Sowjanya Vemu, Developer in London, United Kingdom
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Sowjanya Vemu

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DevOps Engineer and Developer

London, United Kingdom

Toptal member since July 9, 2024

Expertise
JavaAndroidKotlingRPCGolangDockerMySQLPHPJavaScriptMacOS
Bio

Sowjanya is an adept software engineer who specializes in creating, testing, and deploying large-scale web applications in React, Angular, and Android. At BP, she focuses on standardizing build systems with the open-source tool Bazel. Sowjanya has also worked as a software engineer at Facebook, where she designed and developed several features in the Android version of WhatsApp.

Portfolio

BP
Android, Java, Bazel, Go, gRPC, Docker, Kotlin
Meta
Hack, Android, Java

Experience

  • Java - 3 years
  • gRPC - 2 years
  • Go - 2 years
  • Android - 2 years
  • AWS IoT - 2 years
  • Bazel - 2 years
  • Kotlin - 2 years
  • Docker - 1 year

Availability

Full-time

Preferred Environment

MacOS

The most amazing...

...features I've developed for WhatsApp status are public service announcements and audience selection.

Work Experience

Senior Software Engineer

2022 - PRESENT
BP
  • Designed and developed pivotal reward features for the new BPme app in Europe, employing Bazel, an open-source build tool by Google, to automate and streamline builds, enhancing productivity and reliability.
  • Contributed to standardizing the build system across BP, enhancing development efficiency and consistency.
  • Launched the app across multiple countries and matched the corresponding markets' users' needs.
Technologies: Android, Java, Bazel, Go, gRPC, Docker, Kotlin

Software Engineer

2021 - 2022
Meta
  • Designed and developed several features in the WhatsApp consumer-facing product. Refactored code in several components to make regular updates easier.
  • Headed the team-wide efforts to maintain essential metrics like crash rates.
  • Led the organization-wide efforts toward testing and increased the test coverage from under 10% to 80%.
Technologies: Hack, Android, Java

Experience

BPme App

Headed the development of a rewards-based application. I oversaw the building of pipelines, as well as development and deployment efforts. Over seven months, we introduced the app to the UK, the US, and Spain. We plan to expand our reach to additional global markets, including Poland, the Netherlands, and Germany, with preparations underway for the upcoming launch phases.

Education

2011 - 2013

Master's Degree in Business Administration (MBA)

Osmania University - Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Skills

Tools

Bazel

Languages

Java, Kotlin, Go, PHP, JavaScript, Hack

Platforms

Android, Docker, AWS IoT, MacOS

Frameworks

gRPC

Paradigms

REST

Storage

MySQL

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