Chetan Patidar

Software Engineer

Pune, Maharashtra, India5 yrs 2 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Led development of telecom backend services.
Spearheaded Kafka integration for event-driven architecture.
Achieved 85% test coverage with JUnit and Mockito.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Backend Software Engineer specializing in Telecom and Cloud technologies.

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Skills

Core Skills

JavaSpring Boot

Other Skills

Core JavaHibernateSpring Data JPAApache KafkaDockerKubernetesHelmKibanaGrafanaJUnitMockitoJPAKafkaGoogle Cloud RunGoogle Cloud Platform (GCP)

About

Experienced Software Engineer with a demonstrated history of working in the computer software industry. Skilled Java, spring boot , MySQL, Kafka, Docker, kubernates, microservice and Software Development. Strong engineering professional with a Bachelor of Engineering - BE focused in Computer Science from Chamelidevi Group of Institutions, Gram Umrikheda, Near Toll Naka, Khandwa Road, Indore 452020.

Experience

5 yrs 2 mos

Total Experience

4 yrs

Average Tenure

1 yr 1 mo

Current Experience

Cognizant

Software Developer

Apr 2025 – Present · 1 yr 1 mo · Pune · Hybrid

Core JavaSpring BootJava

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2 roles

Software Engineer

Promoted

Apr 2023 – Mar 2025 · 1 yr 11 mos · Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India

Project: Symworld (OSS)
Led development of RESTful backend services using Spring Boot, Hibernate, and Spring Data JPA for a telecom site planning platform.
Planned and facilitated functional design sprints, collaborating with product owners and cross-functional teams to convert business needs into scalable, production-ready solutions.
Mentored and guided a team of junior associates, conducting regular code reviews, delegating tasks, and assisting with technical onboarding.
Spearheaded the integration of Apache Kafka to build event-driven architectures, enabling decoupled, high-throughput communication between services.
Designed and maintained Kafka producers and consumers for real-time data processing and asynchronous service communication, significantly reducing message latency by 25%.
Ensured data integrity and fault tolerance by implementing custom retry mechanisms, dead letter queues (DLQs), and monitoring tools for Kafka pipelines.
Improved system scalability and deployment velocity using Docker, Kubernetes, and Helm, optimizing the CI/CD process.
Provided production support and proactive monitoring with tools like Kibana, Grafana, and Java Melody, ensuring system stability across global environments.
Actively contributed to Agile sprint cycles, handling sprint planning, story breakdown, and technical estimation sessions.

JavaSpring BootHibernateSpring Data JPAApache KafkaDocker+6

Associate Software Engineer

Jan 2021 – Mar 2023 · 2 yrs 2 mos · Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India

Project: Symworld (OSS)
Developed and maintained key backend services using Java, Spring Boot, and JPA, supporting telecom network planning use cases.
Participated in design sprints and collaborated on converting user stories into detailed technical tasks.
Supported early integration of Kafka into the backend ecosystem, working on basic producers/consumers and understanding partitioning and offset handling.
Contributed to high test coverage through unit and integration tests using JUnit and Mockito, achieving 85% coverage (SonarQube).
Worked with Docker and Kubernetes to containerize and deploy services in development and staging environments.
Helped diagnose and resolve production issues using Kibana and Grafana, while learning key monitoring and debugging practices.
Functioned in a cross-functional Agile team, participating in planning, retrospectives, and regular progress reviews.