Overview
Work History
Education
SKILLS
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INTERESTS
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NAGA KANKATALA

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience

Work History

Software Development Team Lead

Paycom Payroll
09.2022 - Current

Auto Answers for Garnishment Specialists:

  • Architected the "Auto Answers" project, automating garnishment documentation process
  • Co-created an admin-managed dashboard to streamline garnishment order processing
  • Leveraged Amazon S3 to ensure secure handling and uploading of client garnishment documents.
  • Reduced annual documentation time by 68%, cutting it from 30,417 to 9,500 hours boosting operational efficiency.

Software Developer

Paycom Payroll
01.2017 - 09.2022

Manager on-the-Go:

  • Engineered REST API endpoints for the "Manager on the Go" project by converting legacy PHP scripts to a Zend MVC framework
  • Applied best practices in software development to ensure robust, scalable, and maintainable API architecture compatible with both mobile and web applications
  • Received "Top HR Product of the Year 2020" award for enhancing user accessibility with this project.

Better Employee Transaction Interface (BETI):

  • Transformed a crucial aspect of payroll processing within BETI, enabling 60-70 sub-features per client and reduced manual processing time by 99.4%.
  • This project won 'Top HR Product 2021' and 'BIG Innovation 2023' awards for revolutionizing payroll automation

ESS Access Profile Dashboard:

  • Rewrote the "Employee Self Service Dashboard" during a two-night hackathon(Code-A-Thon), enhancing its performance and user experience
  • Employed advanced optimization techniques and streamlined codebase improvements to increase performance by 98%

Software Developer Intern

Paycom Payroll
05.2016 - 08.2016

Call Manager and Call Center Integration:

  • Developed a REST API for this project generating actionable call volume and duration insights for Paycom leadership
  • Facilitated leadership with comprehensive call data analysis to optimize client issue resolutions based on daily communication patterns

Education

Master of Science - Computer Science

University of New Haven
West Haven, CT

SKILLS

  • Back-end Development | PHP, MySQL, Python
  • Cloud Storage | AMAZON S3
  • Front-end Development | JavaScript, Bootstrap, HTML, CSS
  • Tools | Splunk, Docker
  • Soft Skills | Critical Thinking, Innovative, Customer-oriented

Accomplishments


  • Biggest Performance Enhancement project Award for "Code-A-Thon 2020" and "Code-A-Thon 2021"
  • Received 2nd place for Code-A-Thon 2020
  • Received recognition twice as the top-scoring Developer
  • Recognized as a top 5 developer for multiple months
  • Best Intern of 2016 Paycom Summer


INTERESTS

Sports • Traveling • Fitness • Food • Self-improvement

Timeline

Software Development Team Lead

Paycom Payroll
09.2022 - Current

Software Developer

Paycom Payroll
01.2017 - 09.2022

Software Developer Intern

Paycom Payroll
05.2016 - 08.2016

Master of Science - Computer Science

University of New Haven
NAGA KANKATALA