Jay Talekar

Experience

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  Harry & Liu Co. Ltd.

  Nov 2020 - Apr 2022

  Android Developer

  • Collaborated with a team of over five developers to create two Android applications in Kotlin for Pebble and Helix smartwatches, both achieving 4+ ratings on Google Play.• Proposed transitioning from SQLite to Room during Scrum meetings and actively contributed to the migration process, resulting in significant improvements, notably in resolving janky graph animations.• Interfaced with the watch’s firmware to sync user’s activity data with the app and push firmware updates to the watch by employing Bluetooth Software Development Kit (SDK) integrated within the app.• Implemented unit tests with JUnit and automated UI tests with Espresso, improving developer productivity.• Adhered to app’s recommended Model-View-View-Model (MVVM) architecture while adding features, fixing bugs, etc.• Connected to RESTful web services using Retrofit to show advertisements of new product launches within the apps. Show less

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  Stevens Institute of Technology

  Feb 2023 - Mar 2024

  Software Developer

  • Developed an end-to-end CMS solution using React.js, Node.js, PostgreSQL and AWS to automate day-to-day tasks resulting in increase of 3 times the productivity.• Contributed 22+ reusable components and hooks to UI/UX component library using React.js across multiple applications.• Built a RESTful and GraphQL API with PostgreSQL using Express.js and Apollo; Jest was used for unit testing.• Streamlined departmental web applications by consolidating into a monorepo using NX and enhanced code type safety and maintainability by migrating from JavaScript to Typescript.• Implemented RBAC (Role-Based Access Control) along with OAuth2 to provide secure and efficient system for managing user permissions and access levels.• Automated creation & destruction of AWS resources using Serverless script reducing the deployment time by 20%. Show less