# Sonu G.

> Building Venmo | Software Engineer @ PayPal | Agentic Engineer

Location: Mountain View, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/sonu

I'm Sonu — a Software Engineer at Venmo (PayPal). I’m part of a high-impact team (40% YoY revenue growth, 1B+ monthly total payment volume, bringing in 25M+ transactions per month) focused on delivering frictionless, customer-first payment experiences at scale. At Venmo, I leverage both engineering and product mindset — balancing clean architecture with business impact, user delight, and long-term maintainability.

Previously, I completed 4+ internships across full-stack, mobile, and Generative AI, where I honed my ability to build systems that are not just functional, but thoughtful.

I thrive in cross-functional environments, collaborating with PMs, designers, and engineers to solve meaningful problems through data, empathy, and technical excellence.

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ PayPal
Jan 2025 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area
🌱 Pay with Venmo Growth - building and maintaining the best checkout experience
💰 Split Payments, In App Linking, DirectApi, Venmo Teens, BILT integration, Meta Pay integration

### Android Engineer @ Venmo
Jan 2025 – Present | United States
💰Owned Android UI architecture and implementation of the landing experience for Venmo’s proactive wallet-linking initiative in Jetpack Compose, establishing a scalable foundation for the strategy, projected to generate +$1.8M–$9M in annual revenue and attract +0.2M–1.2M monthly active accounts by 2026.
🌱Actively building Pay with Venmo, one of Venmo’s fastest-growing commerce products, delivering ~40% year-over-year revenue growth and surpassing $1B+ in monthly total payment volume.

### Google × TechWise Fellow - Software Engineering @ TalentSprint
Jan 2024 – Jan 2025 | United States
🌱 Google engineering mentorship, Carnegie Mellon University Master classes, SWE bootcamp

● Selected for 100% program sponsorship from Google to participate in an intensive 18-month program facilitated by TalentSprint, featuring Google's 1:1 mentoring. Program focused on honing software engineering and technical skills, with additional support from faculty at Carnegie Mellon University
● Led a group of 9+ team members on collaborative projects designed to solve real-world technical challenges
● Polished software engineering practices through TalentSprint's mentorship program, supplemented by guidance from faculty at Carnegie Mellon University.

### Programmer - Institutional Research @ Northwestern College
Jan 2025 – Jan 2025 | United States
Developed scripts and admission logic utilizing data to support Northwestern College in migrating to the Jenzabar One ERP database.

### Lead IT Student Technician @ Northwestern College
Jan 2021 – Jan 2025 | Orange City, Iowa, United States
• Trained and managed 13+ student as IT technicians to support 1715 students and 300+ staffs.
• Resolved complex networking issues using Fluke Networks and Cisco Meraki, configuring Ethernet hubs and switches to enable seamless network connections across campus.
• Specialized in troubleshooting Mac, laptop, and desktop computers with strong problem-solving proficiency in Microsoft 365, Outlook, SQL, databases, Linux, macOS, Windows, and shell scripting.

### Software Engineer, Android @ NBCUniversal
Jan 2024 – Jan 2025 | United States
📺 Engineering NBC products for everyone!
NBC, NBC Sports, Bravo, Telemundo, E!, USA, SYFY, and Oxygen brands. 

Delivering exceptional user experiences through high-quality, scalable applications.

### Campus Strategist @ Cramify
Jan 2024 – Jan 2024 | Berkeley, California, United States
📖 Education Tech - AI study tool designed to support college students

### Software Engineer - AI @ Union Pacific Railroad
Jan 2024 – Jan 2024 | United States
💸 Leveraged Gen AI to cut down development and business research time from hours to seconds!

