Om Ogale
Om Ogale
Overview
A junior (3A) studying Computer Science (Honours Co-op) with AI specialization at the University of Waterloo. 👨💻
Looking for Summer 2025 internships!
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Languages:
Java, TypeScript, C++, Python, C, SQL, JavaScript, Bash, Racket, HTML/CSS
Frameworks and Technologies:
Spring Boot, JUnit, Next.js, React, MongoDB, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Node.js, Express.js, Flask, jQuery
Developer Tools:
Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Git, Docker, Datadog, Terraform, Kubernetes, Tekton, Jenkins, Visual Studio Code, IntelliJ IDEA, Agile, Jira, Slash, Vercel
Experiences
SEPTEMBER 9, 2024 - PRESENT
Software Engineer @ Ford Pro
Dearborn, MI (Remote)
- Architected the high-throughput, microservices-based new vehicle enrollment flow, optimizing scalability to handle 5M+ annual transactions.
- Engineered event-driven microservices in Java and Kotlin with Spring Boot, using GCP Cloud Functions triggered by Pub/Sub for real-time message delivery while implementing a TDD-first approach with JUnit and Mockito for thorough E2E integration and unit testing.
- Developed an E2E LLM Service with an interactive dashboard that helps automate the creation of Jira tickets to supercharge the team's sprints.
- Independently streamlined the codebase by creating a new utilities library for DTO's and generics.
- Led pipeline deployments with Tekton and infrastructure automation using Terraform for robust provisioning and cluster management.
JANUARY 8, 2024 - APRIL 19, 2024
Software Developer @ Ford
Oakville, ON
- Spearheaded a 50% increase in the total number of reports by developing dynamic KPI reports involving complex charting and breakdowns by utilizing APIs such as Recharts and Google Charts.
- Devised an entirely new frontend for representing metrics for an ECU (Electronic Control Unit) using Material UI as well as internal Ford APIs. Ideated global UI features such as an intricate collapsing sidebar that enables users to navigate and view metrics with ease.
- Implemented complex state management solutions for Bookmarking and Theme persistence utilizing Zustand and the React Context API.
- Worked with advanced components such as Datagrids and Datepickers in MUI X to develop fullstack implementations for Global Metric and Performance Targets dashboards integrated with SWR caching strategies, CGI Scripts, and MySQL scripting to connect with the backend database.
MAY 8, 2023 - AUGUST 25, 2023
System Software Developer @ Ford
Ottawa, ON
- Setup the First installation of Ford‘s latest in-development infotainment system in the Performance Lab to be demoed to the Chief Connected Vehicle Software Officer at Ford.
- Responsible for solely developing key KPIs for a new ECU to identify performance bottlenecks utilizing OOP practices, internal APIs and Slash in Python within an Agile framework.
- Lead tri-weekly standup meetings with the Performance team to notify metrics, regressions, as well as blockers for the ECU that I was managing.
- In-depth involvement with the OS by working on QNX and Android Debug Bridge (adb) as well as setting up VMs on Linux machines.
- Received outstanding reviews from both my supervisor, Rahul Trivedi, and department head, Yaron Spanglet.
Projects
Om's Exhibit
TypeScript
ReactJS
ChakraUI
Vercel
My portfolio website which is a showcase of my projects, skills and experiences. Checkout my blog where I jot down my thoughts! I am actively adding new articles and poems!
Zippy
C++
Python
Docker
Zippy is an extremely efficient tool to compress and decompress text files by utilizing the Huffman Algorithm and concurrent parallel processing. It achieves a greater than 50% compression ratio on average!
DailyDive
TypeScript
ReactJS
Python
Flask
TailwindCSS
DailyDive is your daily newsletter that provides personalized content based on user preferences. A digest of personalized news, stocks, jokes, memes and more integrated with Cohere's API that plays the role of your daily wellness guru to have the best start to your day!
PlaceMe
TypeScript
ReactJS
MaterialUI
Firebase
OAuth
WIP
PlaceMe is intended to place a user in their perfect neighbourhood. Criteria that a user can utilize to research include housing rates, crime score, and convenience score to ensure that one finds the right place to stay! Utilizes publicly sourced data along with relevance algorithms to optimize the search.
Chess
C++
This project was designed as the final project for CS246 (Fall 2023 offering) after multiple planning revisions as well as whiteboard brainstorming using UML Diagrams. Created in C++ utilizing OOP principles, software design practices such as MVC as well as algorithms for opponent AI such as Minimax with Alpha-Beta pruning that searches upto a depth of 6 plys.
Studybeaver
Wordpress
HTML
CSS
A website I built during the Covid-19 outbreak to bridge the gap caused due to remote learning. Aggregated exam strategies using surveys from teachers and created practice question sheets.
Milestones
2024
2023
first installation
of Ford‘s latest in-development infotainment system in the Performance Lab at Ottawa. Expedited this task in a week (with an initial deadline of over 2 weeks) so that it could be demoed to the Chief Connected Vehicle Sofware Officer.2022
President and Vice President Education
in the Toastmasters Youth Leadership Programs across two clubs in my city. Organized meetings and won several awards.2021
Asia‘s largest Business Model competition.
2019
100%
across all levels.2017
Disneyland Paris
to (unsuccessfully) conquer my fear of heights. I have never been on a roller coaster since then ... almost lost my spectacles lol.2016
2nd overall among 58 countries.