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Akash Kumar

Bengaluru

Summary

Experienced Java developer with around 8 years of expertise in building robust solutions using Java, Spring Boot, and microservices architecture. Currently leading the decoupling of a legacy monolithic codebase into microservices at Standard Chartered Bank. Expert at designing, developing and maintaining wide range of new and existing Banking, Retail and Travel domain products.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience

Work History

Project Manager

Cognizant | Client : Standard Chartered Bank
06.2025 - Current

Continued the same client engagement and responsibilities after transitioning from the previous organization.

Senior Consultant

Capgemini | Client : Standard Chartered Bank
02.2024 - 05.2025
  • Lead Developer in the CreditMate Team handling climate risk, environmental social risk and reputational risk part.
  • Key Responsibilities: Spearheading the decoupling of a legacy, monolithic codebase into microservices using Java 8+ and modern microservices architecture.
  • Utilizing Azure DevOps for project tracking, and Azure Pipelines for seamless deployment.
  • Implementing unit testing and mocking frameworks like Mockito and JUnit to ensure robust code quality.
  • Incorporating advanced tools such as GraphQL, Liquibase, Swagger, Reactive (Mono and Flux), PostgreSQL, and Oracle DB for efficient data handling and API documentation.
  • Actively identifying and resolving codebase vulnerabilities, ensuring compliance with security standards.

Specialist - Software Engineer

LTIMindtree | Client : ABSA Bank
08.2022 - 02.2024
  • Having experience of working in Agile and Scrum. Implemented services for Rates in ABSA bank
  • Used Facade framework for development for new API's.
  • Worked on SQL and PostgreSQL using different UI tools like Squirrel, Dbeaver, PgAdmin4 etc.

Lead Consultant

ITC Infotech | Client : Amadeus Lab
06.2021 - 08.2022
  • Experience in the travel domain.
  • Worked on Kafka's publish/subscribe model to consume and process messages asynchronously.
  • Understanding of TDD and BDD practices, and experience with JUnit, System, and Integration Testing.

Software Engineer

HotelHub LLP
04.2019 - 06.2021
  • Developed robust Java code for a hotel booking platform with zero defects.
  • Created batch processing code using Spring Batch
  • Worked on Spring Security (Basic Authentication, OAuth 2.0, JWT token).

Programmer Analyst

Cognizant Technology Solution
12.2016 - 04.2019
  • Experienced at working in Retail Domain for Levi's Strauss and Co.
  • Worked on existing java code built for e-commerce platform.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Science

BMS Institute of Technology
Bangalore

Skills

  • Java 7, 8
  • Spring Boot, microservices
  • Spring Security
  • Rest API
  • html/css
  • AWS
  • Git, SVN, Bitbucket
  • Jenkins, Azure DevOps
  • MySQL, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Oracle
  • Dockers, Kubernetes, OpenShift
  • Data structure
  • GraphQL, REST, Feign, WebClient
  • Kafka, RabbitMQ
  • Maven, Gradle

Timeline

Project Manager

Cognizant | Client : Standard Chartered Bank
06.2025 - Current

Senior Consultant

Capgemini | Client : Standard Chartered Bank
02.2024 - 05.2025

Specialist - Software Engineer

LTIMindtree | Client : ABSA Bank
08.2022 - 02.2024

Lead Consultant

ITC Infotech | Client : Amadeus Lab
06.2021 - 08.2022

Software Engineer

HotelHub LLP
04.2019 - 06.2021

Programmer Analyst

Cognizant Technology Solution
12.2016 - 04.2019

Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Science

BMS Institute of Technology
Akash Kumar