Experience in launching startups, creating teams and developing web / mobile products for the last few years using the latest in web technology. Most importantly, always ready to try the new best thing using the latest software to help positively influence the world.
Director of Engineering @ Lending Loop is an online marketplace for Canadians to lend money to growing local businesses. From September 2015 to Present (4 months) Toronto, Canada AreaTechnical Lead / Consultant @ TripMD is a web & mobile platform for expats, travelers & medical tourists to access trusted healthcare services in a foreign country.
• Created the website for TripMD using RoR, Postgres, HAML, CSS & JQuery (with tests in Rspec) on AWS
• Involved in key decisions for creation and architecture of the site and mobile apps
• Hired android and iOS developers and worked with them in building the app
• Created an API to be used by the mobile apps
• Was involved in some sales and marketing for the product From February 2015 to June 2015 (5 months) New Delhi Area, IndiaSenior Software Developer @ • 2 years of Full-Stack Rails development
• Created multiple key features and integrations for the Vidyard Platform
• Experience using AWS, Heroku, Sidekiq, Fastly, Varnish, Redis, nginx, Sinatra, Elasticsearch and MySQL for the back-end
• Experience coding in RoR, Javascript, JQuery, Ajax, Backbone (with Marionette), HTML5 and CSS3/Sass (with Bootstrap) for the front-end
• Practiced REST, MVC and test-driven development methodologies
• 3rd engineer of a now 10+ engineering team
• Responsible for hiring all engineering interns
• Worked closely with marketers, designers and sales team
• Learned a lot about Video Analytics, Video Marketing, and Marketing Automation Platforms From March 2013 to January 2015 (1 year 11 months) Co-founder and Software Developer @ • Co-founded the company with two others, situated in the UK. Saberr offers a service which helps companies optimize teams based on personality and skill-set.
• Created and looked over both the front-end and back-end of the website, mostly done in Ruby on Rails.
• For our backend database we used Postgres as it worked well with Heroku, which we used to host the site.
• The front-end was done in HTML5 and CSS3, along with Javascript and some JQuery using Twitter's Bootstrap Framework.
• Communicated with clients on a regular basis to improve our service and to enhance their customer experience. From September 2012 to December 2012 (4 months) Software Engineer @ • Worked in the Qualcomm Chip division
• Coded in low-level C-programming to optimize the runtime and power distribution of the MCPM 8960 chip, and the SnapDragon (used in many Android, Windows and Blackberry phones).
• Wrote various scripts in Python and Perl to optimize workflow. From September 2011 to December 2011 (4 months) Software Engineer @ • Created and Implemented a new User Interface to division’s website using Ruby on Rails
• Updated various parts of website using HTML5, CSS3, Javascript and JQuery
• Commercially deployed features to website including a flash video player
• Refactored and improved the Mobilizer – an automatic Web to Mobile software platform
• Created an RSS Feed Reeder in Ruby on Rails to be compatible with all smartphones, mobile phones, browsers and tablets From January 2011 to April 2011 (4 months) Technical Director @ • Created a website for the Impact National Conference 2010. In it there was a platform for hundreds of users to sign-up, submit proposals and get accepted into the conference.
• Also created a website for the Impact Microcredit 2010 competition. In it was also integrated an interactive social network for blogging, posting pictures, videos, and a means for candidates to sign up, give proposals, and for judges to evaluate them. From January 2010 to November 2010 (11 months) Mobile/Web Developer @ Developing mobile/web apps on platforms such as iPhone, iPad, BlackBerry, Android; as well as with social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter! From May 2010 to August 2010 (4 months) Mobile/Web Developer and QA @ Developing and testing mobile/web apps on platforms such as iPhone, BlackBerry, Android; as well as with social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter! From September 2009 to December 2009 (4 months) Software Engineer @ • Created development tools for the company and created Unit Tests for a number of them using Python and C++.
• Performed research and did a bit of Quality Assurance. From January 2009 to April 2009 (4 months) Quebec, CanadaCreative Director @ Creative Director of the Monday Show - a 'TV Show' broadcasting weekly on air throughout Colonal By S.S.
Tasks involved:
• Film and Sound editing using Adobe Premiere Pro and Adobe Audition
• Graphic Designing using Adobe Photoshop, Adobe After Effects, 3D Studio Max and Final Cut Pro
• Filming of commercials and announcements
• Brainstorming Creative Ideas to appeal to the school community and to communicate school announcements and events in an advertising, satirical fashion.
• Anchoring and Acting From September 2006 to June 2007 (10 months)
Undergrad, Electrical Engineering @ University of Waterloo From 2007 to 2012 Nilesh Pandey is skilled in: Ruby on Rails, Web Development, jQuery, JavaScript, C++, Java, Python, Perl, HTML, PHP, C, Mobile, Agile, Objective-C, Mobile Applications