Kaviya Ravichandran

Results-driven Software Developer and Associate Manager with over 5 years of experience architecting scalable web applications. Demonstrated rapid career progression within a single organization, advancing from Intern to Software Engineer and currently Associate Manager. Expert in PHP (Yii2, CodeIgniter) and system optimization, having reduced LCP by 49% to meet Core Web Vitals standards.

Proven leader in mentoring engineering teams and delivering revenue-generating backend architectures for high-traffic platforms. Seeking a fully remote position to leverage technical leadership and full-stack expertise.

Software Engineer / Associate Manager at GetMyUni (2023-05 – Present)

Oversee backend development for high-traffic applications, implement code review processes, mentor junior engineers, and architect scalable backend modules.

• Core Web Vitals Optimization: Slashed Largest Contentful Paint (LCP) from 4.92s to 2.5s within 72 hours, moving the platform into 'Good' status across all devices.
• Engineering Leadership: Oversee backend development for high-traffic Yii2 applications, implementing strict code review processes and mentoring junior engineers.
• Revenue Systems: Architected and deployed scalable backend modules for lead management systems, directly enabling business growth and revenue features.
• Technical Collaboration: Partnered with cross-functional SEO and product teams to enhance crawlability and system reliability in a distributed work environment.

Software Engineer at GetMyUni (2021-01 – 2023-04)

Led migration of legacy modules, integrated ElasticSearch, built RESTful APIs, and optimized database performance.

• Legacy Migration: Led the migration of business-critical legacy modules from CodeIgniter to Yii2, improving code maintainability by 40%.
• Search Engineering: Successfully integrated ElasticSearch into core platform modules, reducing site search latency significantly.
• Backend Infrastructure: Built and optimized RESTful APIs and backend services using PHP and cURL for high-volume data exchange.
• Query Optimization: Refactored complex MySQL queries and database logic to improve application performance under heavy load.

Software Developer Intern at GetMyUni (2020-09 – 2020-12)

Developed core web features and optimized user interfaces.

• Developed core web features using PHP and CodeIgniter, focusing on backend logic and database efficiency.
• Optimized user interfaces using Bootstrap and JavaScript, contributing to improved user engagement metrics.

M.Tech in Software Engineering (5-Year Integrated) – Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) (2015 – 2020)