Sunny Patel
Senior Software Engineer, Full Stack at 8th Light
New York City Metropolitan Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSunny Patel is a Senior Full Stack Software Engineer with eight years of experience who transitioned from a finance background into web engineering, bringing strong analytical rigor to product and performance work. Based in the New York City area, he has shipped production web apps including a Robinhood clone and data-visualization projects using React, Redux, D3/Recharts, Rails, and PostgreSQL. At 8th Light he progressed from apprentice to senior engineer, and previously improved SEO and front-end performance (reducing FCP by 21%) on server-side rendered Next.js projects. Comfortable across the stack, Sunny pairs finance domain knowledge—portfolio operations and investment accounting—with modern front-end and backend toolchains to build measurable, user-facing value. He also mentors and evaluates technical talent from his time as an App Academy instructor, blending teaching experience with hands-on engineering.
8 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS), Finance and Economics, Bachelor of Science (BS), Finance and Economics at Rutgers Business SchoolAssociate of Arts and Sciences (AAS), Business Administration and Management, General, Associate of Arts and Sciences (AAS), Business Administration and Management, General at Middlesex County CollegeComputer Software Engineering, Computer Software Engineering at App Academy
Gujarati, HindiProgramming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
skp96/DS-Algos
Jan 2020 - Aug 2021
Contributions:241 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 6 months
skp96/Littlehood
May 2019 - May 2021
Contributions:44 commits, 39 pushes, 5 branches in 2 years
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