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Varun Naik, Software Developer in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Varun Naik

Software Developer in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Member since July 19, 2012
Varun is a flexible developer with years of experience in a wide range of web development roles, including front end, back end, and SRE. He excels at creating high-quality products while optimizing for performance and maintainability. Varun is focused on code quality, good test coverage, and building systems that do not require constant upkeep.
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Portfolio

Experience

Location

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Availability

Part-time

Preferred Environment

Amazon Web Services (AWS), AWS, SQL, Python, JavaScript, React, Node.js

The most amazing...

...product I've built was a platform to connect smart devices together, turning smart devices into a unified smart home!

Employment

  • CTO and Developer

    2010 - PRESENT
    InnoBerg Technologies Limited
    • Designed and coded InnoTrack, a web-based GPS fleet/vehicle/asset tracking platform.
    • Created servers to interface with GPS tracking units using Python. Was responsible for implementation of the server and testing of both the server and the hardware that interacted with it.
    • Created the InnoTrack tracking website to view vehicles on a map. Was responsible for the entire website, including the frontend and backend (track.innotrack.in). InnoTrack is heavily AJAX based and most of the logic runs client-side as JavaScript.
    • Also designed and implemented the main website for InnoTrack. (http://www.innotrack.in).
    • Designed and set up database schemas and server.
    • Set up and administered the Linux servers including the web servers, GPS tracking servers, and the entire system including the email servers.
    • Implemented reporting and charting using Google Charts.
    • Technologies used: Google Maps, jQuery, Google Charts, PHP, Python, Mysql.
    • Designed InnoSMS, a SMS alerting application for corporates.
    • Implemented InnoSMS using Python (Django), HTML and CSS (work ongoing).
    • Responsible for product conceptualisation, high-level design, database design, web design and programming (both front-end and back-end).
    Technologies: CSS, HTML, Google Maps, JavaScript, PHP, Python

  • Independent Developer

    2009 - 2011
    Catskill Data LLC
    • Created ZoomReader, a Firefox extension to read webpages without distractions, using JavaScript and XUL.
    • Implemented web page parser in JavaScript to read the main content of a webpage discarding all irrelevant items.
    • Created the application UI using XUL, HTML and CSS and implemented several reading modes for hands-free reading.
    • Added support for registration and key verification using an API, as well as a demo mode.
    Technologies: XUL, CSS, HTML, JavaScript

  • Programmer

    2009 - 2010
    Contractor
    • Developed several Firefox extensions, including a Plagarism detection tool for ttributor Inc., Birdpie social media addon integrating the Twitter oAuth API, a social networking website addon integrating Facebook and Twitter APIs, an extension for a coupon site, and more.
    • Wrote several stock trading analysis scripts in Python.
    Technologies: CSS, HTML, XUL, C++, XPCOM, JavaScript

  • Web Developer

    2008 - 2009
    Torry Harris Business Solutions
    • Set up and maintained Dokeos, a PHP based training software for internal use within the organisation.
    • Modified the software to meet company specifications, and added new functionality. Designed, implemented and tested all modifications and integrated with the production system with no downtime.
    • Created general PHP programming tasks and scripts to help with training workflow.
    Technologies: jQuery, JavaScript, Java, Dokeos, PHP

  • Developer

    2007 - 2008
    mPulse India
    • Designed, developed, and set up the company website
    • Wrote several scripts in Python and Bash to streamline and automate internal processes
    Technologies: JavaScript, CSS, HTML, PHP

  • Systems Administrator

    2007 - 2008
    RNA e-solutions
    • Set up a Hipaa compliant server for company use.
    • Designed, developed and set up the company website.
    • Set up infrastructure and the company network.
    Technologies: Linux, PHP

Skills

  • Languages

    Python, CSS3, SQL, JavaScript, Regex, HTML5, Bash, PHP, HTML, CSS, C++, Java, XUL, XML, C#, C

  • Libraries/APIs

    jQuery, Tastypie, Gevent, Google Chart API, Google Maps, Node.js, React

  • Paradigms

    Object-oriented Programming (OOP), Procedural Programming

  • Platforms

    Ubuntu, Linux, Windows, Debian Linux, AWS Lambda, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Drupal 7, Dokeos

  • Storage

    SQLite, MySQL, MongoDB, AWS S3

  • Frameworks

    Serverless Framework, Django, Twisted

  • Other

    Single Sign-on (SSO), AWS, AWS API Gateway, XPCOM

  • Tools

    Adobe Photoshop

Education

  • Masters Degree in Computer Science
    2006 - 2008
    Coimbatore Institute of Technolgy - Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
  • Bachelors Degree in Computer Science
    2002 - 2005
    Anna University (Sri Krishna College of Engineering & Technology) - Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India

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