Suriya Sundar
Senior Software Engineer at Intuit
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSuriya Sundar is a Senior Software Engineer based in Chicago with 10 years of experience building backend services and polished UIs at companies including Google, Yahoo, and Intuit. He combines strong computer science fundamentals with hands-on delivery of high-impact features—driving measurable product gains such as DAU and latency improvements on Google Search and shipping dashboard and analytics capabilities at Yahoo’s Flurry. Comfortable across the stack, he has contributed to open-source Java tooling (Elide) improving filter handling, permissions, and query performance for GraphQL/JSON-API services. Known for pragmatic refactors and performance-minded fixes, he bridges product-focused frontend work with robust backend APIs. He holds a Master’s in Computer Science from UIC and brings a track record of turning complex requirements into reliable, maintainable systems.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master’s Degree Computer Science, Master’s Degree Computer Science at University of Illinois ChicagoBachelor's degree Information Technology, Bachelor's degree Information Technology at St. Joseph's College Of Engineering
Github Skills (12)
javas10
hibernate10
api10
java10
wpgraphql9
testing9
wordpress-graphql9
json-api9
graphql9
jpa8
orm8
analytics7
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
yahoo/elide
Apr 2017 - Aug 2020
Elide is a Java library that lets you stand up a GraphQL/JSON-API web service with minimal effort.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:9 commits, 17 PRs, 19 pushes in 3 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Suriya primarily contributed to the `elide` Java library, focusing on enhancing its core functionality and resolving issues related to filter operations and permission evaluations. They addressed special character handling within filters, ensuring correct behavior and data integrity. The user also worked on implementing and testing permission-related features, specifically allowing create permissions on attributes and relationships. Additionally, they refactored and optimized existing code to improve the overall performance and maintainability of the project.
standmobileweb-servicejson-apiorm
suriyasundar92/elide
Mar 2017 - Aug 2020
Elide is a Java library that lets you stand up a JSON API web service with minimal effort
Contributions:28 pushes, 6 branches in 3 years 5 months
apieffortstandjava-libraryelide
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