Sujee Maniyam Email : resume@sujee.net Web : http://sujee.net/tech/ | http://sujee.net/blog/ | LinkedIn San Francisco Bay Area, USA Objective Engineer with 10 years of software development experience seeks a great opportunity to design/lead/develop/launch cool stuff. Skills * *Software Development Experience* o {web / iphone / social / enterprise} apps o Performance and scalability of Java apps / web apps / databases o App-Integration platforms / RFID/EPCIS systems o Knowledge of a wide range of technologies and the ability to pick up new technologies quickly o worked on large scale software projects through all stages of development: concept, design, development, testing, deployment and support, at startups and big companies o used to long release cycles (years) to short ones (weeks/days) o keen Open Source software user , author and contributor ( Ubuntu , Eclipse , Mozilla , KDE ) * *OS* : Linux (system admin expertise), Mac, Windows * *Languages*: Java, Ruby, PHP, Objective-C / C / C++, Shell (Java : performance, networking, UI, JNI, threads, NIO, RMI; Obj-C : Iphone app dev) * *Technologies & Tools : * o Web : Ruby on Rails, LAMP stack o Iphone SDK o Databases & SQL, database scalability & replication o Web Services, WSDL, XML, JSON o APIs : Social networking (Facebook), Web frameworks (Ruby on Rails, Qcodo, Symfony), Javascript libraries ( Jquery, Prototype, Scriptaculous) o dev tools (Eclipse, ANT, xcode, Linux dev environment), performance profilers, version control (GIT, Subversion, CVS, ClearCase), cross platform GUI tool kits (Eclipse SWT, Java Swing) o Working knowledge of scalable infrastructure : Hadoop, Hbase Work Experience * *Lead Engineer @ Uloop , Mountain View, CA : (2008 - Present) * Uloop is an online marketplace for students - (books, jobs, housing) I am the lead engineer in charge of technology. o designed a scalable infrastructure for improved performance and scalability (load distribution, mysql database replication, caching). Taken the site through significant growth phase o developed and launched major site features. Focus is on clean design, usability and interaction(ajax) (screenshots ) o monitoring and maintaining the site and services o search engine optimization (SEO) [Technologies : LAMP/php, Qcodo framework] * *Software Engineer @ IBM, Burlingame, CA : (2002 Feb - 2008) * Former company Crossworlds was acquired by IBM o designed and developed on RFID/EPCIS middleware. Built automated testing framework and incorporated coverage analysis to build process. Customer deployments and support [Websphere server platform, Java, XML] o Technical team leader : We added Web Services support for business work flow design tools, making it easier to discover and invoke web services. The project was nominated for an internal IBM award and a patent was granted [# 20060271537] (screenshot1 , screenshot2 , screenshot3 ) o Eclipse tooling development (JFace, GEF, EMF). Worked on a graphical editor (that is part of IBM developer suite ) that allowed to easily expose an operation as web service - screenshot o Mentoring interns and new engineers * *Software Engineer @ Crossworlds , Burlingame, CA : (1999 July - 2002 Feb) * Crossworlds did Application Integration Middlware. o designed and developed enterprise (middleware integration) apps in Java o Java server performance engineer: Created, benchmarked and profiled prototypes for improved performance. Studied scalability across multi-processor systems. Designed custom performance tools to measure product performance. (screenshot ) [profiling tools for java/solaris] o Solaris platform lead: Responsible for porting the product to Solaris. Promoted portable C++ coding standards. Implemented a build system on Solaris. My projects * *Iphone App : Discounts For Me * Founder of DiscountsForMe.net - an online member-benefits & discounts directory. The iphone app shows benefits and discounts available for members of various organizations (public radio stations, auto clubs). [Ruby on Rails, data spidering, geocoding, REST API / JSON, Iphone SDK] App link and screenshots My presentations/talks on building client-server iphone apps * *tripyogi.com * Co-founder of TripYogi - a meta travel site for Indian domestic air travel. Site featured route calculation with multiple airlines, discount fare comparison and trip planning with trains and planes. [LAMP stack (php), spidering airline websites, route calculation] (screenshot1 ) * *Facebook App IBeatYou * compete in online competitions with your friends (and brag!) [Facebook API, PHP, Symfony web framework] ( screenshot1 , screenshot2 screenshot3 , ) * *304 card game* A Multi player, network aware card game in Java (in beta stage) [Java server with chat + user authentication + game logic, Java NIO and threading for scalable connections, firewall friendly networking, pluggable client architecture for human clients and AI robot clients, cross platform GUI client in Eclipse JFace] (screenshot1 ) * *GPS way point viewer* ** Developed this mash-up to help me and other photographers who use GPS waypoints to mark locations for photography. See waypoints in a Google map and search the waypoints for a keyword (sunset) [Javascript - dojo, Google map APIs, GPX file format, geo-coding ] ( screenshot1 , screenshot2 ) * *ProjTimer* Measures time spent on various tasks on a working day with minimal user intervention. Useful for status reports and consultants billing by hour A small Java application with intuitive Swing GUI, fast and responsive, and easy to use. The GUI and core code are re-used in another open source project SimpleTracker [Java swing] * Technical articles and HOWTOs and code contributions University Education B.S. in Computer Engineering, University of Melbourne Australia , 1998 ------------------------------------------------------------------------