One-page overview
A quick snapshot covering my background, tech stack, and recent work.
Profile•
Guna Chand Dakavarapu
Full Stack Developer
Summary•
About Me
- I build web and mobile apps using React, React Native, Node.js, and Python, with Next.js and Expo rounding out the stack.
- Curious, pragmatic, and detail‑minded; happiest turning fuzzy ideas into simple, reliable software.
- Graduated with a Master’s in Computer Science from the University of Central Missouri.
Stats•
Highlights
- 8+ years writing software
- 4+ years professional experience
- 5+ independent projects
Toolkit•
Tech Stack
ReactReact NativeNode.jsTypeScriptJavaScriptPythonJavaSpring BootNestJSExpressNext.jsReduxTailwind CSSHTMLCSSGraphQLPostgreSQLSQLMongoDBOracle DBExpoOpenAI APILangChainAgentic WorkflowsGitDockerKubernetesKafkaAWSS3LambdaECSRDSCloudWatchCI/CD pipelinesMavenJUnitVercelSupabaseHerokuFirebase
Experience•
Apple (via Infosys)
Specialist Programmer · Oct 2020 - Dec 2024
- Played a key role on Apple's internal ETL platform, working across UI and backend for a system used by 5,000+ employees
- Worked with UX designers on high-visibility entry points, improving navigation and discoverability
- Upgraded the application to the latest React stack, improving front-end performance by 50%
- Built RESTful backend services in Java, streaming data with Apache Kafka and cutting response times by 20%
- Developed and maintained a separate Node.js service powering an internal admin dashboard
- Deployed containerized services on Kubernetes alongside AWS (S3, Lambda, ECS, RDS) with automated CI/CD
- Wrote Python-based internal tooling and CLI utilities, plus unit and integration tests with JUnit