Hi, I'm Vikas Peraka

I'm currently a full stack software engineer at Meta.

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About Me

Hello! I'm Vikas Peraka, a full stack software engineer at Meta who graduated with a B.S. in Computer Science and a minor in Business from the University of Texas at Austin.

If you’re an individual or company looking for a hardworking, determined individual – or you just want to hang out – please get in touch through the contacts section or social media links.

Some of my hobbies aside from work include playing soccer, basketball, running, video games, and most importantly cooking.

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2020 - Present
Meta - Menlo Park, CA
Full Stack Software Engineer

Nov 2023 - Present
Search and Marketplace Ad Experiences
Deployed boosted listing features on Marketplace mobile apps driving marketplace revenue increases by about 5% half over half.
Drove direction of the product by analyzing user trends and market research

July 2020 - Nov 2023
Cross Meta Experiences Settings
Led and built frameworks for 30+ settings from the ground up including Accounts Center across Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, and VR devices which over 1 billion users employ
Tech lead for VR portions and coached 5 engineers on these projects.
2019 - 2020
University of Texas at Austin - Austin, TX
Teaching Assistant

Spring 2020: CS313e Elements of Software Design: devised assignments, course syllabus, and directed office hours for over 400 students
Spring 2019, Fall 2019: CS331 Algorithms and Complexity: coordinated grading assignments and answering questions through online forums for a class size of 150 students
2019
Meta - Menlo Park, CA
Software Engineer Intern

Implemented message forwarding on Messenger Desktop as a web developer on the Messenger Community Integrity team which over 2 billion people leverage
2018
Expedia Group - Austin, TX
Software Engineer Intern

Designed and built a Fraud Detection (Redaction) Service internal tool to allow employees to view private files after running the redaction software which 62% of employees leveraged daily
2016 - 2020
University of Texas at Austin - Austin, TX
B.S. in Computer Science, Minor in Business

Activities:
• CS Ambassadors
• UT Developers Club
• Hackathons: HackTX, MusicHacks

Portfolio

Redraft

• Web application that shows how well each NFL draft pick over the last ten years fared based on fantasy points (HTML, CSS, React.js).
• Users can select the year, original draft order or the redraft order, and click on a player to see their stats and information.
• Data presented in a table, scatterplot, and bar chart based on different variables.
Tower Titans

• Implemented the user interface for a Java­based game in which the user stacks blocks on top of one another in a timely manner (Java).
UTEats

• Implemented a website that shows users what cafes are currently open on campus.
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