Pradeep James, Developer in Toronto, ON, Canada
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Pradeep James

Verified Expert  in Engineering

Software Developer

Location
Toronto, ON, Canada
Toptal Member Since
April 21, 2020

Pradeep currently works as a front-end engineer at Google. He has 16 years of professional software development experience. He designed and built the UI for Samsung's Galaxy Store Statistics (GSS) system for the Galaxy Store, Samsung's equivalent of the Google Play Store, and the Apple App Store. He has also built applications for PepsiCo Frito-Lay, Delta Dental, The Home Depot, and State Farm. Pradeep received a cash reward from Google for reporting a security flaw in YouTube/Google Play Music.

Portfolio

Google
JavaScript, HTML5, CSS
Samsung Electronics America
Ionic, Angular, JavaScript, D3.js, UI Design, Third-party APIs...
PepsiCo Frito-Lay
Angular, JavaScript, AngularJS, UI Design, Third-party APIs...

Experience

Availability

Part-time

Preferred Environment

JavaScript, Angular

The most amazing...

...UI I've designed and built was for Samsung's GSS system.

Work Experience

Front-end Software Engineer

2022 - PRESENT
Google
  • Developed world-class UIs that have minimal load time.
  • Supported the application in production, oversaw deployments, fixed bugs, and provided general maintenance.
  • Built highly interactive user interfaces and drove visibility.
Technologies: JavaScript, HTML5, CSS

UI Architect

2017 - 2022
Samsung Electronics America
  • Designed and built the UI for Samsung's GSS system for the Samsung Galaxy Store.
  • Developed a new retail management system for Samsung. One of its key features is a highly customizable dashboard for displaying data assimilated from millions of devices deployed worldwide.
  • Created mobile interfaces for Samsung's GSS system and the retail management system.
Technologies: Ionic, Angular, JavaScript, D3.js, UI Design, Third-party APIs, Front-end Architecture, Data Visualization, PrimeNG, HTML, FusionCharts, DevExtreme, AWS Lambda, Google Maps API, Amazon API Gateway, User Experience (UX), REST APIs, CSS3, CSS, HTML5, User Interface (UI), Web UI, RxJS, TypeScript, Front-end, Front-end Development

Technical Lead

2015 - 2017
PepsiCo Frito-Lay
  • Built a new web application for planning daily production schedules to be deployed at various Frito-Lay plants in North America.
  • Led the UI and server development effort for the application.
  • Interfaced with customers in the field to understand and implement requirements and enhancements.
Technologies: Angular, JavaScript, AngularJS, UI Design, Third-party APIs, Front-end Architecture, PrimeNG, HTML, User Experience (UX), REST APIs, CSS3, CSS, HTML5, User Interface (UI), Web UI, Front-end, Front-end Development

Lead UI Developer

2011 - 2015
Delta Dental Plan of Michigan
  • Built a stand-alone application for accepting one-time payments from people enrolling for dental insurance from the federal and Kentucky Exchange websites.
  • Made all of the company's apps PCI compliant. This involved isolating the online payment system used in all of the apps on a separate server so that users' credit card information would not be routed through the company's server at any time.
  • Modified and deployed an Adobe Flex-based individual enrollment billing system for implementation in the company's individual business unit.
Technologies: AngularJS, jQuery, Adobe Flex, JavaScript, UI Design, Third-party APIs, Front-end Architecture, HTML, User Experience (UX), REST APIs, CSS, User Interface (UI), Web UI, Front-end, Front-end Development

Lead UI Developer

2010 - 2011
The Home Depot U.S.A.
  • Led the UI customization effort for The Home Depot's supply chain management system.
  • Customized the supply chain management system to support Transload, a just-in-time model.
  • Used Google Maps APIs and the MapQuest Flash Maps API to develop an interactive map view.
Technologies: Google Maps API, Adobe Flex, UI Design, Third-party APIs, Front-end Architecture, HTML, REST APIs, CSS, User Interface (UI), Web UI, Front-end, Front-end Development

Senior Programmer

2006 - 2010
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
  • Contributed to the enterprise claims system development effort.
  • Customized the Accenture Insurance Claims System framework for implementation at State Farm.
  • Collaborated on fine-tuning PL/SQL stored procedures for the IBM Db2 database.
  • Developed a stand-alone application that used object-oriented programming concepts such as inheritance and composition and design patterns such as memento and command.
Technologies: JavaScript, Java, HTML, CSS, User Interface (UI), Front-end, Front-end Development

Samsung Galaxy Store Statistics System

The statistics system for the Samsung Galaxy Store, Samsung’s equivalent of Google Play and the App Store. The desktop portal is an Angular single page application (SPA) and the mobile portal is an Ionic application.

Samsung Retail Management System

https://grms.retailsamsung.com/
An Angular SPA for managing all Samsung devices that are deployed to retail stores across the globe. It has three primary components: content delivery, statistics, and monitoring. One of its key features is a highly customizable dashboard for displaying data assimilated from millions of devices deployed worldwide.

Frito-Lay Daily Production Planner

An AngularJS-based SPA used for planning daily production schedules in all Frito-Lay plants in North America. A key highlight of the app is an interactive Gantt chart that helps the user create production schedules.

Languages

JavaScript, Java, TypeScript, HTML, HTML5, CSS, CSS3

Frameworks

Angular, AngularJS, Adobe Flex, Ionic

Libraries/APIs

RxJS, DevExtreme, FusionCharts, REST APIs, PrimeNG, jQuery, Google Maps API, D3.js

Paradigms

UI Design

Other

Web UI, User Interface (UI), Front-end Architecture, Third-party APIs, Front-end, Front-end Development, User Experience (UX), Data Visualization, Amazon API Gateway

Platforms

AWS Lambda

2002 - 2006

Bachelor of Technology Degree in Electrical Engineering and Electronics

College of Engineering, Trivandrum - Kerala, India

MARCH 2008 - PRESENT

Certified Ethical Hacker

EC-Council

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