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Hi, I’m Ali Newman, a Senior Full Stack Engineer with over a decade delivering high-availability fintech, enterprise, and government solutions. I specialize in Java, Spring Boot, Kotlin, and event-driven microservices with Kafka and gRPC, crafting atomic APIs that balance uptime, latency, regulatory compliance, and cost-per-transaction. I thrive in self-directed DRIs-driven teams, publishing reasoning, owning outcomes, and navigating ambiguous, high-scale environments. I actively leverage AI tooling to accelerate development and tackle legacy dependencies, while maintaining an active U.S. Secret Security Clearance.…Hi, I’m Ali Newman, a Senior Full Stack Engineer with over a decade delivering high-availability fintech, enterprise, and government solutions. I specialize in Java, Spring Boot, Kotlin, and event-driven microservices with Kafka and gRPC, crafting atomic APIs that balance uptime, latency, regulatory compliance, and cost-per-transaction. I thrive in self-directed DRIs-driven teams, publishing reasoning, owning outcomes, and navigating ambiguous, high-scale environments. I actively leverage AI tooling to accelerate development and tackle legacy dependencies, while maintaining an active U.S. Secret Security Clearance.

Ali Newman

Full Stack Developer, Back-End Developer, Web Developer, +2

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Hi, I’m Ali Newman, a Senior Full Stack Engineer with over a decade delivering high-availability fintech, enterprise, and government solutions. I specialize in Java, Spring Boot, Kotlin, and event-driven microservices with Kafka and gRPC, crafting atomic APIs that balance uptime, latency, regulatory compliance, and cost-per-transaction. I thrive in self-directed DRIs-driven teams, publishing reasoning, owning outcomes, and navigating ambiguous, high-scale environments. I actively leverage AI tooling to accelerate development and tackle legacy dependencies, while maintaining an active U.S. Secret Security Clearance.…Hi, I’m Ali Newman, a Senior Full Stack Engineer with over a decade delivering high-availability fintech, enterprise, and government solutions. I specialize in Java, Spring Boot, Kotlin, and event-driven microservices with Kafka and gRPC, crafting atomic APIs that balance uptime, latency, regulatory compliance, and cost-per-transaction. I thrive in self-directed DRIs-driven teams, publishing reasoning, owning outcomes, and navigating ambiguous, high-scale environments. I actively leverage AI tooling to accelerate development and tackle legacy dependencies, while maintaining an active U.S. Secret Security Clearance.

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Hi, I’m Ali Newman, a Senior Full Stack Engineer with over a decade delivering high-availability fintech, enterprise, and government solutions. I specialize in Java, Spring Boot, Kotlin, and event-driven microservices with Kafka and gRPC, crafting atomic APIs that balance uptime, latency, regulatory compliance, and cost-per-transaction.
I thrive in self-directed DRIs-driven teams, publishing reasoning, owning outcomes, and navigating ambiguous, high-scale environments. I actively leverage AI tooling to accelerate development and tackle legacy dependencies, while maintaining an active U.S. Secret Security Clearance.

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Work Experience

Full Stack Developer at First Priority CDS LLC

April 1, 2023 - February 1, 2026

Designed and delivered atomic, composable API-level financial primitives using Java Spring Boot and gRPC, serving as the backbone for enterprise credit and workflow automation platforms. Architected event-driven microservices leveraging Kafka for asynchronous messaging and real-time data propagation. Built and maintained clean RESTful and gRPC APIs using Java, Kotlin, Hibernate/jOOQ, and Protocol Buffers, integrating with Aurora, MySQL, PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, and Redis data stores with regulatory and security compliance. Led projects end-to-end from hypothesis through production, emitted decision docs in a transparent IC/DRI model, and integrated CI/CD pipelines with blue/green deployments on AWS. Implemented JWT-based RBAC, audit logging, and regulatory guardrails to ensure compliance. Leveraged AI-assisted tooling to accelerate feature delivery and navigate legacy dependencies.

React / Vue Developer at Feditc LLC

July 1, 2020 - April 1, 2023

Led solution architecture for AEM-based digital experience platforms; produced HLD/LLD documentation and guided teams through enterprise search integrations (Solr/Elasticsearch). Designed and implemented enterprise search pipelines using Elasticsearch and Lucene, building scalable indexing, faceted search, and content ranking. Built full-stack apps with React/Vue front-ends and Java Spring Boot, Node.js, Python, and .NET microservices via REST APIs, emphasizing uptime, data consistency, and regulatory compliance. Engaged with clients to translate requirements into system integration patterns and provided technical leadership across API platforms. Delivered dynamic dashboards and KPI visuals; improved accessibility to WCAG 2.1 levels; increased test coverage via Cypress/Jest; integrated CI/CD pipelines.

Front-End Developer — Angular / React at Cognizant

April 1, 2019 - December 1, 2019

Developed Angular feature modules and components for a multi-tenant enterprise platform, collaborating with backend teams on REST contract design, request/response schema, and integrated testing. Built reusable UI libraries and directives, enabling cross-team consistency; implemented route-level lazy loading and aggressive HTTP caching to improve performance. Contributed to frontend architecture (HLD/LLD), translating wireframes to pixel-accurate interfaces; partnered with UX designers for responsive experiences. Authored unit/E2E tests with Jest/Cypress and integrated into Jenkins pipelines.

React Developer at Wipro

March 1, 2018 - April 1, 2019

Built modular React.js applications across enterprise client engagements; created custom hooks and patterns to reduce rework. Implemented GraphQL queries with Apollo Client to optimize data retrieval; unified Redux/Context for centralized state management with async workflows and local persistence. Improved bundle performance via Webpack optimization, code splitting, and memoization. Collaborated with QA/backend teams on API contracts and cross-origin/auth edge cases; mentored juniors.

Senior Software Engineer at Mindtree LTD

September 1, 2016 - September 1, 2017

Developed scalable, audit-ready React front-end applications for a financial-services product with strict data-flow controls and immutable state. Built REST APIs for real-time data ingestion, dashboards, and analytics; delivered KPI visualizations (D3/Highcharts) for portfolio performance and risk. Led WCAG 2.0 accessibility initiative and contributed to architecture discussions with LLD documents; mentored junior engineers on front-end best practices.

Principal Programmer at Talascend LLC

July 1, 2016 - December 1, 2016

Led migration of a legacy PHP monolith to CakePHP/Laravel MVC, separating business logic, data access, and presentation. Built REST APIs with versioned contracts; authored HLD/LLD for the migration, detailing data model changes and authentication flows. Optimized MySQL performance with indexing and query tuning; implemented CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins and GitLab CI.

Software Engineer at General Motors

August 1, 2014 - July 1, 2016

Modernized legacy AngularJS apps, standardizing front-end architecture and replacing SOAP with RESTful APIs. Built real-time analytics dashboards for manufacturing KPIs, and optimized PostgreSQL performance with indexing and partitioning. Created technical docs, contributed to wikis, and participated in agile ceremonies; collaborated with cross-functional teams.