Hitesh Lala
Software Engineer at Fortress Investment Group
Emeryville, California, United States
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Top SchoolHitesh Lala is a versatile software engineer with 10 years of experience building full-stack web applications and cloud services, currently contributing at Fortress Investment Group. He specializes in modular problem-solving and shipping intuitive, data-driven user experiences using React, Angular, Node, and TypeScript, backed by practical knowledge of Koa/Express, Redis, and MongoDB. Hitesh has driven cross-functional feature delivery and mentoring at scale, led automation of testing to improve release quality, and simplified developer workflows through environment automation. His background spans startups and enterprise products—including panoramic 3D point-cloud platforms at Leica—bringing a blend of frontend polish and backend reliability. Trained at Hack Reactor after an earlier technical and scientific education, he pairs disciplined engineering practices with a curiosity for practical, reusable solutions.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS) Biology General, Bachelor of Science (BS) Biology General at Georgia College & State UniversityMaster's degree Applied Biology, Master's degree Applied Biology at Georgia Institute of TechnologyComputer Software Engineering, Computer Software Engineering at Hack ReactorAssociate's degree Industrial Electronics Technology/Technician, Associate's degree Industrial Electronics Technology/Technician at Athens Technical College
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Github Skills (19)
git10
github10
trainer10
patch9
subversion8
mailgun6
html6
nodejs6
vue6
nodemailer6
google-app-engine6
serialization6
google-cloud-platform6
javascript6
google-cloud-datastore6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
hiteshlala/hiteshlala.github.io
Nov 2015 - Nov 2024
Contributions:89 pushes, 1 branch in 9 years
hiteshlala/tools
Feb 2017 - Jun 2024
Contributions:22 pushes, 1 branch in 7 years 5 months
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