# Sai K.

> Staff Software Engineer

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

As a senior software engineer, I build and maintain applications that cater to millions of users worldwide. I use cutting-edge technologies such as JavaScript, React, Node.js, Express, MySQL and DynamoDB to create responsive, scalable, and secure solutions that meet the highest standards of quality and performance.

I have over 6 years of experience in full stack development, having worked in fast-paced startups and established organizations. I am also a lifelong learner and a humble knowledge seeker, constantly improving my skills and exploring new domains. My goal is to leverage my expertise and passion for technology to create innovative and impactful products that solve real-world problems and add value to users and businesses.

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

### Senior Software Engineer @ Ancestry
Jan 2023 – Jan 2026 | San Francisco Bay Area

### Software Engineering Manager @ Business Wire
Jan 2023 – Jan 2023

### Senior Software Engineer, Full Stack @ Business Wire
Jan 2022 – Jan 2023

### Software Engineer, Full Stack @ Business Wire
Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco, California, United States

### Full Stack Software Engineer @ Pollerr - (Retired App)
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | San Bruno, CA
• Built client side application using JavaScript, Angular 8, Google Charts, Material UI, and Webpack, achieving modern web app supported on 15 devices across 4 major browsers.
• Constructed RESTful APIs and database architecture using Node.js, Express, and MongoDB to store, retrieve, and update poll questions, votes, and visitor information spanning across 10 tables/collections.
• Wrote automation scripts in Python and MongoDB, aimed to take hourly local and remote database backups and saved 5 hours per week backing up data.
• Configured site using secure domain on GCP (Compute Engine) with NGINX load balancer and OpenSSL to support secure protocol, configure reverse proxy and Gzip compression which reduced resource size by 60%.
• Optimized platform for SEO; implemented techniques such as lazy loading, dynamic titles, page headers and meta data for each poll page, resulting in 60% boost in Google search ranking and load times dropping by 5X.
• Wrote unit tests in Mocha and Chai, achieving code coverage of more than 80%.

### Software Engineer @ Chalk Digital
Jan 2016 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco Bay Area
• Developed automated ad creation platform using JavaScript, Angular 6, D3.js, Node.js, Express, HTML5 and CSS3 which dynamically creates banner ads and real-time landing pages for real estate agents.
• Implemented mapping tools using Google maps APIs which helped users target audiences by country, state, city, zip-code and draw custom geofences which increased overall campaign performance by 50%.
• Built ad builder platform and analytical dashboards using JavaScript, Angular 6, D3.js, Node.js, Express, MySQL and MongoDB to help advertisers launch mobile, desktop and video banner ads 50% faster.
• Engineered internal tools and dashboards using JavaScript, AngularJS, D3.js, Node.js, HTML5 and CSS3, which resulted in 80% reduction in support tickets to engineers.
• Created and deployed automation scripts to identify and alert disk issues arise on AWS servers built utilizing Python, resulting in 40% less possibility of disk crashes and increased availability of servers.
• Performed UI/UX design and development using Adobe XD, Photoshop and Illustrator, consisting an upward of 20 wireframes that helped with overall product design of ads and products.

### Software Summer Intern @ Tata Capital Financial Services Ltd.
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015
• Built wealth distribution scripts which calculated complex financial and investment portfolios using VBA Scripts and MySQL, resulting in 60% more granular and refined data and saving $60,000+ annually.
• Developed analytical dashboards using JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3, providing internal stakeholders with graphical representation of financial data.
• Performed extensive testing using unit tests to identify bottlenecks and edge cases in scripts which covered around 80% of the codebase.

### Summer Intern @ Skynet Secure Solutions
Jan 2014 – Jan 2014
•  Worked on reverse engineering and network analysis tools like Wireshark. 
•  Learned to use sandbox environment development. 
•  Researched browser and document related vulnerabilities and exploits.


## Education
### Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science
California State University, Fresno

### Computer Science
Vidyalankar School of Information Technology

### High School in High School
Don Bosco High School, Matunga


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/saikadle
- Website: https://saikadle.com

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Source: https://flows.cv/saik
JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/saik/resume.json
Last updated: 2026-03-22