# Pooja Thakare

> Staff Software Engineer @ LinkedIn | Developing cool products daily | Building Observability at Linkedin

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/poojathakare

👋🏻 Hi there! I am a Senior Full Stack Engineer 👩🏻‍💻 with masters in Biomedical Engineering. I am currently utilizing my 5 years worth of tech-knowledge in creating awesome products and building cool teams.

"The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do." -  Apple Think Different Commercial

## Work Experience
### Staff Software Engineer @ LinkedIn
Jan 2026 – Present

### Senior Software Engineer @ LinkedIn
Jan 2022 – Present | Sunnyvale, CA

### Senior Software Engineer @ Rhombus Power Inc.
Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 | Mountain View, California, United States
- Be extremely hands-on to design high-level and low-level components, write high-quality software that will perform at scale, be supportable, and be extensible
- Manage and Collaborate closely with team of 5 strong software development engineers
-  Lead technical architecture design for new products and enhancements to current products

### Software Engineer-Full Stack @ Rhombus Power Inc.
Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | Mountain View, California
Developed complex full-stack web applications for multiple government agencies using HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery for an optimized frontend, PHP and Python for backend along with PHP CodeIgniter framework.
• Used MySQL, AWS EC2, RDS and S3 to store and retrieve data.
• Utilized Docker Container for deployment of production code.
• Improved system performance by making proactive adjustments and resolving
bugs.
• Versed in complete software life cycle from preliminary needs analysis to
enterprise-wide deployment and support.
• Supervised team of 3 developers for creation of new application system and
performed peer code review on a daily basis.
• Reviewed requirements, specifications and technical design documents to
provide timely and meaningful feedback.
• Consulted regularly with internal customers on application development project
status, new project proposals and software-related technical issues. Translated user requirements into the overall architecture and implementation of new systems.
• Directed software design and development across multifaceted team to meet client needs for functionality, timeline and performance.

### Image Processing and Data Analysis Intern @ Rhombus Power Inc.
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Gainesville, Florida
- Analyze experimentally obtained nuclear data to calculate the extent of radiation.
- Use python to process, analyze and interpret the image data captured by the sensors in high flux gamma field environment.
-Use Machine Learning to classify different subatomic particles.
- Involved in the hardware development of the assembly (repeaters used for relaying signal over long distance using LVDS and I2C, cables for transmitting the signals) used for capturing neutrons and gamma in high flux gamma field.
- Hands-on experience in the reliability testing of sensors used to detect gamma and neutrons in high flux gamma field.

### Graduate Researcher at Medical Imaging and Computational Analysis Lab @ University of Florida
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Gainesville, Florida Area
- Determine Early markers of Cardiac Injury post Ionizing Radiation therapy for left sided breast cancer using various Image processing techniques.
-Working on processing of DCE-MRI images involving Late Gadolinium Enhancement (LGE )to quantify cardiac injury due to radiation.
-The processing of these DICOM images  is done using Python and Java.

### Biomedical/Software Research Assistant at Medical Imaging and Computational Analysis Lab @ University of Florida
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Gainesville, Florida Area
-Working on a Medical Imaging software "ImageJ" involving C and C++ coding and OpenGl platform for graphics library on Mac OSX. 
-The Imaging software performs contouring of the Heart's atriums and ventricles, creates a 3D model of the heart which aids in determining the possible damage to the heart due to the radiation dose given during breast or lung cancer  treatment.
-The MRI scans are received from our collaborations at UF Shands Hospital and  Proton Therapy Institute at Jacksonville.

### Senior Software Engineer @ IGATE Global Solution/Capgemini India Pvt. Ltd
Jan 2014 – Jan 2016 | Mumbai Area, India
•	Worked on Automation Testing of 3PAR SSMC (particularly the Provisioning and Federation module) which involved development of test scripts/test cases using Java and Selenium.
•	Automated test cases and maintained the automation test framework.
•	Maintained documentation of test results to assist in debugging and modification of software, performed routine tasks such as updating statuses and attending team meetings, analyzed test results to validate existing functionality and recommend corrective action.
•	Develop and execute feature and system integration test cases.
•	Handled team meetings, prepared minutes of meeting, and performed requirement analysis in the project.
-experience in Unit, Automation, and Regression Testing in a software development environment. 
-Strong hands-on experience in writing test scripts/test cases using Selenium
-Experience in J-Unit, Firebug, GitHub and Bugzilla
-Familiarity with Agile method
-Involved in Automation Environment setup using Eclipse, Java, Selenium WebDriver jars.
-Execution of Tests and Reporting Defects Using Bugzilla.
- Involvement in Preparation of Test Procedures, Test Scenarios, Cases and Test Data.
•	Handled entire Hewlett Packard (HP) SSMC Automation project single handedly and had effective communication with HP clients in Fremont, California.
•	Worked on various medical as well as non-medical projects which involve developing and testing of the UI.
•	Gave knowledge transfer sessions on Federation which was a solution for simultaneous transfer of data from one to many Storservs.


## Education
### Master’s Degree in Biomedical Engineering
University of Florida

### Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) in Biomedical/Medical Engineering
University of Mumbai

### High School in Physics Chemistry Biology Mathematics
South Indian Education Societys College of Arts Science and Commerce Sion West Mumbai 400 022


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/pooja-thakare-84a82762

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