FROM BRICKS TO BYTES 🧱 → 💻

I'm a Senior Software Engineer with 4+ years of experience designing, building, and modernizing enterprise-scale applications across HR Tech, Finance, and SAP.

My journey started in Architecture & Design, moved through Human Resources and Visual Design, and eventually led me into software engineering.

That unconventional path shaped the way I approach technology today:

I think visually, design structurally, understand people, and build systems.

My primary focus is on building scalable, secure, observable, maintainable, and production-ready backend systems.

Currently, I work extensively with:

Java 17 • Spring Boot 3.x • Microservices • Kafka • REST • gRPC • MS SQL • PostgreSQL • Redis • Elasticsearch • Docker • Jenkins • K6 • Prometheus • Grafana • New Relic

I enjoy solving complex problems across the complete engineering lifecycle:

Problem → Architecture → Development → Testing → Deployment → Observability → Optimization

Jan 2025 – Present HR Tech • HRIS • Core HR • Enterprise Platform Modernization

• Modernizing a long-running enterprise HR platform using Spring Boot 3.x, Java 17, Microservices, and Flutter
• Refactored approximately 35,000 lines across 700+ legacy files
• Delivered major platform modernization within 6 months
• Delivered 120+ features within 3 months for Middle East regional rollout
• Improved SQL and database response times by 35%+
• Reduced UI glitches and related support issues by approximately 70%
• Designed and implemented Kafka-based asynchronous bulk processing
• Built reusable server-driven dynamic form architecture
• Designed temporal / effective-date driven data architecture
• Implemented multi-tenant authorization and field-level security
• Implemented AES-256 API encryption
• Built a K6 performance-testing framework covering 200+ APIs
• Covered 30+ modules with functional and load-testing scenarios
• Implemented test scenarios with up to 300 concurrent users
• Managed Jenkins CI/CD pipelines across 9 environments
• Implemented observability using Prometheus, Grafana, Micrometer, Spring Boot Actuator, and New Relic
• Maintained zero-reopen across 50+ critical production fixes
• Maintained 80%+ automated test coverage
• Integrated vulnerability scanning and code-quality gates
• Mentored 15+ engineers and QA members
• Conducted 70+ technical interviews
• Contributed to initiatives associated with approximately 20% revenue growth
• Recognized for successful delivery and execution of major engineering initiatives

Jun 2024 – Jan 2025 Finance • Loan Products • Secure Financial Systems

• Modernized legacy JSP applications using Spring Boot and React
• Developed secure REST APIs for financial workflows
• Designed database schemas and migrations using Oracle
• Built an internal loan transaction processing system
• Implemented financial calculations and transactional workflows
• Worked with HSM-backed security
• Implemented RSA encryption and digital signatures
• Implemented JWT authentication, SSO, and rate limiting
• Performed threat analysis and application security hardening
• Mitigated SQL injection and payload-level security vulnerabilities
• Supported Apache Tomcat / JBoss deployments
• Contributed to improving reliability of transaction-processing workflows

Feb 2023 – Jun 2024 SAP • Enterprise Data Management • Elasticsearch

Worked on enterprise data-management platforms integrating with SAP and Salesforce ecosystems.

• Java backend development using Spring Boot
• Elasticsearch query development, lookup rules and custom scripts
• Dynamic database and table generation
• Built gRPC and REST-based integrations
• Developed bulk upload and data-validation pipelines
• Worked with RabbitMQ asynchronous processing
• Implemented CSV / Excel import and export workflows
• Built automated PDF / PPT reporting using AWS
• Worked with JBPM / KIE workflow automation
• Implemented JWT authentication and authorization
• Performed SonarQube security and quality remediation
• Built automation using Selenium and Node.js
• Worked with Apache Spark for data-processing workloads
• Optimized JVM memory and high-volume record processing
• Improved Elasticsearch indexing and query performance

Masai School • Feb 2022 – Feb 2023

Hands-on experience across:

Java • Spring Boot • Hibernate • Servlets • JSP • Maven • REST APIs • MongoDB • Express.js • Angular • Node.js

Built the Masai LMS Portal and multiple backend applications while developing strong foundations in Data Structures & Algorithms.

My career has not followed a traditional software-engineering path.

Amity University, Mumbai | 2016 – 2022

Bachelor of Architecture

Architecture taught me:

Structural Thinking • Planning • Design • Constraints • Human-Centered Thinking • Problem Solving • Project Execution

🏆 N.A.S.A CAMPDES Winner

Revenant Esports, USA | 2020 – 2021

Worked across:

Graphic Design • Web Design • UI/UX • Branding • Landing Pages • Digital Campaigns • Visual Communication

This helped develop my understanding of how people interact with products and interfaces.

