Oct 2023 – Apr 2024 · 6 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

• Managed two engineering teams delivering client-critical enhancements and regulatory compliance features for enterprise-scale pharmacy solutions.
• Key Achievements:
• Led technical delivery for U.S. Veteran Affairs and DoD projects; authored high-level and low-level design documents and oversaw feasibility planning and execution.
• Resolved systemic application issues through performance profiling and optimization, improving crash- and hang-free rates from 87% to 99%.
• Drove architectural modernization across Java and C# components, establishing Maven-based service organization and upgrading legacy components for better modularity and performance.
• Owned backlog management, delivery planning, people development, and team productivity tracking.

Jun 2022 – Sep 2023 · 1 yr 3 mos

• Led two engineering teams (10 engineers) focused on delivering product enhancements, resolving client-reported defects, and executing high-impact federal projects for the Outpatient Pharmacy platform.
• Led cross-functional teams in resolving critical production issues and implementing key feature upgrades, improving client satisfaction and delivery outcomes.
• Authored comprehensive Technical Feasibility documents, created solution mind maps, and contributed significantly to High-Level and Low-Level Designs (HLD/LLD) for multiple US Federal Veteran Affairs initiatives.
• Diagnosed and resolved performance bottlenecks and application hang issues across core workflows, improving Crash- and Hang-free rates from 87% to 99% in under six months.
• Managed the triage and closure of 100+ issue tickets, increasing engineering responsiveness and improving the issue resolution score by 65%.
• Designed the architecture for core Java service components developed as modular Maven-based projects, improving system maintainability and scalability.
• Actively addressed organizational impediments to streamline engineering flow and ensure consistent value delivery across releases.
• Oversaw people management, project execution, and backlog prioritization, aligning team objectives with business and technical roadmaps.
• Provided strategic technical leadership across the entire SDLC, guiding engineers through requirement analysis, solution design, implementation, and testing phases.

Jun 2021 – Jun 2022 · 1 yr

• Led a team of six software engineers responsible for resolving client-reported defects and delivering high-priority enhancements for the Outpatient Pharmacy platform.
• Resolved multiple critical CVEs in backend REST services, strengthening product security and compliance.
• Designed and implemented Java APIs that improved backend load performance by 3× across several C#-based consumer applications.
• Authored Technical Feasibility documents and high-level designs (HLDs) to support strategic initiatives and new feature development.
• Developed microservices powering core claim processing and prescription verification workflows, enabling modular scalability and faster deployments.
• Enhanced security posture of Spring-based Java services by implementing request whitelisting and rate limiting mechanisms.

Oct 2020 – Jun 2021 · 8 mos

• Led a team of six engineers to resolve high-impact client-reported defects and deliver key feature initiatives for the Outpatient Pharmacy product line.
• Created Technical Feasibility documentation and contributed significantly to high-level and low-level design (HLD/LLD) for several greenfield projects.
• Played a central role in architecting core capabilities of Java services developed as modular Maven-based projects.
• Designed and developed Alva Automation Web and Dev Academy Tracker, two high-visibility, org-wide web applications that improved automation and engineering onboarding experiences.

Oct 2018 – Sep 2020 · 1 yr 11 mos

• Contributed extensively to the design and development of the Consolidated Mail Outpatient Pharmacy (CMOP) Integration enhancement, along with several quick-win initiatives for the U.S. Department of Defense and Veteran Affairs.
• Mentored 13 software engineering interns as part of Cerner’s flagship DevAcademy mentorship program. Provided guidance on technical design, architecture, and project execution over a yearlong period. Projects leveraged Java, React, and Node.js.
• Led the design of two organization-wide web applications: Alva Automation Web and DevAcademy Tracker, both of which supported engineering productivity and onboarding automation.
• Authored and submitted a paper on "Internet of Medical Things (IoMT)" for DevCon’19, Cerner’s annual developer conference.
• Designed a responsive web application using React and Node.js as part of ShipIt, Cerner’s internal automation hackathon.

