M. Shahnawaz Alam

Software Engineer

Passionate frontend developer with a keen eye for design and a love for creating seamless user experiences. Specialized in React and Next.js, with a strong foundation in modern web technologies.

"The only way to do great work is to love what you do." - Steve Jobs

Work Experience

Goldman Sachs

Associate (SDE-2)Jan 2025 - Present
  • Driving the fast-paced redesign of a core advisor-facing application under critical deadlines. Delivered multiple reusable components, ensuring scalability and maintainability, while collaborating closely with the product and design teams.
  • Developed reusable components to standardize UI across the application using Next.js, Typescript, Jotai, React Testing Library, and Tailwind CSS.
Analyst (SDE-1)Feb 2024 - Dec 2024
  • Streamlined client document verification, reducing manual review time by 30%, and enhanced the advisor on-boarding process on Advisor Portal application.
  • Successfully on-boarded multiple clients on the firm's micro-site portal from scratch, involving AEM fragments setup and UI config implementation.
  • Ensured code reliability and quality by achieving 100% unit test coverage across all UI components.
  • Implemented a bulk user on-boarding tool, automating a multi-step process to reduce on-boarding time by 50% and minimize the risk of manual errors, significantly improving operational efficiency.
  • Driven the UI development for a new application aimed at institutional clients, building the foundational UI components, involving extensive research and discussions with product & design team.

Truminds Software Systems

SDE - 1Jul 2022 - Jan 2024
  • Developed reusable UI components, reducing project kick-start time by 60% across the organization.
  • Led code cleanup initiative, optimizing project efficiency by reducing project logs by 65% which reduced the server startup time by 35%.
  • Implemented feature flag system, reducing development time by 30% and personalizing user experiences.
  • Worked with React, SCSS, Material-UI, Redux.
SDE - InternJan 2022 - Jun 2022
  • Contributed to the development of microservices to enable SGSN node components with an emphasis on scalability & extensibility.
  • Automated regression testing of more than 50 scenarios, increasing coverage from 50% to 80%, ensuring product stability before launch.

Featured Projects

Alma Connect

Alma Connect

A robust networking platform enabling NIT Kurukshetra alumni to seamlessly connect, explore career opportunities, and engage with the community. Desig...

Next.jsTypeScriptTailwind CSSFramer MotionNode.jsExpress.jsFirebaseSupabaseGoogle Cloud
MCA Box

MCA Box

A web portal for the students of MCA at NIT Kurukshetra. Designed with an objective of sharing useful resources with the students. Started with just s...

ReactCSSJavaScriptHTML

Education

National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra

2019 - 2022
Master of Computer Applications
  • Publication: An Empirical Study of Image Captioning using Deep Learning
  • CGPA: 9.4/10.0

Allahabad University

2016 - 2019
Bachelor of Computer Applications

    Technical Skills

    Frontend

    Next.js
    TypeScript
    React
    JavaScript
    Tailwind CSS
    Redux

    Backend

    Node.js
    Express.js
    MongoDB
    PostgreSQL

    Cloud & Tools

    Firebase
    Supabase
    Google Cloud
    Git

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