SrujanChidarla
Open to workResume
  • 2M+ requests/day in production
  • 99.9% uptime
  • MS CS · 4.0 GPA
  • 7 apps shipped
  • JobHuntOS on the Chrome Web Store
  • LeetCode 50 Days Badge 2026
  • Google Local Guide L9 · 76M views
  • State-level handball & 4×100m relay

Lap 01Selected work

Products with real decisions behind them

Six products, from the data model to the deploy. Keep scrolling and each one takes the stage; open any for how it was built and what got in the way.

01LearningLive

AlgoChronicle

A free DSA path that remembers what you solved and builds a plan around the interview you actually have.

problems in 16 levels
198
server time, from ~290 ms
~2 ms
companies tagged
419
  • Next.js
  • TypeScript
  • Firebase
  • Pyodide (WASM)
  • GitHub Actions

02CommunityLive

Wildmate

A place for outdoor crews to find each other, plan the trip, and handle the logistics in one product.

US metro hubs
15+
Socket.io trip chat
Live
Magic Paste itineraries
AI
  • React 19
  • Node.js
  • Express
  • MongoDB
  • Socket.io

Lap 02How I work

Built in production, shipped for people

Full-stack development, system design, and networking — shown through work, not job titles.

At scale
LB

2M+requests / day

System design in production

Architecture · reliability · performance

At Cognizant I contributed to Spring Boot microservices at 2M+ requests/day and 99.9% uptime — optimizing a hot-path query from P99 ~250ms to ~50ms and learning what reliability under load actually requires.

  • 2M+ req/day
  • 99.9% uptime
  • P99 optimization
  • Microservices
End to end
UIAPIDB

7apps shipped

Full-stack products shipped

UI · API · data · deploy

Wildmate, JobHuntOS, AlgoChronicle, StudyGlobal, and AgriWise — complete UIs, APIs, data models, and deploys I own. WalletGyde internship: 35% engagement ↑ and 40% faster transactions while earning my Master's.

  • 7 featured apps
  • Chrome Web Store
  • Live on Vercel
  • Real-time systems
How systems connect
clientserverSYNSYN-ACKACK

TCP/IPto the deploy pipeline

Networking & systems depth

TCP/IP · routing · CI/CD · cloud

MS coursework in computer networks (TCP/IP, BGP/OSPF) plus production infra work — Docker/CI at Cognizant, AlgoChronicle's push-to-publish pipeline, and thinking about how services talk, fail, and recover.

  • TCP/IP · BGP/OSPF
  • GitHub Actions
  • Docker / CI
  • Azure DevOps

Lap 03Work history

Experience that grounds the degree

Production engineering at Cognizant, then a fintech internship during my MS — the work that sits behind the degree.

The route so far · 2018 → today

  1. 2018AugEducation

    B.Tech, Information Technology

    VNR VJIET, Hyderabad. The start line: data structures, networks, and my first real code.

  2. 2021MarWork

    Software Engineer at Cognizant

    Spring Boot microservices for 500+ enterprise users, with Docker and CI/CD from dev to prod.

    2M+requests / day

  3. 2021AugEducation

    Graduated with honors

    B.Tech in Information Technology, finished while already shipping production code.

    3.8GPA

  4. 2022NovWork

    Programmer Analyst (Full Stack)

    Promoted. Query indexing and API-hop analysis on services that had to stay up.

    99.9%uptime

  5. 2024AugEducation

    MS in Computer Science

    University of Fairfax: advanced algorithms, distributed systems, and computer networks.

  6. 2025Work

    Full-stack intern at WalletGyde

    A Next.js and Supabase fintech platform, shipped in a small team alongside coursework.

    40%faster transactions

  7. 2025Shipped

    Shipped Wildmate & JobHuntOS

    Real-time trip planning with Socket.io, and a Chrome extension with multi-provider LLM routing.

    100+ATS formats

  8. 2026Shipped

    AlgoChronicle goes live

    A free DSA platform. Rebuilt around caching and idempotent jobs after a CPU-limit outage.

    2 msfrom ~290 ms

  9. 2026AugEducation

    Master's, 4.0 GPA

    Finished the MS with a perfect GPA and a stack of shipped products along the way.

    4.0GPA

  10. NowToday

    Next lap: your team

    1,000+ GitHub contributions and a 50-day LeetCode badge. Looking for an entry-level SWE role.

