Sahil Birwadkar

Engineered event-driven microservices using Java, Spring Boot, and Kafka to process real-time financial data streams for Morgan Stanley. Built high-throughput RESTful APIs and robust asynchronous messaging patterns with Kafka producers and consumer groups to enhance data pipeline resilience. Containerized critical services with Docker to standardize deployment across multiple environments. Investigated production incidents via logs and monitoring dashboards, improving fault tolerance and SLA adherence. Implemented resilient communication patterns and comprehensive monitoring strategies to maintain high service availability.

Architected and developed secure RESTful APIs and backend services, focusing on performance optimization and CI/CD automation integration. Designed scalable database schemas, optimized queries, and implemented caching layers for high-load transactional systems. Established Jenkins-based CI/CD pipelines, reducing end-to-end deployment time by 80%. Automated core build, rigorous testing, and release workflows using Docker and SonarQube. Developed Unix automation scripts that reduced manual operational effort by 40%. Managed versioning control and rollback strategies, ensuring stable production releases. Performed thorough code reviews and enforced automated testing across dev workflows.