# Pritam Shyam - Full Portfolio & Profile Data

## Headline
Senior Software Engineer | Full-Stack Development | Cloud Architecture | AI & Healthcare Solutions

## Professional Biography
Welcome! I'm Pritam Shyam. With 10+ years of experience across multiple domains, I've navigated everything from mobile apps to enterprise platforms, cloud infrastructure, and AI-driven healthcare solutions. I'm a collaborative problem-solver who enjoys translating complex ideas into scalable, production-ready systems, driving technical strategy, elevating engineering standards, and helping teams deliver with confidence.

### Highlights & Metrics
- Years of Experience: 10+
- Projects Completed: 20+
- Startup Experience: 3 companies
- Certifications Obtained: 3

### Background & Career Path
- Early Exploration (2012 - 2018): Started coding in high school by building websites for local realtors. At Iowa State University, worked with enterprise systems teams and retail environments at Apple and Best Buy.
- Solutions Across Domains (2018 - Present):
  - UnitedHealth Group / Optum: Modernized infrastructure, integrated HL7-compliant healthcare systems, and delivered greenfield MVPs.
  - Poplin Technologies: Staff Engineer leading frontend, backend, and DevOps efforts. Built cross-platform Ionic application, established engineering standards, and mentored developers.
  - Cardio Diagnostics Inc.: Staff Software Engineer guiding architectural strategy for data-driven clinical healthcare solutions, scaling platforms, and reducing tech debt.
  - Zocdoc: Senior Software Engineer driving scalable platform engineering.

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## Detailed Career History

1. Zocdoc
   - Senior Software Engineer (Dec 2025 - Present)
2. Cardio Diagnostics Inc.
   - Staff Software Engineer (May 2025 - Dec 2025)
   - Senior Software Engineer (May 2024 - May 2025)
3. Poplin Technologies Inc.
   - Staff Software Engineer (Jun 2023 - Jan 2024)
   - Lead Software Engineer (Oct 2022 - Jun 2023)
4. UnitedHealth Group, Level2
   - Senior Software Engineer (Jun 2020 - Sep 2022)
5. UnitedHealth Group, Optum
   - Software Engineer (Jul 2019 - May 2020)
   - Associate Software Engineer (Jan 2019 - Jul 2019)
   - Data Science (Jul 2018 - Dec 2018)
6. Iowa State University
   - Application Developer (Aug 2016 - May 2018)
7. UnitedHealth Group, Optum
   - Technology Development Intern (Jun 2017 - Aug 2017)
8. Apple Retail
   - Specialist (Oct 2015 - Aug 2016)
9. Best Buy
   - Computer & Mobile Sales Associate (Oct 2012 - Aug 2015)
10. Debra Meyer Realtor
    - Web Designer (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012)

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## Technical Skills & Toolkit

### Frontend Development
- React (Web Framework)
- NextJS (React Framework)
- TypeScript (JavaScript Superset)
- JavaScript (Interaction & Logic)
- TailwindCSS (User Interface Styling)
- Angular (Web Framework)

### Backend Development
- NestJS (Node Framework)
- NodeJS (JavaScript Runtime)
- Python (Programming Language & Data Engineering)
- Golang (High-Performance Concurrent Backend Services)

### Databases & Tools
- PostgreSQL (Relational Database)

### Cloud & DevOps Infrastructure
- Docker (Containerization)
- Kubernetes (Container Orchestration)
- Terraform (Infrastructure as Code)
- GitHub Actions (CI/CD Pipelines)
- AWS / Amazon Web Services (Cloud Provider)
- GCP / Google Cloud Platform (Cloud Provider)
- OCI / Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (Cloud Provider)
- Azure / Microsoft Azure (Cloud Provider)

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## Featured Public Projects

1. **Personal VPN on Public Cloud**
   - Tags: Wireguard, Debian, Google Cloud, Azure, AWS, OCI
   - Impact: Established a secure, private network with 99.9% uptime across five different cloud providers.
   - Link: https://github.com/pritam-shyam/Cloud_Hosted_VPN

2. **CloudLab**
   - Tags: Private, Cloudflare, Ubuntu, Docker, OCI
   - Impact: Architected a self-hosted cloud environment to deploy and test microservices securely.
   - Link: https://github.com/pritam-shyam?tab=repositories

3. **Deep Learning**
   - Tags: Python, Jupyter Notebook, Udacity
   - Impact: Implemented neural networks that achieved high accuracy on complex image classification tasks.
   - Link: https://github.com/pritam-shyam/Deep_Learning

4. **Natural Language Processing**
   - Tags: Python, Jupyter Notebook, Udacity
   - Impact: Built sentiment analysis models capable of processing and categorizing thousands of text inputs.
   - Link: https://github.com/pritam-shyam/Natural_Language_Processing

5. **Python Assignments & Notes**
   - Tags: Python, Pandas
   - Impact: Developed automated data cleaning scripts that processed datasets 5x faster than manual methods.
   - Link: https://github.com/pritam-shyam/Python_Class_Notes

6. **Simple Payroll System**
   - Tags: Java
   - Impact: Automated salary and tax calculations for 50+ employees with 100% accuracy.
   - Link: https://github.com/pritam-shyam/Simple_Payroll_System

7. **Blooming Fitness Center**
   - Tags: Java, GUI, Database
   - Impact: Designed a user-friendly management tool that reduced member check-in time by 40%.
   - Link: https://github.com/pritam-shyam/Blooming_Fitness_Center

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## Contact & Social Links
- Website: https://pritamshyam.com
- Technical Blog: https://blog.pritamshyam.com
- Email: grasper.mimics_0g@icloud.com
- GitHub: https://github.com/pritam-shyam
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pritamshyam