Shashank Chauhan

Senior Software Engineer

Gurgaon, Haryana, India5 yrs 9 mos experience

Key Highlights

Achieved 2x system efficiency gains through optimized architectures.
Expert in cloud-native modernization and container ecosystems.
Deep expertise in distributed caching and session orchestration.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Backend-heavy Fullstack Engineer with expertise in Fintech and cloud-native architectures.

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Skills

Core Skills

Java DevelopmentSpringbootApache KafkaSpring Boot

Other Skills

Software InfrastructureAmazon Web Services (AWS)Cursor AISpring FrameworkGitHub CopilotSystems DesignSingle Sign-On (SSO)HLDLow-Level DesignIdentity and Access Management (IAM)Java ConcurrencyJavaJUnitMavenHypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS)

About

- Software Engineer with 5.5+ years of experience designing and scaling Spring Boot-based microservices, delivering high-throughput, low-latency backend architectures in enterprise environments. - Deep expertise in distributed caching (Redis) and session orchestration, driving sub- second response optimization and improved concurrency handling across large-scale systems. - Demonstrated impact in performance engineering and platform transformation, achieving 2x system efficiency gains while reducing engineering and deployment effort through optimized architectures. - Hands-on experience in cloud-native modernization and container ecosystems, building and transitioning services to Docker, Kubernetes, and OpenShift-based deployments. - Strong foundation in event-driven architecture, system observability, and data flow management using Kafka and ELK Stack to support resilient, production-grade distributed systems.

Experience

5 yrs 9 mos

Total Experience

Average Tenure

Current Experience

Nordstrom

Senior Software Engineer

Jun 2026 – Present · 0 mo · Maharashtra, India · Remote

Java DevelopmentApache KafkaSoftware InfrastructureSpringbootAmazon Web Services (AWS)

Bank of america

5 roles

Assistant Vice President

Jan 2026 – Jun 2026 · 5 mos

Platform Modernization: Led migration of distributed caching and session management from Oracle Coherence to Redis for Spring Boot microservices, reducing API response latency from 460ms to 200ms (56% improvement) for 10KB payloads while enabling high-concurrency, multi-data-center scalability.
Performance Engineering: Achieved ~2x throughput improvement and optimized cross-data-center replication latency from 25ms to 9ms (64% reduction), enhancing distributed system responsiveness and fault resilience.

Cursor AISpring FrameworkGitHub CopilotSystems DesignSingle Sign-On (SSO)HLD+5

Software Engineer 2

Dec 2024 – Dec 2025 · 1 yr

Platform Modernization: Led migration of distributed caching and session management from Oracle Coherence to Redis for Spring Boot microservices, reducing API response latency from 460ms to 200ms (56% improvement) for 10KB payloads while enabling high-concurrency, multi-data-center scalability.
Performance Engineering: Achieved ~2x throughput improvement and optimized cross-data-center replication latency from 25ms to 9ms (64% reduction), enhancing distributed system responsiveness and fault resilience.

HLDJavaJUnitMavenHypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS)Representational State Transfer (REST)+9

Software Engineer 1 A

Dec 2022 – Dec 2024 · 2 yrs

Configuration Management: Redesigned application configuration architecture by decoupling configs from deployment pipelines, enabling dynamic runtime updates and saving 150+ DevOps hours and 100+ developer hours per quarter.

PostgresJUnitMavenHypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS)Representational State Transfer (REST)Spring Framework+7

Software Engineer 1 B

Promoted

Dec 2020 – Dec 2022 · 2 yrs

Cloud-Native Deployment: Spearheaded containerization strategy using Docker and Kubernetes, standardizing CI/CD pipelines and improving deployment scalability and orchestration reliability.

PostgresJUnitMavenRepresentational State Transfer (REST)Spring FrameworkRedis+5

Senior Technical Associate

Aug 2020 – Dec 2020 · 4 mos

JUnit

Echttech technologies

Web Developer

May 2019 – Jul 2019 · 2 mos · Gaziabad, UP

Collaborated with the development team to improve the design of 2 websites requested by the Government of India, specifically involving The Delhi Judicial Academy (DJA) and the Indian Institute of Soil and Water Conservation (ICAR).
> Used the Bootstrap library for improving the user interface of the websites and implemented a grid system to improve the responsiveness of web pages in changing window conditions.
> Used NodeJS and Express to implement a web application supporting retrieval from a static database using REST API along with redirection to different services.
> Delivered a camping site web application as a final deliverable to the company, involving the concepts used in the major task of designing of the government websites.