Talented and driven Software Engineer with 6+ years of experience in designing, developing, and delivering user-centric software applications using Java, Perl, Kubernetes, Docker, MySQL, and Kafka, among other technologies. Upasana has worked for Booking.com until recently, developing a custom-made mobile application and web portal for hoteliers. She strives to successfully develop and support projects across the entire software development cycle, preferring a remote environment as it allows her to show her strengths.
Worked on the development of the Pulse application for hoteliers, developing the REST API backend of the mobile application.
Rewrote the push notification service in Java and maintained the push notification infrastructure that sent around 2 million notifications per day.
Was integral part of a team managing Personal Identifiable Information within the company to be stored in a safe manner. This work was done to stay compliant with the GDPR laws.
Worked as part of four different teams: Content team, Internal Affairs, Maps and Geo, and Customer Service Innovation.
Maintained a web portal for hoteliers, where they could upload photos of their properties and add/edit description of their properties.
Improved performance of maps on the booking.com website. Performed A/B testing to introduce public transport data on the hotel page and search results page.
