Monika Jaiswal
Summary
Software development (frontend) professional with comprehensive background in building scalable, high-quality software applications. Known for delivering impactful projects and driving continuous improvement. Team-oriented and results-driven, with strong ability to adapt to changing requirements and priorities. Proficient in programming languages and software development methodologies.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Software Engineer
Tripadvisor
11.2022 - Current
- Developed web application for Tripadvisor Vacation Rentals property details page from scratch using HTML, CSS, react.js, Graphql and typescript and added features like add children as guests (increased the conversion by a whopping 38%), price breakdown with discounts behind A/B tests
- Migrated Tripadvisor Vacation Rentals search page from legacy PHP application and worked on SEO, page performance optimization
- Responsible for guiding and mentoring 2 junior UI developers
- Contribution to the Tripadvisor’s core UI library with component to identify points of interest within a certain specified distance to be used by other lines of business like hotels, reducing the development efforts for other teams
- Worked on breaking down Tripadvisor vacation rentals property details page monolithic legacy REST Api to smaller Graphql queries for a scalable micro-frontend architecture
- Worked in a fully remote environment, collaborating with teams in different timezones (development teams in Europe, UX team in Singapore, product teams in US and India).
Software Developer – 2 , Software Developer – 3
Expedia Group
09.2018 - 11.2022
- Developed web applications for Vrbo (brand of Expedia Group) and Expedia flights web app using HTML, CSS, react.js, node.js, redux, Graphql, javascript, typescript serving major vacation rental and flights market in US respectively
- Developed Graphql partials which act as microservices to react applications
- Proficiency in tools like Jenkins, Anws, Spinnaker for CICD and Git for version control
- Responsible for guiding and onboarding other developers to frontend development best practices, being the only UI developer in team of 9
- India lead of Women in Tech initiative for VRBO
- Accessibility champion for the India team, automated accessibility check in PRs using react-axe to comply with WCAG guidelines
- Implemented automated stress testing, automated performance testing and optimization of the flights web application using Google lighthouse
Frontend Engineer
Letznav Solutions
09.2017 - 09.2018
- Developed 2 chrome extensions for creation and execution of navigation tools on host applications, using Angular-4, Redux and Node.js
- Developed analytics dashboard application to track user interaction with the chrome extension using Highcharts , Material UI
- Developed multilanguage support for internationalization (i18n) of the chrome extension
- Implemented role-based authorization and access permissions on client side for the extensions and admin application
- Mentored 3 junior developers and leading the team in terms of Agile processes for development
Software Developer
Insurance Inbox
06.2016 - 09.2017
- Project lead and front-end developer of myBimaAssocham project approved by Assocham India, launched as a partnership project for about 4.5 lac MSMEs as an insurance portal to protect their assets.
- Worked on hybrid mobile application development on Android Studio using Ionic Framework
Software Development Intern
Zoomcar India
07.2015 - 12.2015
- Developed an e-mail scheduling and tracking system to automate offers and reminder emails to users by using Sidekiq and Redis
- Enabled cache busting of the offers page on the website to include changes in the offers modified on the dashboard using Memcached
- Fully automated the manual reports generation and booking mail generation
Education
B.E. (Hons.) -
BITS Pilani
01-2016
XII - undefined
Suneoam English School
01-2011
X - undefined
St. John’s School
Marhauli01-2009
Skills
Testing and deployment
UI and UX principles
End-to-end testing
Best practices
Performance optimization techniques
Cross-platform development
Team leadership
Performance profiling
Timeline
Senior Software Engineer
Tripadvisor
11.2022 - Current
Software Developer – 2 , Software Developer – 3
Expedia Group
09.2018 - 11.2022
Frontend Engineer
Letznav Solutions
09.2017 - 09.2018
Software Developer
Insurance Inbox
06.2016 - 09.2017
Software Development Intern
Zoomcar India
07.2015 - 12.2015
XII - undefined
Suneoam English School
X - undefined
St. John’s School
B.E. (Hons.) -
BITS Pilani
AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS
- Club Coordinator for RadioAktiv during APOGEE 2015, national inter-collegiate technical festival of BITS Pilani Jan 2015- Apr 2015
- Cultural Secretary at Sangam BITS Pilani, the regional association for Hindi speaking states in India Jul 2014- Apr 2015
- Secretary of RadioAktiv BITS Pilani Aug 2014 - May 2015
- Winner of Supply Chain Management Case Study competition at INTERFACE-2015 (Inter-college management festival of BITS, Pilani) 2015
- National level finalist for BOSCH INSCRIBE (Innovative idea based paper presentation event) 2014
- Radio Jockey at RadioAktiv and Video Jockey for TextbookPolice for educational videos by Phyzok Learning Solutions 2012-2016
- BITS Pilani athletics team representative. Gold medallist in Shot Put and Silver medallist in discus throw in I-BOSM 2015 2014