# Soma Sai Kumar Badri > Software Engineer @ New Jersey State Office of Innovation Location: San Francisco, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/soma I'm Soma and my interests lie in the intersection of technology and social good. I'm currently a Software Engineer at the New Jersey State Office of Innovation. ## Work Experience ### Software Engineer @ New Jersey State Office of Innovation Jan 2022 – Present | New Jersey, United States • Developing business.nj.gov My Account, an application that provides entrepreneurs with all the resources needed to create and maintain a business in the state of New Jersey, utilizing a React, Express, Typescript, and DynamoDB stack • Spearheaded the development of an encryption feature utilizing AWS's crypto library, contributing to the ideation phase and driving the project from the initial spike to MVP creation, eventual deployment of the final feature and orchestrated the encryption of preexisting PII data to ensure data security measures are met • Played a pivotal role in the exploration of an API integration hosted on Microsoft Dynamics in collaboration with stakeholders and team members, spearheaded the seamless migration from the legacy version to its contemporary counterpart, employing dependency inversion principles to ensure zero downtime and enhance future flexibility • Developed features which allow the content team to create customizable user experiences leveraging our Netlify CMS platform decreasing their dependency on the dev team and increasing the overall user value delivered to the end user ### Software Engineer Intern @ New Jersey State Office of Innovation Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | New Jersey, United States • Reduced the runtime of the Jest unit test suites by 6 percent by re-engineering a data structure used within the core user flow of the application • Implemented several features at an accelerated rate through pair programming and solo programming improving the overall user experience within the application ### Software Engineering Fellow at New Jersey State Office of Innovation @ Coding it Forward Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States Selected from an applicant pool of 1,600 students with an acceptance rate of 10% as part of the Civic Innovation Corps, a Coding it Forward fellowship that connects mission-driven technology students to opportunities in local government ### Full Stack Developer @ Develop for Good Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | Stanford, California, United States • Worked on the Scambi Festival Project ### ITS Assistive Technology Lead @ University of California, Santa Cruz Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | Santa Cruz, California, United States • Pioneered the Accessibility Champion Award program in unison with the DRC to award professors for their accessible classroom settings and teaching practices. This included collecting qualitative and quantitative data, creating criteria for the award selection process, and distribution • Restructured the accessibility section of the ITS website to create a more cohesive experience for users • Lead a recruitment and interview process for my successor, analyzed resumes, cover letters, and conducted interviews • Served as a member of the ATC (Accessible Technology Committee), EART (Electronic Accessibility Response Team), a member of the planning committee for GAAD (Global Accessibility Awareness Day) ### Containers Team: Lead Web Developer @ Tech4Good Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | Santa Cruz, California, United States Lead by Professor David Lee, we do research in social computing, exploring the intersection of computational systems and social interaction. Our mission is to develop systems--integrating design, modeling, and algorithms--to support flourishing in work, education, governance, and community engagement. • Created the first iteration of Relate, a small group networking platform to engage the community through small activities, with an Angular and Firebase stack • Co-lead several cohorts of student developers to create both the frontend and backend logic of the platform while collaborating with other teams to conduct pilot studies • Implemented Radical Candor, taught general software engineering practices, and served as project manager ### Containers Team: Web Developer @ Tech4Good Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | Santa Cruz, California, United States • Learned Rxjs, Redux, and Typescript to implement frontend functionality with a Firestore backend for the Relate Platform ### UI Components Team: Lead Web Developer @ Tech4Good Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | Santa Cruz, California, United States • Taught and managed a team of five UI component developers while implementing Radical Candor • Reviewed code and managed the codebase ### UI Components Team: Web Developer @ Tech4Good Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | Santa Cruz, California, United States • Built components for the lab website using HTML, SCSS, and TypeScript • Resolved nine issues over the quarter, built modals, and other components for the Student Programs and Sponsors page on the Tech4Good lab webpage ## Education ### Master's degree in Computer Science Northeastern University ### Computer Science B.S. University of California, Santa Cruz ### Advanced Software Engineering CodePath ### Granada High School ### Hillsdale High School ### College of San Mateo ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/soma-badri - Website: https://somabadri.github.io/ --- Source: https://flows.cv/soma JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/soma/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-20