Full Stack Developer | Ruby on Rails | React | Open Source Contributor
🎓 MS in Computer Science — University of New Haven
💼 4+ Years Experience | Open to Full-Time Software Roles

📧 Email - 🔗 LinkedIn - 💻 GitHub

I'm a Full Stack Developer with 4+ years of experience designing, developing, and maintaining scalable web applications across sales, finance, and HR domains.
I specialize in Ruby on Rails and React.js, with expertise in RESTful API integration, database management, and secure software design (OWASP).
Currently pursuing my MS in Computer Science at the University of New Haven, I’m passionate about transforming business systems through modern technology.

💼 Actively seeking full-time opportunities in Full Stack or Backend Development.

🎓 Web Developer / Teaching Assistant — University of New Haven (June 2024 – May 2025, West Haven, CT) * Provided academic and technical support for core Computer Science courses including Algorithms and Data Structures, Databases, and Web Development.

• Conducted weekly lab sessions and assisted in delivering instructional content to over 80+ students, offering in-depth guidance on programming concepts, debugging, and project work.
• Mentored students through the design and development of 20+ capstone projects in C and C++, emphasizing data structures, query optimization, and component-based frontend development.
• Collaborated with non-technical stakeholders and students, translating complex technical concepts into accessible explanations.
• Reviewed code and project submissions, ensuring adherence to academic and industry coding standards in languages such as Python, C/C++, SQL, and JavaScript.
• Supported faculty with assignment design, grading criteria, and classroom activities, contributing to a 30% improvement in student project success rates.
• Facilitated workshops on software development lifecycle (SDLC), version control (Git), and secure coding practices.

💻 Full Stack Developer — Zaggle Prepaid Ocean Services Pvt Ltd (Jan 2021 – Aug 2023, Hyderabad, India) * Designed and developed responsive web applications using Ruby on Rails, React.js, Redux, TypeScript, and JavaScript, improving frontend load times by 30%.

• Integrated multiple RESTful APIs, enabling seamless business logic orchestration across microservices, processing over 10,000 daily transactions.
• Implemented JWT-based authentication, session handling, and role-based access control, following security standards (OWASP).
• Created and maintained modular, reusable UI/UX components and frontend libraries, accelerating development across teams.
• Provided direct customer and stakeholder support by troubleshooting and resolving critical production issues, ensuring business continuity.
• Collaborated with internal business teams to develop and maintain applications supporting finance, HR, and purchasing workflows.
• Implemented and maintained CI/CD pipelines to streamline builds, testing, and deployments, enhancing release efficiency.
• Participated in the entire SDLC and Agile/Scrum environment using Git, GitHub, and JIRA for version control and sprint management.

🧑‍💻 Web Development Intern — Sree Vidyanikethan Engineering College (Jan 2020 – Mar 2022, Tirupati, India) * Developed and maintained the college HR portal for staff, enabling digital attendance tracking (clock-in/clock-out) and leave management.

• Built frontend modules with JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3 integrated with backend logic in SQL for staff record management.
• Improved data retrieval efficiency by optimizing SQL queries, reducing HR data lookup times by 25%.
• Collaborated with faculty and staff to gather requirements, translating them into functional workflows.
• Assisted in migrating paper-based HR systems into a centralized web platform.

🧳 VisaSodhara — Platform for Indian international students
Built with Rails, Flask, React, and Redis — provides centralized immigration and academic support with user authentication and RESTful APIs.

🤝 ProjectBuddy — Developer collaboration platform
Full-stack app using Next.js + Supabase for real-time project collaboration, chat, and secure authentication.

💎 Open Source — Ruby for Good Contributed to nonprofit Rails projects, improving volunteer management, inventory tracking, and pet rescue systems.

🧩 HighlightCode — VS Code Extension Developed a syntax-aware color highlighting extension to improve code readability and live presentation clarity.

Master of Science in Computer Science University of New Haven — Expected May 2025
GPA: 3.85 | 75% Merit Scholarship | UPE Honor Society

Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics & Communications MB University — Apr 2022
GPA: 3.87 | 100% Scholarship | Best Academic Performance

I’m open to Full Stack / Backend Developer opportunities.
If you’re hiring or would like to collaborate — reach me at
📧 harshaemployment@gmail.com or connect on LinkedIn.