Gowtham R

Software Developer with 2+ years of experience building production-grade applications using React Native, React.js, Node.js, Express.js, MySQL, and Docker. Experienced in designing scalable REST APIs, optimizing backend performance, and delivering enterprise applications serving 1,000+ MAUs across 10+ Indian states. Strong interest in AI-powered applications, system architecture, and cloud-native development.

Full Stack Developer at DHAN Foundation (ICT-INAYAM) (2024-06 – 2026-08)

Products: DHAN Attendance App (Play Store) | Attendance & Leave Portal

• Engineered and deployed a production React Native (Expo) attendance application serving 1,000+ field employees across 10+ Indian states, improving attendance reliability by 95% and reducing HR processing time by 4+ hours/day.
• Built a React.js administrative portal featuring 5 role-based access levels, 15+ dashboards, and automated 3-tier approval workflows, reducing leave processing time from 3 days to under 2 hours.
• Architected an Express.js backend with 60+ REST APIs and MySQL (28 tables), implementing connection pooling to reduce response latency by 200ms while sustaining 99.9% uptime during peak traffic.
• Containerized applications using Docker + Nginx, reducing deployment failures by 90%; replaced paid HereAPI with a custom Haversine geolocation engine, saving over $3,000/year.
• Automated attendance reminders and monthly reporting using Node-cron and Nodemailer, eliminating 8+ hours/week of manual HR effort for 1,500+ employees.

B.E. in Computer Science and Engineering – Sri Shakthi Institute of Engineering and Technology (2020-06 – 2024-05)

Higher Secondary in Computer Science – Saradha Vidhyalaya Matriculation Higher Secondary School (2020-05)