About

Gagan Ganapathy is a software engineer with a passion for building innovative solutions that solve complex problems. He is currently working at Sumo Logic as a Software Engineering Intern - Dashboard UI, where he is responsible for building a script to increase adoption of new dashboards and allow existing users to migrate from classic dashboards with zero friction. Gagan has documented and implemented a mapping function to transform all layout and complex chart configurations into its corresponding new properties. This script will go on to migrate millions of classic dashboards and realize an estimated new dashboard adoption to 90% from existing rate of 52%. Prior to joining Sumo Logic, Gagan worked as a Graduate Teaching Assistant at Stony Brook University where he taught CSE-316: Software Development. He also worked as a Software Engineer - Ads at Blinkit, one of India's largest online supermarkets for groceries and household products, operating in more than 30 cities. At Blinkit, Gagan led the front-end development and re-architecture of the Blinkit Ads platform. He planned and executed a complete re-write of the application with a focus on code maintainability and quality. On the backend, he helped architect the Ads platform to handle city-level targeting and auctioning of monetized assets. He designed and implemented a rule engine to obtain a more fine-grained control over auction creation and gain more flexibility over serving Ads on the Blinkit App. He acted as the SCRUM master to drive bi-weekly sprint planning and task estimation activities. Gagan holds a Master of Science in Computer Science from Stony Brook University, where he is currently pursuing his degree. He also holds a Bachelor of Technology in Information Technology from the Indian Institute of Information Technology. Gagan is a skilled software engineer with experience in UI, Frontend, Backend, and Senior Software Engineer roles. He is passionate about using technology to solve real-world problems and is always seeking new challenges to push his skills to the limit. With 2.11 years of relevant experience, Gagan is a valuable asset to any organization looking for a talented software engineer.