I am a Senior Full-Stack .NET Engineer with over 10 years of experience specializing in financial services. I have a strong background in migrating and modernizing .NET applications, designing microservices, and working with cloud technologies like Azure. I enjoy building scalable, resilient software solutions and mentoring teams to follow best practices. Throughout my career, I have gained expertise in containerization, CI/CD pipelines, security, and observability. I am passionate about using my skills to solve complex problems and deliver high-quality software that impacts millions of users.

Syed Hassan Fawwad Jafri

I am a Senior Full-Stack .NET Engineer with over 10 years of experience specializing in financial services. I have a strong background in migrating and modernizing .NET applications, designing microservices, and working with cloud technologies like Azure. I enjoy building scalable, resilient software solutions and mentoring teams to follow best practices. Throughout my career, I have gained expertise in containerization, CI/CD pipelines, security, and observability. I am passionate about using my skills to solve complex problems and deliver high-quality software that impacts millions of users.

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I am a Senior Full-Stack .NET Engineer with over 10 years of experience specializing in financial services. I have a strong background in migrating and modernizing .NET applications, designing microservices, and working with cloud technologies like Azure. I enjoy building scalable, resilient software solutions and mentoring teams to follow best practices.

Throughout my career, I have gained expertise in containerization, CI/CD pipelines, security, and observability. I am passionate about using my skills to solve complex problems and deliver high-quality software that impacts millions of users.

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Senior .NET Full Stack Developer at Capital One
January 1, 2021 - June 30, 2025
Led the migration of legacy .NET Framework applications to .NET 6 using C# 10 features to improve maintainability and reduce technical debt. Designed domain-driven microservices supporting high-throughput credit card transaction processing with RESTful APIs and gRPC. Containerized services with Docker and deployed on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) ensuring 99.9% uptime. Architected event-driven workflows with Azure Service Bus and Azure Functions for scalable asynchronous processing. Optimized SQL Server databases improving query times by 40%. Developed responsive React front-end components with TypeScript for a real-time account dashboard. Automated CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions with regulatory compliance. Implemented security best practices including Azure Key Vault and managed identities. Instrumented distributed tracing to reduce mean time to resolution by 25%. Collaborated on Terraform modules for Azure infrastructure and introduced Blue-Green deployment strategies with Ist
.NET Full Stack Developer at Brookfield
September 1, 2017 - December 31, 2020
Implemented domain-driven microservices in C# on .NET Core 2.1 for Portfolio, Transaction, and Reporting services. Designed RESTful APIs with ASP.NET Core MVC and Swagger documentation. Optimized data access with asynchronous and compiled LINQ queries to reduce latency by over 30%. Provisioned Azure App Service Environments with auto-scaling for high availability. Migrated data stores to Azure SQL Database with geo-replication for failover. Containerized and orchestrated services using Docker and AKS with Helm and Horizontal Pod Autoscaler. Integrated Azure Key Vault and managed identities for secure secrets management. Developed React components with Redux for a real-time asset performance SPA. Streamlined CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions for Docker image deployment. Improved code coverage with NUnit and Moq, reducing production incidents. Implemented application monitoring and feature flags for gradual rollouts.
Software Developer at Navy Federal Credit Union
May 1, 2015 - August 31, 2017
Designed secure RESTful APIs with OAuth 2.0 and JWT authentication using ASP.NET Web API 2. Built robust server-side web portals with ASP.NET MVC 5 and Razor views. Managed domain evolution using Entity Framework 6 Code-First migrations. Tuned SQL Server databases to reduce query times by over 40%. Implemented asynchronous messaging with Azure Service Bus to handle load spikes. Streamlined deployments with Azure App Service and Visual Studio Team Services CI/CD. Consolidated member databases into Azure SQL elastic pools for scalability. Integrated Azure Blob Storage with CDN for secure document retrieval. Managed credentials through Azure Key Vault. Instrumented telemetry with Application Insights for proactive monitoring. Developed single-page UI with Angular 2 and AngularJS 1.5 enhancements. Delivered real-time notifications using SignalR and automated database release checks.
Senior .NET Full Stack Developer at Capital One
January 1, 2021 - June 30, 2025
Led migration of legacy .NET Framework apps to .NET 6 using modern C# features. Designed domain-driven microservices with ASP.NET Core supporting credit card transactions. Containerized services with Docker improving build times. Deployed microservices on AKS ensuring 99.9% uptime. Integrated Azure Service Bus and Functions for event-driven workflows. Optimized SQL Server performance improving query times by 40%. Built React front-end for real-time dashboards used by millions. Automated CI/CD with GitHub Actions and ensured security best practices. Instrumented distributed tracing reducing MTTR by 25%. Collaborated on Terraform modules for Azure provisioning and implemented Blue-Green deployments with Istio. Authored API documentation and mentored junior developers.
.NET Full Stack Developer at Brookfield
September 1, 2017 - December 31, 2020
Implemented domain-driven microservices on .NET Core 2.1 with bounded contexts for portfolio, transaction, and reporting. Designed RESTful APIs with ASP.NET Core MVC and Swagger documentation. Optimized data access using EF Core with asynchronous and compiled queries, reducing latency by 30%. Provisioned Azure App Services with auto-scaling maintaining 99.9% uptime. Migrated data to Azure SQL Database with geo-replication for failover. Containerized services and orchestrated via AKS with Helm charts. Secured secrets management via Azure Key Vault and managed identities. Developed React 16 front-end with Redux for asset visualization. Streamlined CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions with multi-stage workflows. Introduced unit and integration testing achieving 85% coverage, reducing incidents by 25%. Configured monitoring with Azure Monitor and Application Insights. Implemented feature flags for controlled rollouts. Optimized SQL performance to reduce query times drastically. Collaborate
Software Developer at Navy Federal Credit Union
May 1, 2015 - August 31, 2017
Designed secure RESTful APIs with ASP.NET Web API 2 implementing OAuth 2.0 and JWT. Developed server-side web portals with ASP.NET MVC 5 using Razor views. Managed database schema changes via EF 6 Code-First migrations. Tuned SQL Server stored procedures and indexes improving query performance by over 40%. Used Azure Service Bus for asynchronous messaging to buffer loan-processing loads. Set up CI/CD with Azure App Service and Visual Studio Team Services for zero downtime releases. Optimized Azure SQL Database elastic pools for cost and scalability. Integrated Azure Blob Storage and CDN for secure document retrieval. Enforced credential security with Azure Key Vault. Instrumented telemetry with Application Insights enabling proactive monitoring. Developed guided loan-application single-page app using Angular 2 with RxJS. Modernized AngularJS components. Implemented real-time notifications with SignalR. Automated database release checks with Redgate SQL Compare. Enforced role-based secu

Education

Bachelors of Science at University of Karachi
January 1, 2011 - December 31, 2015
Bachelors of Science at University of Karachi
January 1, 2011 - December 31, 2015

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Financial Services, Software & Internet, Government, Professional Services