Raphael D'costa

Senior Software Engineer

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India3 yrs 11 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchAI ML Practitioner

Key Highlights

Increased application processing speeds by over 70%.
Expert in developing REST APIs and data pipelines.
Proficient in optimizing performance across various technologies.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech-focused Fullstack Software Engineer with expertise in data-driven applications.

Contact

raphaeldcosta.work@gmail.com LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

Application Programming Interfaces (api)PostgresqlSoftware DeploymentComputer Vision

Other Skills

JavaPython (Programming Language)TypeScriptReactAngularAWSCI/CDLLMsDatabase Management System (DBMS)Computer ScienceNodeEmbedded Software ProgrammingSpring FrameworkCascading Style Sheets (CSS)Mockito

About

Strong exposure working in wholesale as well as investment banking. Open-minded , friendly and outgoing. Get along well with everyone and integrate well into existing teams and groups. Quick to learn and adapt to new technologies. Sincere and committed to finishing any tasks assigned and going above and beyond with its execution. Passionate about technology, music, history, among other things.

Experience

3 yrs 11 mos

Total Experience

3 yrs 11 mos

Average Tenure

3 yrs 11 mos

Current Experience

Nomura

2 roles

Senior Software Engineer

Promoted

Nov 2024 – Present · 1 yr 7 mos

Software Developer for the Client Service Technology division at Nomura, specializing in sales and investor marketing applications.
Increased application processing speeds by over 70% using query optimizations as well as code optimizations in Java, Python and TypeScript.
Creating REST APIs and data pipelines for exchange of trade and marketing data between the firm's various applications.
Investigating and mitigating performance bottlenecks.
Redesigning and optimizing UIs of multiple marketing applications both in React as well as Angular.
Managing Red Hat Linux instances in the firm’s private cloud as well as managing migrations to AWS.
Creating and maintaining CI/CD pipelines in Jenkins and Ansible.
Successful migrations of terabytes of unstructured and complex data from legacy systems into new relational databases by only using complex Stored Procedures in SQL so as to maintain performance.
Using LLMs to enhance and derive additional value from the vast volumes of data stored in our systems.
Using computer vision and LLMs to analyze internal analyst reports to consolidate, summarize as well as fetch relevant reports before client marketing and sales events

Application Programming Interfaces (API)PostgreSQLJavaPython (Programming Language)TypeScriptReact+5

Software Developer

Jul 2022 – Nov 2024 · 2 yrs 4 mos

Database Management System (DBMS)Python (Programming Language)

Friends-for-hope

Software Engineer

May 2021 – Jul 2022 · 1 yr 2 mos · Munich, Bavaria, Germany

Built a new version of the current website from the ground up using TypeScript, Java, Node and React.
Used patron details to create detailed dashboards for management.
Used advanced data analyzation techniques combined with patron data to create personalized and targeted donation ad campaigns.

Computer ScienceSoftware DeploymentTypeScriptJavaNodeReact

Zuppa geo nav tech

Software Engineer

Oct 2020 – Jan 2021 · 3 mos · Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Prototyped and tuned smart tracking and obstacle avoidance systems using computer vision on Raspberry Pis integrated with the proprietary drones.
Created REST API’s for communications with the government’s automated commercial drone authorization frameworks.
Created new security and cryptography protocols for drone communication to keep up with new government regulations.

Computer VisionEmbedded Software Programming