About

Paras Garg is a skilled Software Engineer II at Wayfair with over 7 years of relevant experience in the industry. He holds a Master of Science (MS) degree in Computer Science from Stevens Institute of Technology, where he developed a strong background and a passion for developing ideas. Paras has acquired a wide range of technical skill sets in both backend and front-end development. He is familiar with the workflow and methodologies like Agile, which software companies adopt for work efficiency. He also possesses leadership qualities, analytical and problem-solving skills, and other industrial aptitudes achieved while working in different sector industries. Currently, Paras is working at Wayfair as a Software Engineer II, where he develops proxy REST web-services in the Dropwizard framework using Java 8, Docker, and Kubernetes. He builds and maintains software applications, REST APIs, and tools using PHP 7 in the MVP framework. Paras creates responsive web components using React and Redux in JavaScript ES6 and SCSS. He performs automated unit and integration tests in PHPUnit and JUnit for backend functionalities. Paras also interacts with Kafka to send and receive data in real-time to track user activities. In the past, Paras has worked as a Software Engineer I at Wayfair, where he designed and integrated full-stack software development in the Scrum environment. He also coordinated with other developers and teams through Github and Slack. Before joining Wayfair, he worked as a Web Developer at NEC Laboratories America, Inc., where he developed a responsive web application in HTML, SCSS, and TypeScript using Angular. Paras also created Python and NodeJs scripts to consume live feeds using the ZeroMQ message queue. Paras has a strong technical background in Software Engineering, SQL, Web, Frontend, Backend, Javascript, Docker, Kubernetes, PHP, Kafka, Redux, Integration, Java, NodeJS, and Typescript. He is a team player who possesses excellent communication skills and the ability to work well under pressure.