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Software Developer with close to 9 years of hands-on experience, currently working for Amazon. Experience building teams and software systems from ground up in startup environment. Diverse experience ranging from working remotely across continents to working abroad as a part of multicultural engineering team.

KEY SKILLS

● Key Skills: Object Oriented Programming; Java; NoSQL; Cassandra; Scalable Architecture; Distributed Systems; Service Oriented Architecture, Microservices; Data Structures & Algorithms; Design Patterns; REST ● Prior Experience: Functional Programming; Scala; Spring Framework; MVC; SQL ● Soft/Leadership Skills: Agile Methodology; SCRUM; Team Management; Startups; Product Launch

EMPLOYMENT

SDE Amazon July 2019 - Present ● Currently architecting a throttling system to make Amazon worldwide digital payments more robust. ● Architected digital payments fix-up flow for an upcoming (confidential) product of Amazon. ● Secured Amazon digital payments against CSRF attacks. ● Participated in hiring events and interviewed software engineers to help build a team.

Contractor/SDE Various Companies, Remote Nov 2017 – Mar 2019 Porch.com (Seattle) connects homeowners with local home service professionals. Backend has Scala Microservices that are deployed with Docker and Kubernetes. Data layer has Flyway, Slick and PostgreSQL. ● Developed a Microservice (from scratch) to integrate backend systems of Porch with Facebook. ● Doubled the service quote requests (from customers) by reaching 200 million Facebook users in the USA. ● Actively mentored and reviewed code of backend developers. ● As a senior SDE, collaborated across teams and external partners to launch the product in time.

Software Engineer Agoda.com, Bangkok Aug 2016 - Aug 2017 Agoda.com, a Booking Holdings company is one of the world’s fastest-growing online travel platforms. ● Developed shared libraries, leading to 10% increase in number of tracked users. ● Contributed to development of home-grown A/B testing solution that consumes and processes millions of messages. Tech stack had Scala, Cassandra, Kafka, Protobuf etc.

Sr. Software Developer Hadoolytics Technologies, Gurugram Apr 2015 - Aug 2016 MyMeter is a mobile app that controls smart electricity meter (IoT devices). ● Managed a team of iOS and Android developers since conception till launch. ● Developed backend services and modeled Cassandra data store.

Arnav, a real estate website, allows customers and agents to buy, sale and rent properties. ● Architected & designed the website from scratch, developed features with Java, Spring and Cassandra. ● Introduced SwaggerUI to automate API documentation, it saved around 20% of time across teams.

EDUCATION ● Master of Technology in Computer Science Engineering from NIT, Jalandhar (2009 - 2011). CGPA 7.5/10.