Ajinkya Relekar

Highly experienced in developing robust and scalable solutions. Utilizes advanced design principles to optimize system performance and reliability. Deep expertise in designing, integrating, and delivering complex business solutions. Strong skills in systems architecture, cloud computing, and software development.

• Algo Trading product for retail customers, Solution Architect, 05/01/21, Present, Spearheaded the end-to-end construction of a high-frequency trading platform using Java and Spring Boot, enabling automated trade executions and back-testing across 10 years of market data.
• Web app for making Database operations for Support teams of Citi group, Solution Architect, 07/01/22, Present, Engaged with Business Analysts for Requirements Gathering. Drove requirements & developed new modules to meet client needs.
• Employee facing AI based Chatbot application for Citi group, Solution Architect, 10/01/20, 06/30/22, Crafted new modules from scratch. Proposed & accomplished innovative, scalable, secure solutions.
• B2B Migration of suite of 50+ applications from Barclays to ABSA, Solution Architect, 02/01/17, 09/30/20, Created end-to-end design documents, interacted with cross-functional teams.
• Customer Web for BNSF (Railway transportation company) in USA, Technology Architect/Lead, 07/01/15, 01/31/17, Performed the role of Technology Architect in an agile team.
• Waybill Solutions application for BNSF (Railway transportation company) in USA, Technology Architect/Lead, 04/01/14, 06/30/15, Presented innovative solutions which saved thousands of dollars for client.
• Intermodal suite of applications for BNSF (Railway transportation company) in USA, Technology Lead, 10/01/12, 03/31/14, Technologies & Tools: Java, J2EE, Servlets, JSP, EJB, JMS, Web Services.
• New Operations System for DHL in USA, Technology Lead, 08/01/10, 03/31/12, Technologies & Tools: Java, J2EE, Spring, Hibernate, Oracle.

• Bachelor of Engineering (Computer Science), 2005, Walchand College of Engineering of Sangli
• Infosys Aspiring Architects Program, Top scorer
• Sun Certified Java Programmer (SCJP), Java 1.4

• Designed & Developed an Algorithmic Trading & Quantitative Research product from scratch, ideal for retail customers in trading stocks & options.
• Migrated suite of 50+ applications from UK based bank to Africa based bank.
• Won project contracts by providing architectural solutions & views for RFP.
• Prepared architectural views (4+1), provided & implemented complex, efficient, highly available & cost effective architectural solutions.
• Proposed & applied Solr search to overcome limitations of Cassandra.
• Successfully completed Aspiring Architects Program in Infosys as one of top 10 scorers.
• Saved USD 40K+ for a railway transportation company in US by performance improvements in customer facing apps.
• Received appreciations from Directors, AVP of a railway transportation company in US for major performance gains & bringing application to stable state.
• Executed architectural changes for a railway transportation company in US which led to improved performance, usability.
• Created a customized rules engine from scratch without any external framework/product which saved future maintenance efforts.
• Acquired appreciations from client leads at a railway transportation company in US during implementation of several applications.
• Enhanced performance of sorting machines at various stages using different tools & frameworks like Memcached, Jprofiler, LoadRunner.
• Gained appreciation from VP & Directors of a parcel company in US for improving sorting machines’ performance.
• Got 7/7 Engagement Level Feedback at a parcel company in US.
• Gave onsite support for a parcel company in Malaysia for Go-live of 2 new versions of eCommerce Integrated Platform.
• Did performance testing and engineering for a parcel company in Czech Republic and upgraded success rate from 10% to 90%.

Sun Certified Java Programmer