About me

Myself Dr. Alwin Simon.
I am a Self-taught MERN Full Stack developer with 9 months of project experience.
I have a solid grasp of JavaScript, NodeJs, REST API, SQL and NoSQL Databases, CI-CD, AWS, Docker, Kubernetes and more.
I have solid technical expertise in software development and am passionate about building scalable, maintainable and robust applications.

  • Languages: Javascript, Typescript, HTML, CSS
  • Server: Node.js
  • Frameworks: Express.js
  • Libraries: React.js, Redux, React Router
  • Cloud Platforms: Amazon Web Services(AWS) EC2, DigitalOcean
  • Databases: MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Firebase
  • API Development: RESTful API
  • API Testing: Postman, Hoppscotch
  • Version Control: Git
  • Architecture: MVC, Microservices and Monolithic
  • DevOps: GitHub Action, Docker, Kubernetes
  • MERN Full Stack Developer Intern (Feb 2023- Present)
    Brototype
  • Developed a dynamic E-commerce website using Handlebars, CSS, and JavaScript.
    The site was built on the Node.js, Express.js backend with a MongoDB database, following the MVC design pattern for enhanced maintainability.
  • Integrated REST APIs for real-time data fetching and display, enhancing the site's interactivity and responsiveness.
  • Leveraged React.js to craft user-centric web interfaces, ensuring an engaging and intuitive user experience.
  • Utilized Docker for containerization, streamlining application environment setup and deployment.
  • Implemented CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions, refining the software development and deployment lifecycle.
  • Orchestrated containerized applications using a Kubernetes cluster, deployed in the cloud on DigitalOcean K8s Cluster..
  • Doctor Of Pharmacy (Pharm.D)
    Oct 2016 – Nov 2022
  • Kovai Medical Center and Hospitals, Coimbatore.

Skills

HTML

CSS

Javascript

Typescript

MongoDB

Express JS

React

Node JS

PostgreSQL

Firebase

Redux

VS Code

Git

GitHub

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

DigitalOcean

Learning more

Projects

E-commerce website

A E-commerce project built using Node.js & Express in the backend, Handlebars as the templating Engine and MongoDB as Database.

Microservice mini-blog website

This project is a microservice-based mini blog system designed to allow users to create posts and add comments to existing posts.
The application has six services: posts, comments, moderation, event-bus, a React frontend, and a query service.
It's containerized using Docker and orchestrated with Kubernetes for efficient deployment.