Priya Nair
priya.nair@email.com · +1 (512) 555-0119 · Austin, TX · https://linkedin.com/in/priyanair · https://github.com/priyanair
Professional summary
Software engineer with 6 years building and scaling backend and full-stack services. Comfortable owning features end to end — from API design to deployment and on-call — with a track record of cutting latency and shipping reliably.
Skills
Languages & Frameworks
TypeScript, Python, React, Node.js, Go
Platform
PostgreSQL, AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD
Professional experience
Software Engineer II
Cobalt Systems — Austin, TX
Apr 2021 – Present
- Re-architected the billing service to event-driven processing, cutting p95 latency from 800ms to 210ms.
- Shipped a self-serve admin API used by 30+ enterprise customers, reducing support tickets by 40%.
- Mentored 2 engineers and introduced contract tests that cut integration regressions by half.
Software Engineer
Tidewater Apps — Remote
Jun 2018 – Mar 2021
- Built React + Node features for a logistics platform serving 50K daily active users.
- Reduced CI build times by 55% by parallelising test suites and caching dependencies.
- Owned migration from REST to GraphQL for the mobile client, simplifying 12 endpoints.
Education
University of Texas at Austin
B.S., Computer Science
Relevant coursework: Data structures, operating systems, databases
2014 – 2018
Certifications
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate — Amazon Web Services — 2022