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yogarajalakshmi-s/README.md

Hi there, I'm Yoga 👋


I'm a Software Engineer and Master's student at New York University, passionate about building scalable web applications, exploring big data, machine learning, cloud & distributed systems and creating products that make lives easier.


Quick Overview

  • Current: M.S. in Computer Science @ NYU (Class of 2026), Research Assistant @ NYU Stern
  • Past: Software Engineer at Freshworks (Payments Team) | Software Engineer at NYU High Performance Computing Lab
  • Avid sci-fi reader | Contributor to NASA Citizen Science projects

Experience

Research Assistant | NYU Stern School of Business Jun 2025 – Present

  • Migrated large-scale datasets from MySQL to DuckDB using R, boosting query performance by 99.8% and accelerating data analysis workflows.
  • Partnered with the DHL Global Connectedness team (Germany) to design interactive analytics dashboards for the Global Connectedness Tracker Report (Oct 2025)
  • Built Grafana dashboards for real-time data monitoring, cutting issue detection time by 50% and improving decision-making speed across teams.

Software Engineer Intern | Metastate Bio Inc.
May 2025 – Aug 2025

  • Built Angular-based dashboards visualizing synthetic biotechnology simulations, enabling researchers to track 100+ experiments in real-time and improving decision-making speed by 30%.
  • Fixed critical database issues in Java and MySQL, restoring data accuracy for Z+ research projects.

Software Engineer (Part-Time) | NYU IT High Performance Computing Lab
Feb 2025 – May 2025

  • Developed internal research portal for NYU researchers using Node.js, TypeScript and Docker, integrating 10+ backend APIs and improving portal usability.
  • Designed CI/CD pipelines in GitLab, reducing deployment time from hours to under 15 minutes.

Founding Engineer (Part-Time) | Stealth AI Startup
Jan 2025 – May 2025

  • Frontend development using React for a CPG e-commerce site.
  • Optimized performance by 35% and implemented responsive design.

Software Engineer | Freshworks
Feb 2021 – Mar 2023

  • Worked on building the SaaS CRM web application 'Freshservice', using Ruby, React, JavaScript, AWS, Docker and Kubernetes.
  • Collaborated with a 15-member team in an Agile environment following SDLC, creating a new subscriptions module, developing REST APIs and handling external webhooks, thereby creating a seamless experience for payments.
  • Executed the seamless migration of 70,000 customer accounts across 14 global sites, to the new billing module.
  • Mentored two graduate engineering trainees, assigned tasks and reviewed the code in their pull requests.
  • Resolved 100+ bugs and prioritized completing cross-site scripting security issues.
  • Improved application’s test coverage from 70% to 85% by writing RSpec and mini test cases for APIs.

Tech Stack

Languages:
Python, Java, C, R, Ruby, JavaScript, TypeScript

Web Development:
Node.js, Django, Flask, React, Angular, FastAPI, REST APIs, HTML/CSS, MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis

Cloud & DevOps:
Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins CI/CD, Git, Bash, AWS (EC2, S3, Lex, Lambda, DynamoDB, OpenSearch), GCP

Tools & Platforms:
Git, GitHub, GitLab, Linux/Unix, Grafana, Figma, Notion, Jupyter Notebook


GitHub Stats

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Always open to collaborating on meaningful open-source projects or new ideas.
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