Sonali Sidana
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Asia/Kolkata

Introduction

I'm Sonali Sidana, a Senior Product Engineer at Digii, where I craft scalable systems and intuitive user experiences. Beyond work, I love exploring new technologies, optimizing system architectures, and working on my own projects to push creative and technical boundaries.

Work Experience

Digii
Jul 2022 - Present
Senior Product Engineer
  • Architected, designed, and scaled platforms to support high-traffic applications through robust engineering design, system architecture, on-call management, and incident resolution.
  • Led and mentored a team of 5+ engineers, improving code quality, technical expertise, and best practices.
  • Designed a multi-node Elasticsearch architecture, reducing search latency by 40% and enhancing system performance.
  • Implemented tenant migrations and resource optimizations, lowering infrastructure costs while improving scalability and reliability.
  • Worked with the team on creating tenant and hub creation using Terraform, streamlining infrastructure provisioning and reducing manual effort.
  • Developed Python scripts for AWS instance creation, significantly reducing deployment time and improving operational efficiency.
Digii
Aug 2020 - Jun 2022
Product Engineer
  • Revamped the Mess Management System, improving operational efficiency by 98% .
  • Optimized the Academic Management System, reducing course registration time by 80% by enhancing query performance and caching with Redis.
  • Migrated the frontend codebase from ES5 to ES6, modernizing the stack for better maintainability.
  • Enhanced Campus Workflow Automation, increasing system adoption by 50% in the campus.
  • Developed and deployed 15+ core modules using AngularJS, Java, and Spring Boot, enhancing system performance and user experience.
Digii
Aug 2019 - Jul 2020
Engineering Intern
  • Developed a Gate Pass Management System automating record-keeping and reducing administrative workload by 90%.
  • Built Hostel & Staff Attendance Systems eliminating manual tracking and improving accuracy by 80%.
  • Designed reusable AngularJS components, enhancing development efficiency and accelerating feature rollout.

Education

Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), VelloreMaster of Computer Applications
Jul 2018 - Jun 2020
MCM DAV College For Women, ChandigarhBachelor of Computer Applications
Jul 2015 - Jun 2018

Technical skills

Programming & Frameworks
Frontend: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, AngularJS, ReactJS, BootstrapBackend: Java, Spring Boot
Databases & Cloud Services
Databases: MySQL, NoSQL, ElasticsearchCloud & DevOps: AWS (S3, Lambda, EC2, Athena, RDS, CloudWatch)
Other Tools & Expertise
Git, REST APIs, System Architecture, Data Structures