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Hi, I’m Baji Syed, a software engineer specializing in backend and cloud-based solutions. I design secure REST APIs, optimize performance, and drive robust CI/CD pipelines using Java, Spring Boot, and React. In my 5+ years of experience across startups and enterprise teams, I’ve delivered scalable services on AWS, reduced latency, and collaborated with product, QA, and DevOps to ship features in Agile environments.…Hi, I’m Baji Syed, a software engineer specializing in backend and cloud-based solutions. I design secure REST APIs, optimize performance, and drive robust CI/CD pipelines using Java, Spring Boot, and React. In my 5+ years of experience across startups and enterprise teams, I’ve delivered scalable services on AWS, reduced latency, and collaborated with product, QA, and DevOps to ship features in Agile environments.

Baji Syed

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Hi, I’m Baji Syed, a software engineer specializing in backend and cloud-based solutions. I design secure REST APIs, optimize performance, and drive robust CI/CD pipelines using Java, Spring Boot, and React. In my 5+ years of experience across startups and enterprise teams, I’ve delivered scalable services on AWS, reduced latency, and collaborated with product, QA, and DevOps to ship features in Agile environments.…Hi, I’m Baji Syed, a software engineer specializing in backend and cloud-based solutions. I design secure REST APIs, optimize performance, and drive robust CI/CD pipelines using Java, Spring Boot, and React. In my 5+ years of experience across startups and enterprise teams, I’ve delivered scalable services on AWS, reduced latency, and collaborated with product, QA, and DevOps to ship features in Agile environments.

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Hi, I’m Baji Syed, a software engineer specializing in backend and cloud-based solutions. I design secure REST APIs, optimize performance, and drive robust CI/CD pipelines using Java, Spring Boot, and React.

In my 5+ years of experience across startups and enterprise teams, I’ve delivered scalable services on AWS, reduced latency, and collaborated with product, QA, and DevOps to ship features in Agile environments.

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Work Experience

Software Engineer at Holiday Channel LLC

July 1, 2025 - Present

Designed and maintained backend services using Java 17 and Spring Boot, supporting applications with ~1M monthly users under peak traffic. Expanded secure REST APIs with JWT and OAuth 2.0, reducing authentication and authorization errors by ~30%. Improved API latency by ~25% via refactoring, SQL query optimization, and Redis caching. Migrated workloads to AWS (EC2, RDS, S3, Lambda, API Gateway). Implemented CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins and GitHub Actions, reducing release cycles from ~10 days to under 2 days. Optimized PostgreSQL and MySQL schemas with indexing and query tuning, boosting backend throughput by ~35%. Monitored production systems with Prometheus, Grafana, and ELK to proactively resolve performance bottlenecks.

Software Developer Intern at MetLife

December 1, 2024 - May 1, 2025

Improved frontend features with React.js, Material-UI, and Redux and backend services with Spring Boot and REST APIs for internal insurance policy management platforms. Built React-based UI components, improving internal task completion time by ~20%. Optimized PostgreSQL and MongoDB queries, reducing data retrieval latency by ~30%. Automated build and deployment pipelines using Jenkins and GitHub Actions, reducing manual deployment issues. Wrote unit and integration tests using JUnit and Mockito, improving code reliability. Collaborated with product owners and QA teams in Agile/Scrum delivery cycles.

Associate Software Engineer at Tech Mahindra Ltd

July 1, 2019 - July 1, 2023

Developed Java-based microservices for financial transaction processing, improving transaction throughput by ~25%. Implemented Kafka and RabbitMQ to support event-driven workflows and near real-time data processing. Built frontend components using Angular and React, integrating them with AWS-hosted backend APIs. Deployed containerized services using Docker and Kubernetes, improving scalability during high-traffic periods. Conducted load and performance testing using JMeter. Participated in sprint planning, code reviews, and production support as part of cross-functional Agile teams.

Software Engineer Intern at Mphasis

January 1, 2019 - June 1, 2019

Assisted in developing React-based interfaces and integrating them with Spring Boot backend services for banking applications. Streamlined SQL Server queries for loan processing, improving execution time and system responsiveness. Enhanced Python automation scripts to process healthcare claim data and support data ingestion workflows. Supported testing, CI/CD activities, and documentation in Agile delivery environments.