Julius Dsouza

Working as a full-stack developer for the GSST Team.

Working as a full-stack engineer as a part of the ASA Mobile Apps Team operating under the IS&T division. In this role, I am actively engaged in the development of cutting-edge products tailored for mobile and tablet-based platforms. Key Achievements: • Engineered and led the development of several projects for the Apple Store and Apple Home applications on WeChat using React.js, Redux, TypeScript, Sass, and the WeChat mini‑program framework. • Led the migration of a large‑scale application from Webpack to Vite, achieving a reduction in build time and an optimization in production bundle size, while enhancing application performance and developer efficiency. • Leveraged Jest and Storybook to boost test coverage and integrated Adobe Analytics, increasing data accuracy for marketing decisions through detailed event tracking and user behavior analysis for multiple applications. • Orchestrated and refined dynamic server‑side templates with Java and the Apache Velocity Template Engine, to generate custom, data‑driven content for various user flows.

Part of the Ambetter Mobile Team which is responsible for connecting Primary Care Physicians (PCP) to users enrolled in their health insurance plan. My role spans both front-end and back-end responsibilities, ensuring a cohesive and effective user experience. Key Achievements: . Led the development of a log monitoring and analytics feature for the AmBetter Mobile App, to accelerate troubleshooting in real-time. Achieved a reduction in incident resolution time and deployed the solution using AWS Lambda to store logs using an S3 bucket. . Collaborated with the design team to build a unified UI design system by developing a complete framework of reusable CSS styles and by creating modular React Native components using gluestack‑ui, which streamlined the development and ensured a consistent design across several applications.

During my stint as a full-stack engineer with the Lingo Team, I worked on building the Lingo cross-platform application compatible with Android and iOS devices to interact with consumer wearables to track key signals in the body. Key Achievements: • Devised UI features for Lingo, a cross‑platform application using React Native and TypeScript, and conducted automated testing with Jest and Appium, resulting in a reduction in crashes and enhanced user experience. • Designed and implemented REST and GraphQL APIs to optimize query mechanisms for a sensor monitoring dashboard, decreasing data retrieval time and enabling faster access to key product metrics. • Enhanced data precision and user impression tracking by integrating Analytics with the Lingo app, resulting in an increase in data accuracy, and informed data‑driven decision‑making.

• Managed and coordinated a team of 3 TAs for ”CS-GY 9053: Intro to Java,” under the guidance of Dr.Constantine Christakos ensuring smooth operations and delivering effective academic support to students.

• Evaluated assignments, exams, and the final project, providing constructive feedback to drive student performance improvement. • Facilitated doubt resolution sessions, conducted office hours, and delivered personalized one-on-one assistance to students.

During my internship, I had the opportunity to work with the Connected Devices Team to contribute significantly to the development of cutting-edge software solutions. Leveraging my skills, I played a significant role in enhancing the cross-platform NBA application for Smart TVs, set-top boxes, gaming systems, and streaming devices. Key Achievements: • Engineered a bug reporting tool for the NBA Application for Smart TVs utilizing the Azure DevOps REST API, and streamlined the reporting process. This initiative resulted in a noteworthy reduction in operational overhead and significantly improved issue resolution efficiency. • Constructed custom components and features for the Next.js application to improve user experience, and enabled personalized content, targeted recommendations, and push notifications.

Part of the Digital Automation Team and IT Audit and Risk Team where I worked with several clients such as NetApp and Goldman Sachs and on several internal projects. Key Achievements: • Spearheaded the development of a library portal for the Digital Automation team, driving a 12% increase in monthly active user engagements across 14 cities. • Built a MERN stack web application and integrated an Object Detection Model to extract details from purchase and sales receipts, achieving a reduction in incorrect entries, and improved data accuracy. • Collaborated with HR to create interactive walkthroughs and custom task lists for an onboarding application, resulting in a reduction in onboarding time for new employees. • Actively participated in ML projects by assisting in data preprocessing, model training, and evaluation, contributing to the development of accurate predictive models.

During my internship, I worked with the Digital Technology and Data Governance Team where I worked on building full-stack applications and used ETL (Extract, Transform, and Load Principles) to combine data from several sources into a central data warehouse. Key Achievements: • Created a visually engaging landing page for the Digital Technology Team, incorporating interactive elements, increasing conversion rate, and click‑through rate. • Streamlined the vendor purchase tracking process with a real‑time expense visibility web application, achieving a reduction in overhead costs, and improved overall efficiency. • Developed custom data pipelines with Python, Pandas, and Apache Airflow, automating data extraction and transformation processes, reducing data preparation time.

• Collaborated with the development team to create a visually appealing and user-friendly interface for an e-commerce website. • Developed and maintained the front end of the e-commerce website, ensuring that the user interface was optimized for speed, efficiency, and ease of use while adhering to best practices in web development. • Conducted rigorous testing and debugging to ensure that the website was fully functional and error-free, and worked closely with the development team to address any issues that arose during the development process.

• Assisted the development team in creating technical documentation and user manuals for the socket programming application, helping to ensure that end-users could easily understand and utilize the application's features and functionality. • Participated in code reviews and provided feedback to the development team to improve the quality, readability, and maintainability of the application's codebase. • Researched emerging trends and best practices in socket programming, network protocols, and related technologies, and provided insights and recommendations to the development team to help optimize the application's performance and functionality.

Majored in Computer Science with a Minor in Intelligent Systems