# Gurdev Sihra > Software Engineer at Samsung SmartThings Location: Mountain View, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/gurdev Backend engineer addressing human problems with thoughtful, functional solutions. ## Work Experience ### Software Engineer @ SmartThings Jan 2023 – Present | Mountain View, California, United States ### Associate Software Engineer @ SmartThings Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 | Mountain View, California, United States - Optimized service response time by manipulating a high-throughput Kinesis stream by event deduplication using an internal tool which decreased event load by 80% and reduced AWS Lambda iterator age by 98%. - Migrated high traffic AWS Lambdas into a Virtual Private Cloud and mitigated downtime risks over 3 weeks. - Implemented a location based feature for a major partner with changing endpoint architecture and ambiguous data within a shortened timeline of 2 weeks which will improve user trust in Samsung products. - Decreased p90 latency by 12% and patched multiple points of failures for an AWS hosted, distributed IoT service that processes 45 million requests per day for 2 fortune 100 clients. - Developed AWS Lambda functions for a regression testing service to validate the functionality of the IoT service mentioned above. This service was integrated into the Jenkins deployment pipeline which improved service reliability and decreased manual testing by 22%. - Utilized and designed an AWS API Gateway REST API and SQS queue to make the regression testing service above asynchronous with high availability by implementing a mutex enforced through DynamoDB. - Improved team efficiency by using a JavaScript based internal tool to develop realistic virtual devices. ### Software Engineer Intern @ Objectivity, Inc. Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | San Jose, California, United States - Created the “Getting Started Tutorial” for the InfiniteGraph platform using Angular in 4 months. Built 6 page templates with responsive design, event handling, and reusable component structure. - Modified an existing piece of software to add 3 tasks to compile and present heuristic data for developers. - Used a Kotlin Gradle multi project to compile 5 projects using 1 root project; cutting down on code reuse. - Automated the query performance testing process by using Jenkins for continuous integration, executing Gradle tasks, and publishing results to Tableau overnight. This reduced manual testing time by 5 hours. ### Mentor @ STEM NOW Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | San Jose State University - Help guide current STEM NOW board with club processes - Develop technical workshop for members to build software projects - Set up STEM NOW website and advertise Tech Girl Talk podcast - Contribute to the Tech Girl Talk podcast by co hosting and editing podcasts ### Treasurer @ STEM NOW Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | San Jose State University - Oversaw financial conditions for a 20 member club, recording member payments, submitting funding requests, and organizing documentation for STEM Networking Of Women. - Developed a funding calendar for 2 semesters and outlined the financial needs of 30 future events - Applying STEM NOW for 2 funding grants and collaborating with Chief Organizer to amass finances for member needs - Actively promoted STEM NOW through social media outlets and tabling at SJSU events - Collaborated with my partner to create a community image for the organization and amassed 230 social media followers ### Coding Instructor @ Code With Us Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | Campbell, California - Clarifying instructions and individually helping groups of 3 students of various ages every session to develop individual coding projects - Communicated the thought process of approaching coding problems and importance of attention to detail - Motivated and taught students how to complete major steps in their projects every 1 hour session for a more productive outlook on work - Expanded my knowledge on the best approach to teaching and maintaining the attention span of students while simultaneously helping 3 students ### Hackathon Winner @ Womxn/Hacks Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | University of California, Santa Barbara - Developed a web application using self taught Flask and GCP within 36 hours and 3 partners which registers shelters with their resource needs so donors can better know what to donate. - Google Maps API and Geocoding API utilized for converting shelter street names to Google Map Markers. - Designed an application in Flask with 1 database to hold shelter information in Markers using SQLAlchemy. - Won Honorary Mention and Best Use of Google Cloud awards ### Fellow and Capstone Challenge Semifinalist @ Braven Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | San José State University - Semifinalist of Capstone Challenge provided by Sutter Health out of 18 teams and created a solution to address mental health in people ages 18 - 22. - Produced Nova, an artificially intelligent robot that interacted with users and logged conversations to track mental health status and progress viewed through an app - Utilized design thinking by conducting 24 interviews and answered the problem statement of reducing the fear of isolation in young adults who deal with mental health illnesses - Built app wireframes using Adobe XD to visualize users' point of accessing Nova's information as Lead Prototyper ### Hackathon Participant @ LA Hacks Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | University of Los Angeles, California - Individually learned JavaScript in the first 8 hours and collaboratively built a mental health awareness Google chrome extension within a group of 4 members over the span of 48 hours - Collaboratively set and developed code at certain checkpoints to create a plugin that managed helpful popups to manage procrastination and motivate users to complete tasks - Built and designed the user interface to the group’s specifications with HTML and CSS - Developed programs in JavaScript by teaching self while collaborating with 3 group members ### President @ Girl Scouts of Northern California Jan 2012 – Jan 2015 Achievement: Led a troop of 10 members in meetings whilst taking notes on what to budget for future events and managing every scout's funds and event ideas to plan - Helped keep meetings in order whilst solving internal problems related to budget errors and clashing ideas for the troop's direction - Took charge at every meeting by setting a guideline for discussions whilst taking notes and voicing my opinions on events and badges - Keeping track of funding and the individual member’s dues while learning to budget for major trips. Presented self professionally and learned customer service tips when selling GS merchandise ### Teens Take Over Member @ Girl Scouts of Northern California Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 | San Jose, California Achievement: Voiced my opinions in a groups of 30 Girl Scouts over the Bay Area every month to plan 3 major events in Northern California - Gained insight on planning events for over 200 people as well as meeting deadlines to set them up - Collaborated with other members on managing events such as: -Winterfest: A fall event advertised nationally to Girl scouts that received an attendance of over 200 people with a significant amount of troop vendors that needed guidance on placement and fees -Junior Badge Jump Off: An event for all Girl Scout troops in the Bay Area eligible for moving up a badge that required every member to guide and help each troop ### Treasurer @ Girl Scouts of Northern California Jan 2012 – Jan 2012 | San Jose, California Achievement: Managed the funds of primary Girl Scout troop attuned to the costs of California as well as tracked payments for each of 10 members over the course of a year. - Maximized annual cookie sales by working with the team leader to give discounts near the ending of the troop's booths in order to attract more customers - Learned to budget costs for events and the troop's Bronze Award that seated 50 people with 3 months to prepare ## Education ### Bachelor of Science in Computer Science San José State University ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/gurdevsihra - GitHub: https://github.com/sihra - Portfolio: https://gurdeveloper.onrender.com/ --- Source: https://flows.cv/gurdev JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/gurdev/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-30