I am a Senior Software Developer with 10 years of experience building enterprise applications using Java, Spring, and microservices. I design secure REST/SOAP services, work with OAuth2/JWT, and deploy on AWS, Kubernetes, and Docker, delivering scalable solutions for complex business needs. Beyond back-end engineering, I build modern UIs with React, Next.js, and Angular, collaborate across teams, and drive Agile practices. I leverage data integration with MuleSoft, Kafka, and Snowflake, and apply AI-enabled features like GPT-4 and LangChain to unlock new capabilities while maintaining accessibility and performance.…

Aayasha Palikhe

I am a Senior Software Developer with 10 years of experience building enterprise applications using Java, Spring, and microservices. I design secure REST/SOAP services, work with OAuth2/JWT, and deploy on AWS, Kubernetes, and Docker, delivering scalable solutions for complex business needs. Beyond back-end engineering, I build modern UIs with React, Next.js, and Angular, collaborate across teams, and drive Agile practices. I leverage data integration with MuleSoft, Kafka, and Snowflake, and apply AI-enabled features like GPT-4 and LangChain to unlock new capabilities while maintaining accessibility and performance.…

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I am a Senior Software Developer with 10 years of experience building enterprise applications using Java, Spring, and microservices. I design secure REST/SOAP services, work with OAuth2/JWT, and deploy on AWS, Kubernetes, and Docker, delivering scalable solutions for complex business needs.

Beyond back-end engineering, I build modern UIs with React, Next.js, and Angular, collaborate across teams, and drive Agile practices. I leverage data integration with MuleSoft, Kafka, and Snowflake, and apply AI-enabled features like GPT-4 and LangChain to unlock new capabilities while maintaining accessibility and performance.

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Language

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Work Experience

Sr. Software Engineer at USAA
July 1, 2025 - Present
Developed high-throughput microservices using Java 17 and Spring Boot 3.x for real-time policy matching, RESTful endpoints for eligibility and consent retrieval, and centralized authorization with OAuth2/JWT. Implemented Resilience4j circuits, multi-threaded data processing with Spring Data JPA/Hibernate on Oracle; batch processing with Spring Batch; streaming events with Kafka. Established observability with Spring Boot Actuator, Grafana, and CloudWatch; containerized with Docker and deployed on Kubernetes in AWS. Implemented CI/CD with Jenkins and GitHub Actions.
Sr. Software Engineer at Shorelight
June 1, 2021 - June 1, 2025
Built modular Spring Boot microservices, introduced an intelligent GPT-4 powered chatbot via OpenAI API, and designed a Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) system using LangChain and FAISS for semantic search across institutional documents. Migrated legacy services to Java 11, implemented OAuth2-based security, and delivered secure document intake and metadata storage using Spring Data JPA and PostgreSQL; implemented admin dashboards to improve operations.
Software Engineer at AST LLC
March 1, 2020 - May 1, 2021
Developed Spring Boot microservices with REST/SOAP APIs, integrated ServiceNow for incident tracking, migrated Mule 3 to Mule 4, connected Salesforce and Okta, and built React front-end components; implemented CI/CD pipelines via Jenkins and GitHub for reliable deployments.
Java/ backend Developer at Trinity Group Inc
August 1, 2018 - April 1, 2019
Modernized a legacy property search system by building a microservices-based platform using Spring Boot, Spring MVC, and Spring IoC; integrated Oracle and Cassandra data stores; optimized PL/SQL queries; built Angular 5/6 front-end; implemented CI/CD with Jenkins and Maven.
Java Developer at ShipperHQ
May 1, 2017 - July 1, 2018
Designed and implemented a dynamic shipping engine as Java-based microservices; exposed RESTful APIs for real-time order updates; containerized with Docker and orchestrated via Kubernetes; secured services with OAuth 2.0; established CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins.
Jr. Software Developer at Lightspeed
October 1, 2016 - April 1, 2017
Modernized student internet control system using Spring Framework (Spring MVC/Spring Security), Struts/JSP-based UI, AngularJS front-end, and PostgreSQL; implemented CI/CD with Jenkins and Maven; improved throughput and reliability with optimized backend processing.

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Qualifications

AWS Certified Developer – Associate
December 1, 2024 - December 30, 2025
MuleSoft Certified Developer Level 1
September 1, 2020 - December 30, 2025

Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Education, Financial Services, Professional Services, Healthcare