I am a lead software engineer with 22+ years of experience designing, modernizing, and scaling cloud-native platforms in FinTech and regulated environments. I specialize in AWS, Java 17, Spring Boot microservices, and enterprise-scale system design, with a proven track record of technical leadership, platform modernization, and cross-team collaboration. I have owned architecture, set engineering standards, and driven long-term technical strategy while mentoring engineers, guiding design reviews, and improving production stability.

SURESHKUMAR DURAIRAJ

I am a lead software engineer with 22+ years of experience designing, modernizing, and scaling cloud-native platforms in FinTech and regulated environments. I specialize in AWS, Java 17, Spring Boot microservices, and enterprise-scale system design, with a proven track record of technical leadership, platform modernization, and cross-team collaboration. I have owned architecture, set engineering standards, and driven long-term technical strategy while mentoring engineers, guiding design reviews, and improving production stability.

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I am a lead software engineer with 22+ years of experience designing, modernizing, and scaling cloud-native platforms in FinTech and regulated environments. I specialize in AWS, Java 17, Spring Boot microservices, and enterprise-scale system design, with a proven track record of technical leadership, platform modernization, and cross-team collaboration.

I have owned architecture, set engineering standards, and driven long-term technical strategy while mentoring engineers, guiding design reviews, and improving production stability.

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Language

English
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Work Experience

Lead Associate / Java Technical Lead at Fannie Mae
March 1, 2022 - Present
Own end-to-end architecture and technical direction for multiple cloud-native services supporting critical mortgage workflows. Lead and mentor a team of 7 engineers, setting coding standards, reviewing designs, and guiding architectural decisions. Drove modernization by rewriting legacy VDRS services into AWS-native microservices, improving scalability, resiliency, and security posture. Designed services using Java 17, Spring Boot 3.x, DynamoDB, and ECS/Fargate, aligned with long-term platform strategy. Established vulnerability remediation, secure coding practices, and CI/CD quality gates. Act as escalation point for production stability, incident response, and complex root-cause analysis.
Vice President / Java Technical Lead at JP Morgan Chase
May 1, 2017 - March 1, 2022
Owned architecture for a distributed malware analysis platform built on Spring Boot and Kafka. Designed secure, high-throughput REST APIs integrating with multiple internal and external analysis engines. Led adoption of infrastructure-as-code (Terraform) for AWS environments, standardizing provisioning, security, and scalability. Defined API security standards and integrated enterprise authentication via IDAnywhere. Drove modernization initiatives by migrating legacy SOAP services to event-driven and REST-based microservices. Influenced engineering best practices through design reviews, code reviews, and CI/CD pipeline ownership. Performed deep reverse engineering of 18+ legacy SOAP services, enabling accelerated cloud migration and decommissioning.
Technical Lead / Senior Java Developer at Cognizant Technology Solutions
April 1, 2004 - April 1, 2017
Led development and production support for high-availability middleware platforms using WebSphere, MQ, and APIGEE. Built monitoring dashboards improving system visibility and reducing incident response time. Reduced release cycle time by ~50% through build and deployment automation. Led root-cause analysis for critical production issues, consistently meeting SLA targets. Mentored junior developers and enforced code quality standards using Sonar.
Java Developer at Satyam Computer Services
March 1, 2004 - August 1, 2006
Developed Java/JSP-based enterprise applications and supported production deployments. Designed database schemas and PL/SQL packages for Oracle backends.

Education

Master of Computer Applications (MCA) at Bharathidasan University, India
January 11, 2030 - June 4, 2026
Bachelor of Computer Science (B.Sc) at Bharathidasan University, India
January 11, 2030 - June 4, 2026

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Industry Experience

Financial Services, Software & Internet, Professional Services