# Purnima Naik > Software Engineer Location: New York City Metropolitan Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/purnima ## Work Experience ### Systems Software Engineer @ HEVO Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Brooklyn, New York, United States • Designed & developed interactive LED interface to assist real time wireless charging. • Used Node.js, JIMP & rpi_ws281x to program a 37x24 addressable LED grid running on Linux (Raspberry Pi 3 & 4, Raspbian & Bullseye OS). • Created custom animations by modulating frame/refresh rate, driver channels and LED render sequence. • Generated systemmd unit configuration files (.service) to manage LED program lifecycle. • Wrote shell scripts to auto launch LED service programs at client sites. • Programmed shorthand BASH aliases for I2C serial bus communications commands that are responsible for toggling cooling fans. ### Lead Front End Developer (Mobile & Web) @ HEVO Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | Brooklyn, New York, United States ### Lead Mobile Developer @ HEVO Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Greater New York City Area ### React Native Mobile Developer @ HEVO Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Greater New York City Area • Created a react-native IoT app from scratch to be the primary tool for conducting charging sessions between an electric/hybrid vehicle and any HEVO Wireless Charger. • Developed the functionality to start/stop charging a car via the app while being able to monitor vitals such as power delivered, battery gained, transmitter’s temperature and time to full charge using REST APIs to communicate with MySQL database. • Collaborated with backend developers to design APIs; directed specifications for requests, payloads and their data structures. • Integrated react-native map to plot EV charging stations and clusters (based on zoom level) with multipart progress circles that show available, in-use and offline chargers at every station, in real-time. • Generated polyline coordinates using Google’s Maps API to display the ideal route from the user’s location to a selected charger followed by a hand-off to Google, Waze and Apple Maps for initiation of turn-by-turn navigation. • Accompanied map view with a drawer list of nearby stations showing time and distance away from the user, search & autocomplete functionality (using Google’s Places API), ability to ‘favorite’ a station and reserve a charger. • Detected when a car is in the vicinity of a reserved charger by polling the charger voltages and displayed real-time parking alignment to ensure user aligns as closely as possible to the suggested calibration thus ensuring maximum battery charge. • Developed an algorithm to calculate the ideal car parking position in real-time and display the same on varying screen sizes by formulating the multiplying coefficient based on selected charger’s voltage threshold. • Made the app robust to seamlessly pick up a charging session where it left off despite spotty internet issues, API failures, mid-session phone calls or a dead phone battery. ### iOS Developer @ InterPro Solutions Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Stoneham, Massachusetts Updated and maintained Interpro Solutions' hybrid mobile application, EZMaxMobile. ### Front End Developer Co-op @ Ahold Delhaize Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Quincy, MA • Developed native/hybrid applications for mobile devices and web applications, using Objective C, React JS, React Native, and Redux on rigid deadlines to deliver one or more deployable applications every 6 weeks. • Trusted to lead an inventory notification project for the associate data team; designed application architecture and user interface, implemented the frontend functionalities while collaborating with backend developers on API endpoints. • Worked closely with UI/UX designers to create workflows for seamless human-computer interaction on devices ranging from desktops to kiosks for 4 different apps. ### SEO Analyst @ Performics.Convonix Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | Mumbai Area, India • Analyzed keywords, on-page elements, backlinks, and on-site content to devise and implement online marketing strategies. ## Education ### Master of Science - MS in Information Systems Northeastern University Jan 2015 – Jan 2018 ### Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) in Information Technology Datta Meghe College of Engineering Jan 2010 – Jan 2014 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/purnima-naik --- Source: https://flows.cv/purnima JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/purnima/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-23