# Shalini Pyapali

> Software Engineer

Location: New York, New York, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/shalinipyapali

Technical Skills
• Back-End: Python, Flask, Pyramid, Django, Ruby, Rails, SQL, PostgreSQL, Redis, MongoDB 
• Front-End: JavaScript, ReactJS, AngularJS, Redux, jQuery, D3.js, Webpack, HTML5, CSS3, Git

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Recurse Center
Jan 2024 – Present | Brooklyn, New York, United States
Working on projects that interest me!

### Software Engineer @ Comun
Jan 2025 – Jan 2025 | New York City Metropolitan Area
Promoting social mobility for immigrants and their families by providing access to banking services -  check us out at:  https://en.comun.app/

We're hiring! https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/comun

### Software Engineer @ Heron Finance
Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | New York City Metropolitan Area
Roboadvisor on chain! Check us out: https://www.heronfinance.com/

### Software Engineer @ Meta
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | New York, United States
Recruiting Diversity Engagement Team: Built features to create equitable opportunity for underrepresented candidates to prepare for the Meta interview process.

o Engineered a prototype that enables candidates to compile their code in various languages and get an automated correctness score: using Hack, React.js, graphQL, Relay, AWS, and Docker. 
o Expanded coding practice on Meta’s career profile to show preparation materials for Data Engineering (SQL, Coding) and Engineering Management (Freeform responses, coding, etc.).

### Software Engineer @ Facebook
Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | Menlo Park, California, United States
Recruiting Talent Discovery Team: Built tools to help sourcers find qualified candidates for open roles at Facebook.

o Built a rank-able search history feature end to end using Hack, React.js, graphQL and Relay to surface past searches to sourcers showing total screen to onsite and onsite to offer conversion rates.
o Implemented a new search filter that shows recommended candidates based on resume parsing. 
o Wrote React Jest tests across 89% of search filters and 6 jest e2e tests covering major flows on Sourcing tool.

### Software Engineer @ Outco Inc.
Jan 2017 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco, California, United States
o Built Job Search Accountability System using Node.js , Nodemailer.js, and Airtable API, increasing average number of total weekly resume submissions across engineering cohorts by over 70% 
o Refactored Node.js scripts in accountability systems to use JS promises to asynchronously handle data extraction from Airtable, processing 5 requests/sec. 
o Translated 5+ engineering problem swifts into Python, Swift and Ruby, updating curriculum content for 40% of clients on average per cohort.

### Technical Instructor @ Outco Inc.
Jan 2017 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco Bay Area
o Mentored 100+ Software Engineers in gaining aptitude with data structures and algorithms and core CS concepts by conducting over 10 one-on-ones per week, and providing guidance during pair programming and whiteboarding sessions. 
o Performed 10+ Fundamental Checks per week to evaluate Software Engineers for admission.

### Software Engineer (intern) @ HealthPals
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Menlo Park, California, United States
o Developed RESTful endpoints using Python and Pyramid to integrate HealthPals API with Electronic Medical Record Systems, resulting increase in customer engagement by over 75%.
o Remodeled UI/UX of clinical intelligence platform to automatically notify physicians of missing patient data in record submissions utilizing JavaScript, ReactJS and Redux.
o Engineered automated Python testing framework following Object Oriented Design, using JSON comparisons to catch 50% more errors in expected responses from RESTful API endpoints.
o Integrated Python testing framework into CLI deployment process with Bash scripting, optimizing software engineering debugging time more than 25%.
o Grew Android patient platform user base by over 10% through successfully deploying to Google Play Store in less than 2 weeks using Cordova, Ionic and Gradle.
o Managed build and release cycle of 15 beta and production version of Android patient app in Android Studio.

### Undergraduate Research Assistant @ University of California, Davis
Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | Plug-in Hybrid and Vehicle Research Center (PHEV), Davis
o Managed user acquisition process to obtain more than 20 beta testers for Android fuel efficiency platform. 
o Enabled bluetooth pairing in user’s cars with Android system, utilizing OBD Self Diagnostic Scan Tool.


## Education
### Bachelor’s Degree in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
University of California, Davis
Jan 2010 – Jan 2015

### Monta Vista High School
Jan 2006 – Jan 2010

### Full Stack Software Engineering
Hackbright Academy
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/shalinipyapali
- GitHub: https://github.com/spyapali

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Last updated: 2026-04-01