**Govinder Somal**
gsomal99@gmail.com | +1 (209) 407-0241
LinkedIn | https://govindersomal.com

### **Work Experience**
**Software Engineer** | HiTech ERP Solutions | San Jose, CA | Sept 2020 - Present
- Led a Project Portfolio with successful Cloud implementations for Fortune 500 companies, enhancing system scalability and reducing load times by **40%**.
- Implemented advanced features and optimizations in **Java, Python, and C++**, improving performance for **500,000+ users**.
- Collaborated with developers to fix **150+ software bugs**, increasing application stability and customer satisfaction by **25%**.
- Enhanced cloud-based systems, improving efficiency and reducing operational costs by **20%**.
- Facilitated Agile development, increasing project completion rate by **35%** and team productivity.
- **Technologies:** AWS, Python, Java, C++, Agile Methodologies

### **Skills**
- **Languages:** Python, Java, JavaScript, C++, Kotlin, Swift
- **Tools & Libraries:** JUnit, Maven, Postman
- **Cloud/DevOps:** AWS (EC2, Lambda, CloudFront, CloudWatch, Amplify, Route53, SES), GCP, Azure
- **Software:** Git, Jira, MS Project, Visio, Excel, MS Professional, Scrum
- **Databases:** MongoDB, MySQL, NoSQL, DynamoDB, FireBase

### **Projects**
**Hotel Booking Application**
- Developed a full-stack application with **AWS (DynamoDB, Lambda, API Gateway)**, improving data retrieval speeds by **40%** and reducing server costs by **30%**.
- Designed UI with **HTML, CSS, JavaScript**, increasing user satisfaction by **60%**.
- Implemented secure authentication, reducing unauthorized access by **95%**.
- Built an admin dashboard, improving staff efficiency by **50%**.

**Dietician Recipe Book Application**
- Created an app for **1M+ users**, increasing daily active users by **45%**.
- Integrated **AWS (Cognito, Amplify, Lex, Polly, SES, Route 53)**, boosting engagement by **30%** and reducing bounce rates by **50%**.
- Developed front/back-end with **Angular & AWS Amplify REST API**, improving retention by **40%**.
- Built an **Amazon Lex chatbot**, increasing user interactions by **60%**.

### **Education**
**Master of Science in Software Engineering**
San Jose State University, San Jose, CA | Aug 2021 - May 2023

**Bachelor of Science in Computer Science**
California State University East Bay, Hayward, CA | Sep 2017 - May 2021
- **1st Place Hackathon Winner** - HackDay 2020

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