Writer Corporation, Mumbai | 2017 – 2018

Worked across:

Recruitment • Employee Onboarding • Payroll • Compliance • Training Coordination • HR Operations

This experience later became especially relevant while working on HR Tech and HRIS platforms.

Java 17 • Spring Boot 3.x • Spring MVC • Spring Security • Spring Data JPA • Spring Batch • Hibernate • Servlets • JSP • JSF • Node.js • Express.js

Microservices • REST APIs • gRPC • Event-Driven Architecture • Kafka • RabbitMQ • Monolith-to-Microservices Migration • Multi-Tenant Architecture • MVC • SOLID • OOP • Distributed Systems

MS SQL Server • Oracle • PostgreSQL • MySQL • MongoDB • Elasticsearch • Redis • JDBC • Stored Procedures • JOOQ • Liquibase • Query Optimization

Flutter • React • Angular • TypeScript • JavaScript • HTML5 • CSS3 • Bootstrap • Tailwind CSS • Redux • NgRx

JWT • OAuth 2.0 • OpenID Connect • SSO • AES-256 • RSA Encryption • HSM • RBAC • Field-Level Security • Multi-Tenant Authorization • Rate Limiting • XSS / CSRF Prevention • SQL Injection Prevention • Input Sanitization

K6 • JUnit • Mockito • Selenium • Postman • JaCoCo • SonarQube • Snyk • Swagger / OpenAPI • API Testing • Load Testing • Performance Testing • Negative Testing

Docker • Jenkins • GitHub • GitLab CI/CD • AWS EC2 • Red Hat OpenShift • Apache Tomcat • JBoss • Maven • Liquibase

Prometheus • Grafana • Micrometer • Spring Boot Actuator • New Relic APM • Log4j2 • Firebase Analytics • JVM Monitoring • Application Performance Monitoring

Git • GitHub • GitLab • Bitbucket • JIRA • Confluence • Agile / Scrum • Swagger • OpenAPI • Figma

I enjoy solving problems where scale, latency, throughput, and reliability matter.

My experience includes:

• 35%+ improvement in SQL response times
• K6-based API performance frameworks
• 200+ APIs covered by performance testing
• 30+ modules covered by automated scenarios
• Load testing with 300 concurrent users
• JVM memory optimization
• Redis / client-side caching
• Elasticsearch indexing and query optimization
• Asynchronous Kafka processing
• Bulk data processing and validation
• Production bottleneck analysis
• Application monitoring and diagnostics

I've worked on both enterprise HR systems and financial systems where security is a core requirement.

JWT • OAuth 2.0 • SSO • OpenID Connect

RBAC • Multi-Tenant Access • Field-Level Security • Organization-Level Permissions

AES-256 • RSA • HSM • Payload Encryption

SQL Injection Prevention • XSS / CSRF Prevention • Input Sanitization • Rate Limiting • Vulnerability Scanning • Secure API Design

Beyond coding, I contribute to engineering teams through:

• 🧑‍🏫 Mentoring 15+ engineers
• 🎯 Conducting 70+ technical interviews
• 🤝 Cross-functional collaboration with Product, QA, DevOps and UI teams
• 🏗️ Architecture and implementation discussions
• 🔍 Code reviews and quality improvements
• 🐞 Production debugging and critical issue resolution
• 📚 Technical knowledge sharing
• 🚀 Release and deployment coordination

Java • Spring Boot • Hibernate • MySQL • REST APIs

Backend application covering core e-commerce workflows, product management, persistence and business logic.

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Java • Spring Boot • Hibernate • MySQL • JWT • Swagger

REST API with:

Authentication • Profiles • Blogs • Comments • Categories • Search • Pagination • Sorting

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Java • Spring Boot • Hibernate • MySQL • REST APIs

Digital-wallet backend covering:

Transactions • Transfers • Beneficiaries • Bill Payments • Authentication

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Java • Spring Boot • Hibernate • MySQL

Backend implementation covering product, cart and order-related workflows.

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Backend-oriented application focused on:

Reservation Workflows • Business Logic • Transaction Handling • Data Management

A look at how my architecture background influences my approach to:

Software Design • Scalability • Constraints • User Experience • Maintainability • Technical Debt

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Continuously expanding my engineering toolkit around:

Modern Java • Advanced Spring Boot • Distributed Systems • Cloud-Native Architecture • Event-Driven Systems • OpenTelemetry • Advanced Observability • AI-Assisted Development • Developer Productivity • System Design • Platform Engineering

🏆 N.A.S.A CAMPDES — Winner

🏅 Masai Power Project Award

🧠 Masai DSA Ninja Award

🌎 MaRRS International Spelling Bee — India Level