Hi, I'm Sarika

UC Berkeley student pursuing dual degrees in Computer Science and Business Administration. Passionate about leveraging technology for social good and creating meaningful digital experiences.

About Me

Hello! I'm Sarika, a passionate developer pursuing simultaneous degrees at UC Berkeley in Computer Science at the College of Computing, Data Science & Society and Business Administration at the Haas School of Business. I love creating digital experiences that are both beautiful and functional, with a focus on leveraging technology for social impact.

My interests span tech for social good, public policy, public health, computational biology, and finance. I believe technology has immense potential to solve real-world problems and create positive change in society. When I'm not coding, you'll find me exploring new technologies, sipping matcha while brainstorming my next project, or diving deep into research at the intersection of technology and social impact.

My approach to development is user-centered and impact-driven. I strive to create applications that not only look great but also provide meaningful solutions to complex challenges in healthcare, policy, and social good.

Resume available upon request

What I'm Passionate About

Tech for Social Good

Public Policy

Matcha Enthusiast

Public Health

Computational Biology

Finance & Business

Education

UC Berkeley - College of Computing, Data Science & Society

Bachelor of Arts in Computer Science & Data Science

UC Berkeley - Haas School of Business

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration

Dual Degrees

15+

Projects Completed

Interest Areas

∞

Cups of Matcha

Work Experience

My professional journey through internships at leading tech companies

Software Engineering Intern

Pinterest•New York City, NY•May 2025 – August 2025

Built and deployed an end-to-end resource provisioning pipeline, adding a manual judgment resolution API for deployment workflows, reducing developer friction, and improving control over gated rollouts. Created a dashboard to display Pinterest Image Builds and corresponding validations.

Implemented OAuth authentication and authorization, as well as pCloud CLI integration for RPPv2 APIs
Added soft block and force push to Jenkins cherry-pick jobs for promoting canary pushes to production
Increased CI/CD stability through improved deployment workflows

GoDockerPythonOAuthJenkinsCI/CDgRPCREST APIs

Software Development Engineering Intern

Amazon•Seattle, WA•May 2024 – August 2024

Developed TinkerService, a testing override service for Amazon Store Testing, deployed in production in September 2024. Eliminated the need for infrastructure set up to test Amazon.com changes, improving testing efficiency and test reliability.

Formulated and executed generation, retrieval, and merge functionalities to mock custom testing environments
Automated iOS and Android preview windows using DynamoDB and S3
Designed CloudWatch monitoring dashboard to track alarms in Availability, P50/P99 Latency, Error, and Fault metrics

AWS S3AWS DynamoDBAWS CloudWatchAWS LambdaREST APIsJavaTypeScript

Software Engineering Intern (Contract)

Etsy•Brooklyn, NY (Remote)•August 2023 – December 2023

Built an image processing pipeline using Go, utilizing gRPC requests to add PDF/Tiff conversion and storage, cropping, rotation, color profile conversion, image dimension and color analysis, and file upload APIs.

Boosted image processing service runtime by 79%
Optimized transaction rate by 32%
Devised a frontend PHP client to demo services and wrote robust unit tests

GogRPCPHPImage ProcessingAPIs

Teaching & Leadership

Head Teaching Assistant

UC Berkeley EECS • January 2023 – Present

Led discussion sections for 50+ students across 5 semesters of Principles and Techniques of Data Science. Coordinated Disabled Student Program logistics and managed extensions for 100+ students.

TeachingData ScienceStudent Support

Technical Project Manager

Sourcegraph & NEXT for Autism • Contract

Led teams of 6 developers on ML pipeline projects and taught web development fundamentals. Delivered comprehensive insights reports and reduced supervisor monitoring time by 30%.

LeadershipProject ManagementMentoring

Skills & Expertise

A comprehensive overview of my technical skills and the tools I use to bring ideas to life

Programming Languages

PythonJavaTypeScriptCGoSQLHTML/CSSPHPx86 & RISC-V AssemblyBash Shell Scripting

Frameworks & Libraries

React.jsNext.jsNumPyPandasReduxExpress.jsFlaskDjango

Tools & Technologies

GitAWS Cloud Development KitDockerLinux/UnixFirebaseDynamoDBS3CloudWatchOpenMPOpenMPI

Design & Development

FigmaUI/UX DesigngRPCREST APIsCI/CDCisco iOSOAuthMicroservices

10+

Programming Languages

15+

Frameworks & Tools

Major Internships

Currently Learning

I'm always expanding my skill set. Currently diving deep into:

GraphQLThree.jsRustMachine Learning

Let's Work Together

Have a project in mind or just want to chat? I'd love to hear from you. Send me a message and I'll respond as soon as possible.

Get in Touch

I'm always open to discussing new opportunities, interesting projects, or just having a chat about technology and social impact. Feel free to reach out through any of the channels below.

sarikapasumarthy@berkeley.edu