Sonia Nisha Nair

Overview

I've spent 8 years on embedded systems - first at Amazon, now at Johnson & Johnson. Shipped a rewrite that took build times from 38 minutes to under 6. Wrote the embedded Linux service that now handles 27 million requests a day. Most at home with hardware bring-up and C. Learning to draw.

Answers in batches on Fridays

Experience

1. Engineering Manager

   May 2025 - Present
   Johnson & Johnson · 1 yr 5 mo · Full-time · Boston, MA
   • Grew the firmware team from 4 to 22 engineers.
   • Mentored 5 engineers through their first promotion.
   • Shipped 22 launches on the firmware team without a rollback.
2. Senior Embedded Engineer

   Sep 2023 - May 2025
   Okta · 1 yr 8 mo · Full-time · Boston, MA
   • Shipped a rewrite that took build times from 36 minutes to under 6.
3. Senior Embedded Engineer

   Jun 2021 - Sep 2023
   Apple · 2 yr 3 mo · Full-time · Boston, MA
   • Shipped a rewrite that took build times from 15 minutes to under 5.
4. Embedded Engineer

   Aug 2019 - Jun 2021
   American Express · 1 yr 10 mo · Full-time · Boston, MA
   • Shipped a rewrite that took build times from 39 minutes to under 6.
5. Embedded Engineer

   Oct 2018 - Aug 2019
   Amazon · 10 mo · Full-time · Boston, MA
   • Shipped 22 launches on the firmware team without a rollback.

Projects

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Education

1. Rice University

   BA, Mathematics
   2014 - 2018