

Software For Love

  • Developed a non-profit organization with a team of 60+ developers, designers, and project managers with the end goal of breaking the barrier for software solutions in the non-profit sector
  • Directed 10+ software projects over the course of 2 years to help clients in the non-profit sector with challenges that they are facing
  • Donated $6000 to local charities in the past year and partnered with Snyk, Google, and TechSoup for infrastructure support

Education

BASc Software Engineering

Sept 2018 - Present
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

University of Ottawa

Relevant Courses:

  • Software Design and Architecture
  • Software Requirements Analysis
  • Software Quality Assurance
  • Intro to Artificial Intelligence
  • Design and Analysis of Algorithms
  • Programming Concepts with C++
  • Operating Systems
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