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Fijas Pocker

Fijas Pocker

Technical Lead with over 14 years of experience in PHP, Python, Angular, React, NodeJS and AWS among others. Diverse experience leading development teams to develop new features, port legacy application and design scalable architectures. Experience managing and working with globally distributed teams. Developed library to reduce internal costs by 80% and open up additional revenue stream. Led re-architecture of core platform to serve 1M+ daily requests, reducing resource costs and increasing speed by 20%.

  • Role

    Software Lead

  • Years of Experience

    15 years

Skillsets

  • Ci/Cd Pipelines - 8 Years
  • MYSQL/PosgresQL - 15 Years
  • PHP/Laravel - 14 Years
  • Restfulapi - 10 Years
  • MySQL - 14 Years
  • AWS - 10 Years
  • Apache - 8 Years
  • Web API - 10 Years
  • HTML5/CSS3 - 10 Years
  • PHP - 15 Years
  • Laravel - 8 Years
  • Angular - 9 Years
  • React Js - 4 Years
  • Cloud Server (Google / AWS) - 8 Years
  • AWS DevOps - 8 Years
  • JavaScript - 14 Years

Professional Summary

15Years
  • Jan, 2015 - Present10 yr 3 months

    Technical Lead, Senior Full Stack Developer

    WebElect
  • Jan, 2013 - Dec, 20218 yr 11 months

    Technical Lead, Solutions Architect

    Ventures Middle East
  • Jan, 2011 - Dec, 20132 yr 11 months

    Full Stack Software Developer

    Talview
  • Jan, 2008 - Dec, 20113 yr 11 months

    Co-founder, Developer

    Hash Solutions

Applications & Tools Known

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    Angular

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    React

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    Node.js

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    PHP

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    Git

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    Laravel

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    AWS (Amazon Web Services)

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    tailwind css

Work History

15Years

Technical Lead, Senior Full Stack Developer

WebElect
Jan, 2015 - Present10 yr 3 months
    Started as a senior full stack developer and later led teams to port over legacy code to modern technologies and implement new features. Guided a team of 4 full stack developers and implemented CI/CD tools using GitHub actions to improve developer efficiency by up to 60%. Led effort to port over legacy code in core PHP to Laravel & Angular running on AWS and reduced loading times by 3x. Developed a Google map based voter targeting tool to optimize walk-campaigns and reduce campaign costs while increasing user engagement by 20%. Authored a VOIP based interactive panel to manage and conduct political calling campaign using React, NodeJS and Twilio. Built a scalable C application behind a Python Web app for matching and standardizing US based addresses using USPS AMS library reducing internal costs by 80%.

Technical Lead, Solutions Architect

Ventures Middle East
Jan, 2013 - Dec, 20218 yr 11 months
    Oversaw the design and implementation of a scalable new architecture handling over 1M+ daily visits. Hired and led an Agile team of 4 full-stack developers. Prepared a pathway to update legacy code and infrastructure to new technology using Yii2, NodeJS, Angular and Flutter. Created a scalable cloud based infrastructure on AWS and led development efforts. Eliminated downtime and increased customer retention by 25% in the first year. Set up a new developer workflow using CI/CD using Jenkins and AWS CodeDeploy. Added automated testing and deployment. Brought deployment downtime to 0, reduced lead time while increasing deployment frequency.

Full Stack Software Developer

Talview
Jan, 2011 - Dec, 20132 yr 11 months
    Part of a 3 member team that built the application from the ground up and took the company to seed funding stage. Created the cloud based live and non-live video interviewing platform using Flash and hosted on AWS.

Co-founder, Developer

Hash Solutions
Jan, 2008 - Dec, 20113 yr 11 months
    Co-founder at Hash Solutions that specializing in creating custom and innovative software solutions for clients all over the world. Hired and led a team of 5 developers and 3 designers. Led development of applications including a Digital Signage Solution spanning 3000 screens using Python and Clutter API. Developed Fleet, a GPS based vehicle fleet management system and deployed to 1000+ vehicles. Developed Talview (InterviewMaster) a video based live interview platform using Flash and PHP on AWS. Branched off into a separate company.

Achievements

  • Developed library to reduce internal costs by 80% and open up additional revenue stream
  • Led re-architecture of core platform to serve 1M+ daily requests, reducing resource costs and increasing speed by 20%
  • Implemented CI/CD tools using GitHub actions to improve developer efficiency by up to 60%
  • Reduced loading times by 3x
  • Increased user engagement by 20%
  • Reduced internal costs by 80%
  • Eliminated downtime and increased customer retention by 25% in the first year
  • Brought deployment downtime to 0, reduced lead time while increasing deployment frequency

Major Projects

3Projects

WebElect

WebElect
Aug, 2015 - Present9 yr 8 months

    - Guided a team of 4 full stack developers and implemented CI/CD tools using GitHub actions to improve developer efficiency by up to 60%

    - Led effort to port over legacy code in core PHP to Laravel & Angular running on AWS and reduced loading times by 3x

USPS Address Standardization API

WebElect.net
Feb, 2022 - Jun, 2022 4 months

    A high-performance, multi-threaded Address Matching & Standardization API using United States Postal Service's AMS Library

    - Led development of a C application to concurrently process addresses with peak volume of 5M+ per day

    - Incorporated Flask Python Framework as proxy to handle 100k+ concurrent requests

    - Reduced internal costs by 80% using the new API for address standardization

    - Successful completion of the project opened up a potential new revenue stream by expanding to 3rd parties

TalView

TalView
Aug, 2008 - Aug, 20135 yr

    A startup providing online video based live-interviewing platform for hiring and proctoring.

    - Part of a 3 member team that built the application from the ground up and took the company to seed funding stage

    - Created the cloud based live and non-live video interviewing platform using Flash and hosted on AWS

Education

  • Bachelor of Technology

    Cochin University of Science & Technology (CUSAT) (2008)

Interests

  • Cycling