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Gagan DoddannaFull-Stack Software Engineer

I build fast, accessible products and ship AI where it actually helps.

Nearly 5 years taking web products from research to production with Vue, React, Node.js and LLMs.

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Open to new roles · Chicago, remote or relocation
  • Nearly 5 yearsshipping web products
  • 120+customer accounts served
  • AWSSolutions Architect, Associate
  • WCAG 2.1 AAaccessibility built in

Selected Work · 01 / 03

Things I've shipped.

  • B2B
  • B2C
  • Admin
  • Manager
  • Agent
  • IVR
  • Conference
  • Automation
  • Payments
  • KYC
  • Real-time dashboards
  • WebSockets
Platform I architected · recreated, not production code

Arontel · Founding engineer

In production

Enterprise Voice Operations Platform

A multi-tenant telecom SaaS for B2B and B2C customers. I owned IVR, conferencing, automation, payments and KYC end to end, live for 120+ accounts.

  • 64%faster IVR dashboard (700 → 250ms)
  • 12k+nodes per live call tree
  • 5production modules owned

Vue 3 · Nuxt 4 · TypeScript · Node.js · Supabase · WebSockets

Client code is private.

Selected work · 02 / 03

Doctor dashboard showing today's appointments and a live call transcript
Doctor dashboard · live call transcript

Personal project · AI voice agent

Live demo

Dr. Paws AI Receptionist

Call a real phone number and talk to an AI receptionist that books appointments, while the conversation streams live to the doctor's dashboard.

  • <500msvoice-to-dashboard latency
  • Livereal phone line (PSTN)
  • PINisolated session per caller

Twilio · OpenAI Realtime · Vue 3 · Node.js · WebSockets · Supabase

Selected work · 03 / 03

Redesigned Chicago Public Library home page on laptop and phone
Redesigned home · desktop and mobile

UX research · IA redesign

User-validated

Chicago Public Library

Rebuilt the library site's navigation around what patrons actually come to do, and validated it with real users before drawing a single wireframe.

  • 13card-sort participants
  • 32tree-test participants
  • 2 → 6nav paths to intent categories

Card sorting · Tree testing · Optimal Workshop · Figma

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What I Build

Full-stack products, with AI on purpose.

  1. Frontend platforms

    Vue, Nuxt, React and Next apps with design tokens, SSR and WCAG 2.1 AA built in from day one, not bolted on later.

    Lighthouse +25 · up to 30% faster loads

    • Vue 3
    • Nuxt
    • React
    • Next.js
    • TypeScript

  2. AI & data products

    LLM features, live transcripts and dashboards that turn raw records into decisions people can act on.

    AI interviews · voice agents · 500K-record dashboards

    • OpenAI Realtime
    • WebRTC
    • Python
    • SQL
    • PostgreSQL

  3. AI-native delivery

    Spec-driven, agentic development with Claude Code and Cursor. Every AI change is reviewed and covered by Playwright tests.

    Release cycles 40% faster

    • Claude Code
    • Spec-driven
    • Playwright
    • GitHub Actions

Open to work

Let's build something people actually use.

Full-time & contract
Software Engineer · Full-Stack · Frontend · AI Engineer
Internships
AI / ML · Data Analytics
Location
Chicago · Remote · Open to relocation
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