About

Siri Alay is a seasoned Software Engineer with over 6 years of relevant experience. She is a lifelong learner and passionate about leveraging technology to make people’s lives easier by building impactful solutions to technological problems. Siri is skilled in various programming languages, including Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, and Java, and has experience working with frameworks and libraries such as Flask, Node, Express, Bootstrap, Vue, React, and Django. She is also proficient in deploying and managing applications using tools such as Heroku, Azure Devops, AWS, Git, Github, and CLI. Siri has worked with various databases, including PostgreSQL, MongoDB, DynamoDB, Athena, and RDS. She is also knowledgeable in nonprofit management, psychology and biochemistry research, and customer relationship management. Siri's portfolio and website showcase her expertise and provide a glimpse into her past projects. Currently working as a Software Engineer at Divvy Homes, Siri has been involved in various projects such as writing API endpoints in GraphQL and TypeScript, implementing an auth service to protect API endpoints from unauthorized users, and researching and removing unnecessary Plaid API calls, which saved over $10k per year. She has also converted several files from JavaScript to TypeScript and written unit tests in Jest and frontend tests in Cypress to prevent future code issues or outages. Prior to Divvy Homes, Siri worked as a Software Development Engineer at Amazon, where she was responsible for building internal tools for Amazon and AWS. Her contributions included wireframing and building the frontend for a persistent file storage system, automating migration of expired deployment history, streamlining Amazon onboarding, and providing input to design meetings for new scalable features. She also worked as a Software Developer at EFC Systems, where she developed tools integrated into the FieldAlytics application to analyze fields to maximize crop yield and client profits. Siri holds a Bachelor's degree in Biochemistry from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and has also studied Neuroscience at Tulane University. Her technical skills include Software Engineering, AWS, TypeScript, Frontend, JavaScript, Amazon Athena, DevOps, Azure, Research Scientist, MongoDB, Flask, Python, Django, Mobile, Java, Redis, and Backend.