● Developed an internal AI-powered chatbot using LLMs, RAG, and Streamlit, cutting development and business research time from hours to seconds. Pitched a scaling strategy to boost enterprise-wide productivity and provide instant access to the company’s knowledge base.
● Built Retrieval-Augmented Generation for a language model from a system requirement documents, dispatcher training material, rules and regulations, in order to enhance training and broaden dispatcher and knowledge at the Enterprise

Accomplished: 
- Implemented RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) to augment an LLM for answering questions regarding company proprietary information
- Implemented Semantic Chunking to improve parsing of documents passed in
- Tested and benchmarked implementation on 10,000+ pages of documentation
- Created user interface for RAG chatbot app
- Cut time of information access from hours to seconds for dispatch team
- Technologies used: Python, Snowflake, Langchain, Streamlit

### AT&T Technology Academy @ AT&T
Jan 2024 – Jan 2024 | United States
📡Polished Web Services, Cloud Computing, 5G technology and Network Development at AT&T

Polished Skills/Knowledge:  Data Driven, Cloud Computing, Web Services, RESTful API, REST Architecture and Design, Agile, AI, Algorithm and Machine Learning, 5G Network Development

### Software Engineer @ Vermeer Corporation
Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | United States
Software Engineer Intern — Productivity Monitoring System Team
Led a team of software engineers, collaborating with business analysts, product managers, system engineers, and industrial design teams to build scalable and client-oriented digital solutions.

● Productivity Monitoring Application Restructuring: Successfully restructured a Productivity Monitoring System by developing an interactive and scalable UI application using Python, QML, PyQt, and Qt.
● Source Code Revival: Led the effort to revive the source code of the Productivity Monitoring application, ensuring its functionality and stability.
● Version Control Implementation: Introduced and managed version control systems to track and manage code changes effectively, enhancing collaboration and development efficiency.
● Application Debugging: Resolved critical issues and bugs within the Productivity Monitoring application, resulting in improved performance and user experience.
● Dependency Updates: Updated and maintained dependencies to the appropriate versions, ensuring the application's compatibility and security.
● Lead Collaborations: Collaborated closely with cross-functional teams, including Systems team and Industrial Design team to gain valuable insights and align the Productivity Monitoring application with business objectives.

### Software Engineer @ Vermeer Corporation
Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 | Pella, Iowa, United States
Software Engineer Intern  — On Machine Platform Team
● Led the development of Third-Party application management platform by developing and integrating model specific filtering, feature updates, app management, and implemented robust Unit and Integration Tests with 98% code coverage by using Cypress, Jest, Azure, Angular, TypeScript, C#
● Developed and tested products on embedded systems implementing TDD & Agile Scrum methodology for OMP App, OMP Portal, and Third Party Apps
● Collaborated with mechanical and electrical engineers on embedded systems to solve complex real-world problems
● Imaged HG4000 and LS3600TX’s rugged pc with enhanced On-Machine Linux system reducing OMP App run time by 70%

### Technical Product Manager, involveMINT Inc. @ Develop for Good
Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | United States
●  Led an 8-person volunteer team to refactor the nonprofit’s transaction functionality by migrating from Nest.js backend to .NET, minimizing security vulnerabilities, enhancing maintainability, and improving the onboarding process for developers

Develop for Good is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that pairs, trains, and supports student volunteers as they develop technical product solutions for nonprofits, digitally transforming non-profit sector.

### Software Engineer Fellow: Android Development @ CodePath
Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 | United States
● Led a team of three student developers to build an android mobile application which allows users to explore and watch trending movies globally.
● Crafted pixel-perfect scalable and responsive UI/UX using ConstraintLayout, Glide, RecyclerView, XML and Kotlin.

### Ecolab Elevate Development Fellow @ Ecolab
Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 | Twin Cities, MN, United States
Selected in highly selective Ecolab's Elevate Development Summit 2023.
1. Learned sustainability, diversity, equity, inclusion, and personal branding
2. Interviews preparation, insights on work ethics and team leadership training

### Capital One First Gen Focus @ Capital One
Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 | United States
Enhanced leadership, DEI, and collaboration skills as FirstGen at CapitalOne

### Programming Intern @ Diamond Vogel
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | Orange City, Iowa, United States
Programming Intern — Information Technology Team
● Increased server query response time by 35% by redesigning SQL stored procedures and optimizing scripts, meeting business goals
● Improved and managed Diamond Vogel Enterprise Portal using Angular, HTML, CSS and TypeScript, ensuring UI/UX satisfaction
● Collaborated on multi-tier architecture in ASP.NET using C# and Object-oriented programming, assisting ERP migration project


## Education
### Undergraduate in Computer Science and Mathematics
Northwestern College

### Computer Software Engineering
Carnegie Mellon University

### Android Development Bootcamp in Software Engineering
CodePath


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

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Last updated: 2026-04-11