I am a Senior Software Engineer with 9 years of end-to-end experience designing and modernizing high-volume financial platforms. I specialize in Java, Spring Boot, and RESTful microservices deployed on AWS, reinforced by test-driven development and fully automated CI/CD pipelines. I have led migrations of legacy mainframe systems to cloud-native architectures, delivering scalable APIs that handle millions of daily transactions while reducing release times by automating build, test, and deployment workflows. I am known for clear communication, proactive production support, and mentoring engineers to raise code quality and team velocity in Agile environments.

Mahmood Ahmed

I am a Senior Software Engineer with 9 years of end-to-end experience designing and modernizing high-volume financial platforms. I specialize in Java, Spring Boot, and RESTful microservices deployed on AWS, reinforced by test-driven development and fully automated CI/CD pipelines. I have led migrations of legacy mainframe systems to cloud-native architectures, delivering scalable APIs that handle millions of daily transactions while reducing release times by automating build, test, and deployment workflows. I am known for clear communication, proactive production support, and mentoring engineers to raise code quality and team velocity in Agile environments.

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I am a Senior Software Engineer with 9 years of end-to-end experience designing and modernizing high-volume financial platforms. I specialize in Java, Spring Boot, and RESTful microservices deployed on AWS, reinforced by test-driven development and fully automated CI/CD pipelines.

I have led migrations of legacy mainframe systems to cloud-native architectures, delivering scalable APIs that handle millions of daily transactions while reducing release times by automating build, test, and deployment workflows. I am known for clear communication, proactive production support, and mentoring engineers to raise code quality and team velocity in Agile environments.

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Language

English
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Work Experience

Senior Software Engineer at Fidelity Investments
March 1, 2021 - Present
Led the migration of legacy mainframe-based payment applications to AWS cloud-native backend services using Java, Spring Boot, and REST APIs. Designed and developed robust APIs for financial operations (bill pay enrollment, stop payments, account details, EFT/check processing), implemented data storage with DynamoDB and DB2, and automated CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins to improve release efficiency. Performed proactive production support via Splunk and mentored engineers to improve code quality within Agile teams.
Software Engineer at Fidelity Investments
February 1, 2019 - March 1, 2021
Developed and maintained Java-based REST APIs for payment processing, account management, and transaction functionalities. Collaborated on API development and testing with TestNG, Postman, and Insomnia; integrated backend services with frontend layers; contributed to CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins; monitored applications with Splunk and supported production incidents.
Technical Intern at Progress Software Corporation
June 1, 2017 - December 1, 2018
Designed and built a Java-based test-suite application testing over 40 JDBC drivers, deployed a React/Node.js UI to visualize driver health metrics, and integrated JUnit/TestNG/JaCoCo into the build pipeline. Containerized the test harness with Docker and created a lightweight Jenkins pipeline to accelerate regression testing; authored REST endpoints with Express for diagnostic data.

Education

B.S. Computer Science at North Carolina State University
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2018

Qualifications

AWS Developer Certification
March 1, 2020 - May 11, 2026
Java OCA Certification
October 1, 2019 - May 11, 2026

Industry Experience

Financial Services, Software & Internet, Professional Services