2025Jan 2025 – Dec 2025

WalletGyde

Full-Stack Web Developer · Denver, USA · Remote

During Master's

Shipped a fintech platform during my Master's — 35% engagement ↑

  • 35%↑Engagement
  • 40%↑Speed
2021–24Mar 2021 – Apr 2024

Cognizant Technology Solutions

Software Engineer · Hyderabad, India

Pre-MS professional experience

Production foundation — contributed on systems at 2M+ req/day, 99.9% uptime

  • 2M+Daily Requests
  • 99.9%Uptime

Education

  • 4.0/ 4.0 GPA

    Master of Science in Computer Science

    University of Fairfax · Fairfax, VA

    Shipped Wildmate, JobHuntOS, and AgriWise while earning it

    Aug 2024 – Aug 2026
  • 3.8/ 4.0 GPA

    B.Tech, Information Technology

    VNR VJIET · Hyderabad, India

    Graduated with Honors

    Aug 2018 – Aug 2021

Lap 05Technical foundation

Tools I actually use

Honest levels, each tied to where I used it — ready to deepen in production, not pretending expertise I haven't earned.

01

Backend

  • Java / Spring BootStrong
    4+ yrs learning · Cognizant · 2M+ req/day foundation
  • Node.js / ExpressStrong
    3+ yrs learning · Wildmate · JobHuntOS APIs
  • Python / FastAPIComfortable
    Learning · Neocortex agent backend
02

AI / LLM

  • Multi-LLM orchestrationStrong
    Shipped · Claude · Gemini · Groq routing
  • Streaming APIs (SSE)Strong
    Shipped · JobHuntOS real-time analysis
  • Prompt + agent designComfortable
    Learning · Neocortex · 15 agents
03

Networks & Infra

  • CI/CD (GitHub Actions)Strong
    Shipped · AlgoChronicle push-to-publish
  • Docker / Cloud deployComfortable
    2+ yrs learning · Cognizant · Vercel · AWS
  • Networks (TCP/IP, routing)Comfortable
    MS coursework · BGP/OSPF · load balancing concepts
04

Frontend

  • React / Next.jsStrong
    3+ yrs learning · Wildmate · StudyGlobal · portfolio
  • TypeScriptStrong
    3+ yrs learning · Production codebases
  • Real-time UIComfortable
    2+ yrs learning · Socket.io · live dashboards
05

Databases & Cloud

  • PostgreSQL / MySQLStrong
    3+ yrs learning · Enterprise + Supabase
  • MongoDB / FirebaseComfortable
    2+ yrs learning · Wildmate · AlgoChronicle
  • AWS / Docker / CIComfortable
    Learning · Cloud Practitioner · GitHub Actions

Lap 07Tech notes

Writing that keeps me sharp

Short takes plus a longer essay on system design in the AI era — how architecture evolved, and why it still matters when I ship.

Deep dive · interactive flowchart

What really happens when you type google.com and hit Enter

I mapped the whole trip — every packet, protocol, and process — into a flowchart with the right shape for every step, phases colored by OSI layer, and the background work most diagrams leave out.

distinct steps
29+
network layers
6
autonomous systems
70k+
end to end
100–500ms
  1. 01ApplicationURL parsing, HSTS check, DNS resolution
  2. 02TransportTCP SYN → SYN-ACK → ACK, then TLS 1.3 in one round trip
  3. 03NetworkHTTP → segment → packet → frame; ARP finds the router
  4. 04InternetNAT, then BGP across 10–20 networks
  5. 05ServerAnycast to the nearest edge; Maglev picks a healthy server
  6. 06ReturnBack by maybe another route; DOM + CSSOM become pixels
  1. TCP backpressure taught me more about microservices than most blog postsComputer networks coursework (congestion control, flow control, BGP/OSPF) maps cleanly onto service design: queues, rate limits, circuit breakers, and why P99 latency matters when the pipe fills up.NetworkingSystem DesignNote
  2. Why multi-agent systems are leaving the demo phaseA short take on how agent orchestration is moving from toy demos into real product workflows — and what that means for full-stack engineers learning AI tooling.AIAgentsLinkedIn
  3. What Next.js performance work actually looks like in productionCaching, image strategy, and shipping less JavaScript — practical notes from building recruiter-facing apps where first load still matters.Next.jsPerformanceLinkedIn

Lap 08Off the track

Athlete discipline

Same daily reps that ship products — track, gym, and multi-sport since school.

HybridSprints, strength, same daily reps.
Srujan on the track at sunset
TrackNever outrun your purpose.
Srujan training in the gym under a Michael Jordan quote
MindsetClimb it, go through it, or work around it.

State & district certificates6

Lap 10Finish line

Let's build something that ships.

MS CS · 4.0 · graduating August 2026 · open to relocate anywhere in the US. I respond quickly.