About Me

Hi! I am Chahana
I love to innovate with impact and Systems Design Engineering at Waterloo allows me to impact many industries due to its powerful blend of technology and society!

I have done competitive swimming 🏊 in the past and enjoy swimming as a hobby, hiking 🥾 in the summers and skating ⛸️ in the winters.

Skills

Education

HTML/CSS

Java

C++

Python

SQL

JavaScript

TypeScript

React

Node.js

Express.js

Tailwind CSS

GitHub

Power BI

MATLAB

Solidworks

Bachelor of Applied Science - BASc, Systems Design Engineering

Relevent Courses (Year 1):

SYDE 121: C++ Data Structures and Algorithms
SYDE 223: C++ Data Structures and Algorithms 2
SYDE 192: Digital Circuits
SYDE 161 & SYDE 162: Engineering Design and Prototyping
SYDE 101L: Solidworks
SYDE 113 & SYDE 101L: MATLAB

Work Experience

Kenna

Full Stack Engineering Intern

Sep 2025 - Present

To be updated.

Node.js Express.js LotusScript SQL TypeScript React JavaScript jQuery Jenkins Bitbucket

Electrium Mobility

Software Engineer

Sep 2025 - Present

Developed secure Firestore API endpoints with Next.js + Firebase backend to manage user-specific data, to track EV charging stations across the world.
Integrated search-to-map synchronization, to fetch and render location-specific pins.

Next.js Firebase Cloud Firestore TypeScript

Sable

Engineering Intern

Jan 2025 - Apr 2025

To be updated.

Power Apps Software Automation Solidworks AutoCAD Data Analysis Power BI QC Quoting Engineering drawings

Score Day Camp

Program Coordinator

Jun 2022 - Aug 2022

📊 Develop, implement and coordinate daily operation of programs

Program development Operations management Data management Leadership Collaboration

Harvard & Smithsonian

Data Transcriber

Dec 2022 - Jan 2024

🔭 Harvard College Observatory Data

Data analysis Data transcribing

Projects

Ecotoken - Hack the Valley X Snowflake API Winner

extension that optimizes LLM user prompts, reducing token usage and estimating environment savings in CO2/water.
Node.js + Snowflake backend using JWT auth, SQL REST API, and Cortex AI to securely execute stored procedures for prompt optimization.
Won the Snowflake API category among 400+ participants.
Next.js frontend with TypeScript, Tailwind, and Radix UI.

Snowflake API Node.js Next.js TypeScript SQL

UpAble - Boston Consulting Group x Global Spark

Competed against 300 students across 100 institutions from 30 countries.
Developed a career-upskilling full-stack platform that helps disabled users to explore careers and upskill, earning a perfect 5/5 from BCG judges.
Full-stack platform built with React.js front end, Node.js back end, and REST API through Google Cloud Platform.
Collects survey data to generate tailored career roadmaps and integrated an AI-powered chatbot using a Gemini API.
Dashboard for users to network with other disabled professionals for mentorship and to showcase skills.

React Node.js GCP REST API Gemini API

Focus Monitor - Queen's Hack

A Chrome Extension that keeps you on-task by blocking distracting websites and offering a Pomodoro timer.
Each time you load or switch tabs, Mission Complete uses its backend, Gemini API, to determine if you're off-task and automatically closes the tab to get you back on track.
Pomodoro technique: A 25-minute timer starts in the extension popup and notifies you when time's up.

Python Flask JavaScript Chrome Extension Gemini API

Game Development - Slot Machine

Developed a console-based slot machine game in Java, utilizing test case libraries and enhancing user experience.
Applied object-oriented programming principles to organize code into classes and methods, incorporating splash screens, main menu navigation, instructions, and gameplay functions.
Multi-user program implementing file handling, exception handling, conditional logic, and file writing.
Players' data, including individual balances, are saved to a file, allowing users to resume their game in future sessions.

Java OOP File Handling

Hi, I'm Chahana Reddy,

a student at the University of Waterloo