Pooja Barse

As a full-stack developer, I am driven by a deep curiosity and an ambition for mastery, constantly seeking to build robust and efficient solutions. My determination and self-discipline guide my logical and pragmatic approach, ensuring high-quality outcomes in every project.

Experience

Full-stack Developer

CICD · Dec 2024 – Present

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• Working on Plotify, a global real-estate investment platform for accredited investors, using Next.js, NestJS, PostgreSQL, and GCP.
• • Built a unified property portfolio feature enabling investors to add external properties, with document upload support, for a consolidated investment view.
• • Integrated Zillow and HouseCanary APIs for historical pricing and valuation comparisons, and FRED/ResiClub APIs for market insights.
• • Implemented end-to-end frontend-to-backend flows for investor opportunities and property assets.
• • Built internal admin dashboards with Retool connected to live backend APIs, enabling operations teams to work independently of engineering.
• • Deployed services to GCP Cloud Run via GitHub Actions CI/CD pipelines.

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Full-Stack Developer

CICD Systems Pvt. Ltd. · Dec 2024 – Present

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• Designed and built a unified property portfolio feature enabling investors to add external, non-Plotify properties - with document upload support for a consolidated view alongside platform holdings.
• Integrated Zillow and HouseCanary APIs to pull historical pricing and estimated property values, and built comparison visualizations highlighting valuation differences across sources.
• Built an Insights page surfacing key real estate market indicators from the FRED API and ResiClub APIs to support data-driven investment decisions.
• Implemented end-to-end frontend-to-backend flow for adding investor opportunities and property assets on a global platform serving accredited investors.
• Integrated Zillow property data via HasData scraping with an automated Apify fallback, ensuring 99%+ data availability for listings.
• Built internal admin dashboards with Retool connected to live backend APIs, enabling the operations team to manage opportunities without engineering support.
• Designed and built a scalable backend for enterprise enquiry forms processing thousands of submissions, with secure data capture in MySQL.
• Architected RESTful APIs using reusable generic endpoints, models, and routes, reducing code duplication by ~40% and improving maintainability.
• Implemented event-driven asynchronous workflows using AWS SQS and SNS, replacing manual processing and significantly cutting turnaround time.
• Integrated Salesforce and Intercom for real-time event handling; implemented Bugsnag-style production error monitoring for proactive issue resolution.
• Managed source control and automated deployments using GitLab CI/CD, maintaining zero-downtime releases.

Full-Stack Developer

Freelance · Jan 2022 – Nov 2024

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• Developed a web-based remote attendance system with GPS-based check-in, reducing manual HR data entry errors by ~60% for the client organization.
• Built a responsive React frontend and REST API backend with Express.js; integrated MongoDB for secure and efficient data storage.
• Designed and built a tag-based hierarchy management platform enabling real-time data sync with Google Sheets as the single source of truth for organizational data.
• Delivered features including hierarchical data visualization, note creation, and item flagging, improving team productivity for the client.

Full-Stack Developer

Freelance | Self-Employed · Jan 2022 – Nov 2024

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• • Developed a web-based employee attendance system with GPS-based check-in (React, Express.js, MongoDB), reducing manual HR data entry errors by ~60%.
• • Built a tag-based organizational hierarchy management platform with real-time Google Sheets sync (React, Node.js, Google Sheets API).
• • Built a serverless Jira–Freshdesk bidirectional integration using AWS Lambda and DynamoDB, reducing manual ticket operations by an estimated 80%.

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Career Break

I took a career break · Jan 2020 – Dec 2021

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• Took time off for family responsibilities following the birth of my child.
• Stayed engaged with web development trends during this period before returning to freelance work in 2022.

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Family/Maternity Leave

Career Break · Jan 2020 – Dec 2021

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Survey Programmer

Course5i market Research Private Limited · May 2017 – Dec 2019

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• • Designed and developed dynamic web forms for data collection and customer feedback processing, used by multiple enterprise clients.
• • Built backend services with Node.js/Express to securely capture, store, and serve form responses for analytics and reporting.
• • Improved form load performance and database query efficiency through indexing and optimization, reducing response times by ~35%.
• • Collaborated in an Agile team of 6 developers delivering bi-weekly sprint releases.

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Software Engineer

Course5i · May 2017 – Dec 2019

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• Designed and developed dynamic web forms for data collection and customer feedback processing, used by multiple enterprise clients.
• Built backend services with Node.js/Express to securely capture, store, and serve form responses for analytics and reporting dashboards.
• Improved form load performance and database query efficiency through indexing and code optimization, reducing response times by ~35%.

What drives their work

The Specialist

You delve into complex technical domains to achieve deep mastery.

Pooja's superpower

You quickly absorb and master new, complex technical stacks, becoming the expert others rely on for solutions.

How Pooja works

You are well-suited for teams that value deep technical expertise and continuous skill development in complex system environments.