Niraj Trivedi

Led the design and development of a distributed, event-driven microservice architecture using .NET Core, C#, Web APIs and gRPC. Spearheaded end-to-end delivery of multiple features and platform modules across 25+ microservices. Mentored engineers on coding standards, architectural decisions, and best practices. Collaborated with cross-team stakeholders to define technical requirements and solution designs. Acted as technical point of contact for multiple projects, facilitating cross-team collaboration. Led backlog refinement, sprint planning, and technical grooming sessions. Championed DevOps practices and CI/CD improvements with GitHub Actions. Introduced test automation strategies with integration and BDD coverage. Contributed to observability with centralized logging and metrics (OpenSearch, Grafana). Drove performance optimizations, improving response times and reliability. Built fault-tolerant systems with retry, circuit breaker, and graceful fallback patterns. Took ownership of p

Designed and developed high-availability APIs for a global rewards platform, handling large-scale transaction processing across regions. Architected microservices with clear bounded contexts for independent scaling and faster deployments. Integrated distributed systems with NServiceBus for reliable asynchronous messaging. Improved API performance through caching, indexing, and query optimization. Built automated integration test suites using NUnit and automated CI/CD pipelines via TeamCity and Octopus Deploy. Enhanced observability with structured logging, distributed tracing, and performance monitoring. Collaborated with product owners to translate requirements into detailed specs and API contracts. Participated in SAFe Program Increment planning, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.

Core contributor to the Loyalty Solutions platform, focusing on the sourcing and fulfillment module. Developed backend services and APIs using .NET Framework 4.5, MVC, and Web API. Applied TDD practices with NUnit and maintained high unit test coverage. Participated in Agile ceremonies including daily stand-ups, sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives. Collaborated with QA and business analysts to refine requirements and validate deliverables.