Software Development Engineer with 4+ years of experience building scalable microservices and full-stack applications in fintech and retail. Proficient in Java, Python, and TypeScript with hands-on expertise in Spring Boot, FastAPI, React.js, Next.js, and cloud-native deployments on AWS and Azure. I build event-driven architectures, REST and GraphQL APIs, and production AI/LLM features using Bedrock/OpenAI SDK, RAG, and vector databases. Experienced improving performance, accelerating deployment cycles, and delivering high-availability systems within Agile teams.

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Software Development Engineer with 4+ years of experience building scalable microservices and full-stack applications in fintech and retail. Proficient in Java, Python, and TypeScript with hands-on expertise in Spring Boot, FastAPI, React.js, Next.js, and cloud-native deployments on AWS and Azure. I build event-driven architectures, REST and GraphQL APIs, and production AI/LLM features using Bedrock/OpenAI SDK, RAG, and vector databases. Experienced improving performance, accelerating deployment cycles, and delivering high-availability systems within Agile teams.

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Software Development Engineer with 4+ years of experience building scalable microservices and full-stack applications in fintech and retail. Proficient in Java, Python, and TypeScript with hands-on expertise in Spring Boot, FastAPI, React.js, Next.js, and cloud-native deployments on AWS and Azure.

I build event-driven architectures, REST and GraphQL APIs, and production AI/LLM features using Bedrock/OpenAI SDK, RAG, and vector databases. Experienced improving performance, accelerating deployment cycles, and delivering high-availability systems within Agile teams.

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Software Development Engineer at Intuit, USA
January 1, 2025 - Present
Architected a domain-driven microservices suite in Java and Spring Boot for QuickBooks transaction processing, decoupling monolithic billing logic into 6 independently deployable services and cutting release cycle time by 35%. Engineered high-throughput gRPC APIs and WebSocket channels for real-time invoice status updates and live collaboration in a Next.js-based dashboard, reducing UI data-refresh latency from 4s to under 400ms for 50K+ concurrent users. Implemented centralized authentication with Spring Security and JWT integrated with AWS API Gateway, removing session-based auth across 8 microservices and reducing unauthorized access incidents by 90%. Built a retrieval-augmented AI assistant for in-product tax guidance using AWS Bedrock/OpenAI SDK with a Pinecone vector database, improving query resolution accuracy by 42% without human escalation. Designed multi-agent workflows using Model Context Protocol (MCP) and orchestration logic to automate financial document classification,
Software Development Engineer at Zensar Technologies, India
August 1, 2020 - January 31, 2023
Developed a responsive React.js inventory management portal using React Hooks and Tailwind CSS, restructuring UI into reusable components that reduced page load time by 40% and cut future feature development time by 25%. Built RESTful microservices with FastAPI and Django for an order-management system, implementing OAuth2 secured role-based endpoints supporting 500K+ daily API requests with 99.9% uptime during peak sales. Migrated legacy synchronous order processing to an event-driven architecture using Azure Functions, decoupling inventory updates from checkout to reduce end-to-end transaction time by 30% and improve resilience. Designed a GraphQL gateway unifying data access across 5 backend services, reducing over-fetching and cutting client payload size by 2.5x, speeding up front-end integration by 20%. Deployed containerized microservices with Docker on Azure App Services and automated CI/CD using Jenkins with GitLab integration, reducing manual steps and deployment failures by 5
Software Development Engineer at Zensar Technologies
August 1, 2020 - January 1, 2023
Developed a responsive React.js front-end for an inventory management portal using React Hooks and Tailwind CSS, restructuring the UI into 12 reusable components that reduced page load time by 40% and improved delivery speed for future features. Crafted RESTful microservices with FastAPI and Django for an order-management system, implementing OAuth2-secured, role-based endpoints handling 500K+ daily requests with 99.9% uptime during peak sales events. Migrated a legacy synchronous order-processing workflow to an event-driven architecture using Azure Functions, decoupling inventory updates from checkout logic to reduce end-to-end transaction time by 30% and improve resilience during traffic spikes. Designed a GraphQL gateway to unify data access across 5 backend services, eliminating over-fetching and cutting client-side payload size by 2.5x, accelerating front-end integration by 20%. Deployed containerized microservices with Docker on Azure App Services and automated CI/CD using Jenkin

Education

Master of Science in Computer Science at City University of Seattle
September 1, 2025 - July 21, 2026
Master of Science in Computer Science at City University of Seattle
September 1, 2025 - July 21, 2026
Master of Science in Computer Science at City University of Seattle
September 1, 2025 - July 21, 2026

Qualifications

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
January 11, 2030 - July 21, 2026
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
January 11, 2030 - July 21, 2026
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
January 11, 2030 - July 21, 2026
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
January 11, 2030 - July 21, 2026
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
January 11, 2030 - July 21, 2026

Industry Experience

Financial Services, Retail, Software & Internet