Oct 2017 – Sep 2018 · 11 mos

• Led Jenkins pipeline stabilization efforts for critical components in the Outpatient Pharmacy solution, ensuring consistent build and deployment health.
• Created and maintained Splunk dashboards to monitor CCL/SCP server and Out-of-Memory errors, improving visibility and enabling faster issue resolution.
• Implemented quality assurance tooling in Jenkins, integrating MS Build, Fortify, SonarQube, and FxCop Static Analysis as part of an ecosystem-wide quality initiative.
• Resolved multiple client-reported defects and met obligation-driven requirements across pharmacy modules.
• Contributed to the enhancement “Centralized Mail Order Pharmacy (CMOP) Integration” for the Veterans Affairs (VA) project, improving order processing and delivery workflows.
• Developed the “Flexing Early and Late Refill Warnings” feature for Outpatient Pharmacy, improving medication adherence logic for end users.
• Served as a mentor in Cerner’s DevAcademy, leading a team of two interns to build a utility tool that consolidated multiple work management systems (Jira, Crucible, Request Manager) into a single unified interface — improving internal productivity and task visibility.

Jul 2015 – Sep 2017 · 2 yrs 2 mos

• Outpatient Pharmacy
• Contributed to a major solution upgrade aligned with the Cerner Millennium 2018.01 release, resolving critical functional and UI defects using C#, Visual C++, VB, and Cerner Command Language (CCL).
• Redesigned six retail pharmacy solutions for seamless Daylight Savings Time (DST) compatibility, enhancing user experience across client sites.
• Improved security and reliability by identifying and fixing vulnerabilities with HP Fortify and Klocwork, bolstering system integrity.
• Spearheaded the upgrade of 50+ Pharmacy Outpatient projects from 32-bit to 64-bit architecture, including back-end C++ server enhancements.
• Optimized system performance by refining major functional timers and backend scripts, leading to measurable efficiency gains at client locations.
• Resolved over 60 fingerprint-related crashes in retail applications within six months, supporting a successful 64-bit package release under a Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipeline.
• Cerner Retail Pharmacy
• Led the modernization of the Cerner Etreby solution by upgrading the entire codebase from Delphi 7 to Delphi XE5.
• Enhanced and refreshed the UI across 400+ screens within 10 applications, improving usability for a desktop solution serving 1,500+ hospitals.
• Addressed client-reported defects and delivered key obligations, ensuring smooth operation and client satisfaction.
• Technologies: Embarcadero XE5, DevExpress, Advantage Database Server

Jan 2015 – Jun 2015 · 5 mos

• HR Metrics Desktop Application
• Developed a desktop application to enable managers to monitor HR team performance by tracking the entire interview process at Cerner.
• Designed and implemented the user interface, database schema, and a robust Model-View-Controller (MVC) architecture for scalable and maintainable code.
• Established a testing framework using DUnit and integrated automated tests into the Jenkins CI pipeline, ensuring continuous quality and reliability.
• Technologies Used: Delphi, SQL, DUnit, Jenkins

Jan 2022 – Aug 2022 · 7 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Conduct mock interviews in DSA and Full Stack, enabling the freshers across the country in gaining the real-world interview experience and be well prepared for the technical, problem-solving and DSA rounds.

Jun 2021 – Present · 5 yrs · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Published 35 articles that garnered around 100,000+ views on the reputed sports website.

Jun 2014 – Jul 2014 · 1 mo · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India · On-site

• Central Bank of India – Banking Automation System Project
• Developed a Banking Automation System to manage employee records, transactions, and account details. Contributed to the development and testing of both user and admin modules using HTML, CSS, and SQL. Assisted with FTP-based file transfers between client and server, and provided design input for the system’s user interface.

Jul 2013 – Jul 2014 · 1 yr · Manipal

• My responsibilities included accounting and managing the money coming in, and money going out. Also, keeping up-to date records of all transactions and advising the board on financial strategy and fundraising.

Jun 2012 – May 2013 · 11 mos · Manipal

• Part of the Management committee and handled the Finances and organized several tech events for the club in annual Technical and Cultural festivals.