Durgesh Kumar

Senior Software Engineer

Delhi, India6 yrs 3 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Led migration to cloud-native microservices architecture.
Achieved 92%+ compliance in code quality standards.
Mentored engineers, boosting team productivity by 20%.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a FinTech expert with strong capabilities in cloud-native microservices and data streaming.

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Skills

Core Skills

MicroservicesCloud-native ArchitectureFintechData StreamingQuality AssuranceLearning Management Systems

Other Skills

AWS Identity and Access Management (AWS IAM)AWS SecurityAgile MethodologiesAmazon EC2Amazon Web Services (AWS)Analytical Method ValidationAnalytical SkillsAngularApache KafkaAttention to DetailAzure Kubernetes ServiceBack-End Web DevelopmentBackup & RestoreBitbucketCI/CD

About

Principal Developer with 6+ years of experience driving full product lifecycle development, specializing in scalable, cloud-native microservices for FinTech and enterprise systems. Adept at architecting solutions from legacy systems to event-driven platforms, I excel in enhancing system scalability, reducing technical debt, and delivering resilient real-time data streaming solutions using Kafka and Avro. Proven technical leader and mentor, fostering continuous improvement culture through governance of DevOps practices, achieving 92%+ SonarQube compliance, and enabling zero-downtime releases on Azure Kubernetes Service with strong CI/CD automation. Skilled in asynchronous API design optimizing critical banking workflows and mentoring junior engineers to boost team productivity by 20%. Technically proficient with Java (8-17), Spring Boot (2.x/3.x), Node.js, MongoDB, Kafka, and cloud platforms including Azure and AWS. Passionate about software quality, advanced testing techniques, and agile delivery methodologies. Let's connect to discuss how I can contribute to innovative, high-impact technology projects.

Experience

6 yrs 3 mos

Total Experience

2 yrs 2 mos

Average Tenure

1 yr 11 mos

Current Experience

Tata consultancy services

Senior Software Engineer

Jul 2024 – Present · 1 yr 11 mos · Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India · On-site

Spearheaded the architectural blueprint and end-to-end migration of a legacy C++ monolith to a cloud-native, event-driven Spring Boot microservices platform, resulting in exponential increases in system scalability and a significant reduction in technical debt.
Designed and deployed high-throughput, reliable data streaming architectures using Kafka with Avro serialization, establishing a foundation for real-time data processing critical to product functionality.
Governed deployment and release strategy by implementing load-balanced, auto-scaling microservices on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), ensuring 99.9% uptime and enabling seamless, zero-downtime releases through mature CI/CD automation.
Automated file monitoring (Node.js) for directory additions, secure AWS S3 upload, and asynchronous database metadata updates via APIs, including a robust retry mechanism for guaranteed consistency.

JavaSpring BootKafkaAzure Kubernetes ServiceCI/CDMicroservices+1

Lentra

Senior Software Engineer

Mar 2023 – Jun 2024 · 1 yr 3 mos · Pune, Maharashtra, India · On-site

Designed and delivered high-throughput reliable data streaming modules within the FinTech domain, facilitating the secure and high-quality transmission of 1M+ customer records monthly and directly reducing client operational errors by 18%.
Championed engineering practices and acted as technical mentor for 4+ developers, fostering a culture of continuous improvement that resulted in a 20% increase in successful PR merge rates and overall team productivity.
Implemented non-blocking, asynchronous RESTful API endpoints leveraging Spring Boot and CompletableFuture, optimizing inter-service communication and enhancing the resilience of critical banking workflows.
Improved data durability & scalability with Kafka-driven backup/restore pipelines to MongoDB GridFS.

Spring BootKafkaRESTful APIsMongoDBFinTechData Streaming

Idemia

Software Engineer

Jan 2023 – Mar 2023 · 2 mos · Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India · Hybrid

Revamped and enforced DevOps and Code Review governance, achieving and sustaining 92%+ SonarQube compliance and significantly lowering critical code defects by 35% in less than three months, demonstrating a commitment to high product quality.

DevOpsSonarQubeQuality Assurance

Evelyn learning systems pvt. ltd.

2 roles

Software Engineer(SME)

Nov 2019 – Dec 2022 · 3 yrs 1 mo

Designed and delivered a feature-rich Learning Management System (LMS) using Java, Spring Boot, and MongoDB, optimizing data retrieval through advanced query optimization to achieve a 20% improvement in performance and leveraging AWS for scalable deployment.
Developed and maintained Kafka producers and consumers, designing and implementing Avro schemas for efficient data serialization to ensure seamless and reliable data exchange between distributed applications.
Used Mockito to mock dependencies and isolate units, enabling precise validation of Java component behavior.

JavaSpring BootMongoDBKafkaLearning Management Systems

Software Engineer

Nov 2019 – Dec 2022 · 3 yrs 1 mo

Designed and delivered a feature-rich Learning Management System (LMS) using Java, Spring Boot, and MongoDB, optimizing data retrieval through advanced query optimization to achieve a 20% improvement in performance and leveraging AWS for scalable deployment.

JavaSpring BootMongoDBLearning Management Systems