Harsimran Kaur

Senior Software Engineer

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada12 yrs 2 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

6 years of experience in startup environments.
Expert in building products from the ground up.
Strong focus on security and documentation.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Software Engineer with expertise in Smart Home Technology and Database Management.

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Skills

Core Skills

Software EngineeringDatabase Management

Other Skills

Smart Home TechnologyIntegration with Alexa and Google HomesDatabase Performance OptimizationAutomation of Customer SupportIntegration TestsTest Driven DevelopmentPostgreSQLSoftwareBioinformaticsInformation SecurityMySQLGitHubNode.jsPythonJavaScript

About

I have been working in startups (both service based and product based ) for around 6 years. Have been involved in building the products from ground up, involved in core teams of companies that have now scaled. Key Values: Simplicity = Greater Security. If it's not documented, it doesn't exist. Focus Langauages: Golang, Java, Javascript

Experience

12 yrs 2 mos

Total Experience

2 yrs 4 mos

Average Tenure

4 yrs 8 mos

Current Experience

Coursera

Senior Software Developer | Project Lead

May 2022 – Present · 4 yrs

Levven

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Nov 2021 – Jul 2022 · 8 mos · Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Worked as a Senior Software Engineer at the Smart Home Technology company. As part of my job,
I stabilized the integration of the smart home components with Alexa and Google Homes.
Helped resolve latency issues in the main database database, improving the performance of some queries from 15s to less than 2s.
Enabled the automation of customer support processes.
Introduced integration tests as part of development processes in order to stabilize the cloud infrastructure for continuous integration.
Practiced Test Driven Development and guided Junior Developers.

Smart Home TechnologyIntegration with Alexa and Google HomesDatabase Performance OptimizationAutomation of Customer SupportIntegration TestsTest Driven Development+2

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Babajob.com (now acquired by https://www.quikr.com/jobs)

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Sep 2015 – May 2017 · 1 yr 8 mos · Bangalore

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Zemoso technologies

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Himalayan explorers' club,iit roorkee

Secretary

Apr 2013 – Apr 2014 · 1 yr · IIT Roorkee

Himalayan Explorers' Club is responsible for organizing adventurous and fitness activities at IIT Roorkee. These activities include organizing trips like rafting ,paragliding,camping,skiing,national park visits and treks(ranging from 20km to 60kms).On campus activities includes cycle race,commando training camps,taekwondo camps,marathons. Worked as Joint Secretary in Conditioning and training department(2012-2013) and as Secretary in Regional Development Department(2013-2014).