Hello! I’m Cizen Shrestha, a Java Backend and Full‑Stack Developer with 7+ years of experience building scalable, secure, and high‑performance backend systems using Java, Spring Boot, and Microservices. I excel at RESTful API development, cloud deployment on AWS, and managing SQL/NoSQL databases, delivering reliable solutions in Agile environments. I’m proficient in test automation (JUnit, Mockito, Cucumber), secure authentication (Spring Security, OAuth 2.0), and container orchestration with Docker and Kubernetes. I keep up with emerging technologies like Java 17 and Kafka, contribute to frontend work with Angular/React, and have hands-on experience with Spring Batch and data pipelines across cloud platforms.

Cizen Shrestha

Hello! I’m Cizen Shrestha, a Java Backend and Full‑Stack Developer with 7+ years of experience building scalable, secure, and high‑performance backend systems using Java, Spring Boot, and Microservices. I excel at RESTful API development, cloud deployment on AWS, and managing SQL/NoSQL databases, delivering reliable solutions in Agile environments. I’m proficient in test automation (JUnit, Mockito, Cucumber), secure authentication (Spring Security, OAuth 2.0), and container orchestration with Docker and Kubernetes. I keep up with emerging technologies like Java 17 and Kafka, contribute to frontend work with Angular/React, and have hands-on experience with Spring Batch and data pipelines across cloud platforms.

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Hello! I’m Cizen Shrestha, a Java Backend and Full‑Stack Developer with 7+ years of experience building scalable, secure, and high‑performance backend systems using Java, Spring Boot, and Microservices. I excel at RESTful API development, cloud deployment on AWS, and managing SQL/NoSQL databases, delivering reliable solutions in Agile environments.

I’m proficient in test automation (JUnit, Mockito, Cucumber), secure authentication (Spring Security, OAuth 2.0), and container orchestration with Docker and Kubernetes. I keep up with emerging technologies like Java 17 and Kafka, contribute to frontend work with Angular/React, and have hands-on experience with Spring Batch and data pipelines across cloud platforms.

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Work Experience

Java Backend Developer at Costco
January 1, 2023 - Present
Delivered high-performance backend systems using Java 17, migrated legacy Java 8/11 to Java 17, implemented modular architecture, introduced Kafka-based messaging and containerized services with Docker and Kubernetes; enabled observability with JFR and structured logging; built microservices with Spring Data, JPA/Hibernate; deployed on AWS using EC2, RDS, S3, and IAM; automated tests with JUnit/Mockito/Cucumber; integrated API contracts with Swagger/OpenAPI; supported Angular/React front-ends and batch processing with Spring Batch.
Full Stack Java Developer at Bread Financial
January 1, 2020 - December 1, 2022
Designed and implemented microservices using Spring Boot/Spring Cloud; developed in Java with JPA/Hibernate; implemented service discovery; optimized AWS deployment; built React/Angular front-ends; implemented Spring Batch jobs for batch processing; implemented OAuth2/Spring Security; worked with Kafka and real-time data pipelines; containerized with Docker and deployed on AWS/Kubernetes; performed CI/CD with Jenkins and GitHub Actions.
Java Developer at Signify Health
January 1, 2019 - December 1, 2019
Designed and developed RESTful microservices with Spring MVC, Spring Data JPA/Hibernate; integrated JMS/ActiveMQ messaging; built containerized apps with Docker; deployed on GCP/AWS; implemented OAuth2/JWT security; built data processing flows and batch jobs; developed Angular/React-based frontends and implemented testing with JUnit/Mockito; set up CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins.

Education

Bachelor's in Computer Science at University of North Texas, Denton, TX
January 11, 2030 - February 23, 2026

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Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Professional Services, Media & Entertainment