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EXPERIENCE

Scholastic Inc. New York, NY

Software Engineer
Jul 2021 - Present

  • Developed server-side web services in Java using Spring/Spring Boot, Spring Integration, and Spring Web, following TDD principles and supporting both relational (MSSQL Server) and NoSQL (MongoDB) databases.
  • Redesigned and parallelized a Java-based synchronization solution, reducing data sync time from 40 minutes to under 5, leading to faster data availability and improved system efficiency for event-driven **Kafka-**based integrations.
  • Standardized CI/CD pipelines for over 15 applications, leveraging tools such as Git, SonarQube, Snyk and Jenkins, improving deployment speed, consistency, and security.
  • Co-led the migration of applications to AWS EKS, optimizing infrastructure for improved scalability, and reliability.
  • Revamped & upgraded Kafka-based messaging applications as part of a company-wide upgrade, doubling throughput and significantly improving application performance, scalability, and reliability for event-driven microservices.
  • Enhanced & maintained core product data REST APIs in Java/Spring Boot consumed by internal business units and external partners, streamlining access to product data and ensuring high availability.
  • Configured monitoring, debugging alerts, and dashboards using SumoLogic and DataDog, proactively identifying and resolving production issues, reducing downtime, and improving system observability.
  • Developed comprehensive unit and integration tests using JUnit 5, Mockito, Selenium and Cucumber/Gherkin, increasing code quality and reliability through TDD practices in the context of microservices and RESTful services.
  • Identified and remediated vulnerabilities using SonarQube and Snyk, actively reducing security risks and improving application integrity, in alignment with OWASP best practices.
  • Selected as a Security Champion, advocating for OWASP best practices, driving security awareness and compliance efforts across all development initiatives.
  • Led security patching initiatives as the go-to expert, ensuring applications met compliance standards, protecting against critical vulnerabilities, and improving overall security posture.
  • Migrated applications to HashiCorp Vault for secrets management, enhancing data protection and streamlining access control for sensitive information in cloud environments.
  • Volunteered as technical lead for an AI-powered RAG chatbot pipeline using LangChain, Python3, and Aiohttp, significantly boosting knowledge retrieval efficiency across the organization.
  • Migrated legacy Python 2 applications to Python 3, improving uptime, decoupling delivery configuration from code, and increasing test coverage from 0% to 96%, significantly enhancing business agility. Utilized pytest and poetry for test-driven development and dependency management.
  • Recognized as a top documentation contributor, creating and maintaining resources that improved team onboarding, cross-functional collaboration, and process alignment across internal and external stakeholders.

SKILLS

Programming Languages: Java, Python3, JavaScript, TypeScript, Bash.
Frameworks: Springframework, Spring Boot, Apache Camel, Django, FastAPI, Angular.
Tools & Technologies: Spring Integration, Spring Web, Spring Security, JPA, Hibernate, Swagger / OpenAPI3, Maven, Kafka, Apache ActiveMQ, poetry, pytest, node.js, React, XML, JSON, YAML, Postman, SQL, HTML5, CSS3, Bootstrap, Markdown, VCS (Git), GitHub, BitBucket, TestNG, JUnit 4 / Jupiter (JUnit 5), Mockito, Cucumber, REST Assured, Gherkin, Selenium / Webdriver, Jira, SonarQube, Wiz, Snyk, HashiCorp Vault, Jenkins, Terraform, GitHub Actions, Redis, Elasticsearch, NoSQL (MongoDB), RDBMS (PostgreSQL), SQLalchemy, Heroku, Docker, NGINX, Tomcat, AWS (S3, EC2, SES, CloudFront, etc.), Digital Ocean, Eclipse, IntelliJ, VSCode.
Operating Systems: Windows, macOS (OSX), Various GNU/Linux distributions.
Certifications: Oracle Certified Professional: Java SE 11 Developer

EDUCATION

Queens College (QC), City University of New York (CUNY)

Bachelor of Arts in Computer Science | GPA 3.96 / 4.00 | Dec 2020

  • Honors: Graduated Summa Cum Laude, Loren Scholarship Recipient, Dean's List (Presidential Scholar).