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Hi, I’m Lavanya Chand, a passionate frontend developer with a Master of Science in Computer Science from St. Louis University. I build responsive web applications using React.js, Next.js, TypeScript, and Tailwind CSS, focusing on performance and user experience. Beyond frontend, I’ve interned as an AI Software Engineer, created RESTful APIs with FastAPI, processed large datasets with Pandas/NumPy, and deployed ML models to AWS EC2 with Docker and CI/CD pipelines. I thrive in collaborative, Agile teams and enjoy turning complex requirements into intuitive products.…Hi, I’m Lavanya Chand, a passionate frontend developer with a Master of Science in Computer Science from St. Louis University. I build responsive web applications using React.js, Next.js, TypeScript, and Tailwind CSS, focusing on performance and user experience. Beyond frontend, I’ve interned as an AI Software Engineer, created RESTful APIs with FastAPI, processed large datasets with Pandas/NumPy, and deployed ML models to AWS EC2 with Docker and CI/CD pipelines. I thrive in collaborative, Agile teams and enjoy turning complex requirements into intuitive products.

Lavanya Chand

Front-End Developer, Web Developer, Full Stack Developer, +4

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Hi, I’m Lavanya Chand, a passionate frontend developer with a Master of Science in Computer Science from St. Louis University. I build responsive web applications using React.js, Next.js, TypeScript, and Tailwind CSS, focusing on performance and user experience. Beyond frontend, I’ve interned as an AI Software Engineer, created RESTful APIs with FastAPI, processed large datasets with Pandas/NumPy, and deployed ML models to AWS EC2 with Docker and CI/CD pipelines. I thrive in collaborative, Agile teams and enjoy turning complex requirements into intuitive products.…Hi, I’m Lavanya Chand, a passionate frontend developer with a Master of Science in Computer Science from St. Louis University. I build responsive web applications using React.js, Next.js, TypeScript, and Tailwind CSS, focusing on performance and user experience. Beyond frontend, I’ve interned as an AI Software Engineer, created RESTful APIs with FastAPI, processed large datasets with Pandas/NumPy, and deployed ML models to AWS EC2 with Docker and CI/CD pipelines. I thrive in collaborative, Agile teams and enjoy turning complex requirements into intuitive products.

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Hi, I’m Lavanya Chand, a passionate frontend developer with a Master of Science in Computer Science from St. Louis University. I build responsive web applications using React.js, Next.js, TypeScript, and Tailwind CSS, focusing on performance and user experience.

Beyond frontend, I’ve interned as an AI Software Engineer, created RESTful APIs with FastAPI, processed large datasets with Pandas/NumPy, and deployed ML models to AWS EC2 with Docker and CI/CD pipelines. I thrive in collaborative, Agile teams and enjoy turning complex requirements into intuitive products.

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Work Experience

Frontend Developer at Resilience Inc.

July 1, 2025 - Present

Built and maintained critical UI features for a climate-refugee assistance mobile app using React Native, TypeScript, and Material UI, ensuring reliability and responsiveness across devices. Designed and tested Figma wireframes, prototypes, and user flows, reducing onboarding drop-off by 38% and time-to-completion by 25% through iterative usability testing. Implemented WCAG 2.1 accessibility standards with color-contrast and focus-state validation via AXE and Lighthouse audits. Developed reusable atomic-design components integrated into a shared design system, cutting handoff time by 50% and minimizing design-related revisions. Collaborated in UAT and design reviews with cross-functional teams to ensure feasibility, UX consistency, and scalability across releases.

UX Designer at Resilience Inc.

January 1, 2025 - June 30, 2025

Designed and tested Figma wireframes, prototypes, and user flows, reducing onboarding drop-off rate by 38% and time-to-completion by 25%, improving early user engagement through iterative usability testing. Implemented WCAG 2.1 accessibility considerations and contributed to a shared design system using atomic design principles.

AI Software Engineer Intern at Resilience Inc.

August 1, 2024 - December 1, 2024

Engineered Speech Emotion Recognition (SER) models to detect user emotions in real time, enabling personalized mental health interventions and improving emotion-classification accuracy by 92%. Developed AI-driven data pipelines for audio preprocessing, feature extraction, and model deployment using Python, TensorFlow, and Firebase, ensuring seamless integration within the AIMEE mobile app. Collaborated with cross-functional teams to fine-tune emotion detection algorithms, optimize inference latency, and enhance AI responsiveness and user well-being outcomes.

Frontend / Software Developer at Cognizant

July 1, 2019 - December 1, 2022

Delivered enterprise-level React.js and Redux web applications for Fortune 500 clients in retail and finance. Migrated legacy codebases from jQuery to React, improving maintainability and performance. Integrated RESTful APIs and implemented client-side caching using React Query, boosting page responsiveness. Collaborated with backend teams for seamless API integration and data visualization using Chart.js and D3.js. Enhanced accessibility (WCAG 2.1) and cross-browser compatibility across large-scale apps. Mentored junior developers on React best practices and Git workflows, increasing team productivity by 15%. Participated in end-to-end SDLC, including requirements, sprint planning, testing, and deployment.

Front-End Developer at Resilience Inc.

July 1, 2025 - Present

Building and maintaining critical UI features for a climate-refugee assistance mobile app using React Native, TypeScript, and Material UI; ensured reliability and responsiveness across devices. Designed and tested Figma wireframes, prototypes, and user flows, reducing onboarding drop-off by 38% and time-to-completion by 25%. Implemented WCAG 2.1 accessibility standards and validated color contrast and focus states via AXE and Lighthouse audits. Developed reusable atomic-design components integrated into a shared design system, cutting developer handoff time by 50%. Collaborated with cross-functional teams on UAT and design reviews to ensure UX consistency and scalable releases.

Frontend/Software Developer at Cognizant

July 1, 2019 - December 1, 2022

Spearheaded development of 8+ features for existing web apps; improved data retrieval performance by 35% via optimized SQL queries; redesigned indexing and queries reducing average response time by 40% for 50K+ users; Hardened security with JWT and OAuth; automated CI/CD with Jenkins, Docker, AWS CodeDeploy; synchronized with cross-functional teams in Agile, delivering 15+ releases with 98% defect-free.