Alka Kumari
Bengaluru,KA
Summary
Creative Senior Software Engineer offering 6 years of experience. Enthusiastic about developing forward-thinking solutions to tomorrow's productivity problems. Resourceful and adaptable approach to challenges.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER
Lowe's Companies
07.2022 - Current
- Architected and led implementation of end-to-end Order services, owning critical functions (load management, repricing, modifications) and ensuring high availability, scalability, and performance
- Spearheaded adoption of event-driven architecture, designing and implementing multiple internal platforms that leveraged Apache Kafka to enhance real-time data processing, responsiveness, and system resilience.
SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT ENGINEER
Lowe's Companies
Bengaluru, KA
05.2020 - 07.2022
- Led end-to-end development of enterprise shipment service, creating the Order Adapter Service repository from scratch to manage order repricing flows, using Java and SpringBoot.
- Designed and implemented core delta generation capability with the command factory pattern, handling diverse order modification use cases and ensuring efficient processing of update Order API requests
- Led development of critical work order modification features (e.g. Scheduled Delivery Appointment Changes, Redelivery, Partial Load to Truck) that improved customer satisfaction, reduced operational costs, and increased delivery efficiency.
SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT ENGINEER
03.2020 - 04.2020
- Optimized backend systems to facilitate multipart upload, and increased chat system efficiency.
SOFTWARE ENGINEER
Philips Innovation Campus
06.2018 - 02.2020
- Led development of custom RBAC service ("Doorway"), enhancing security and compliance by tailoring access privileges to specific roles within Philips' business structure
- Spearheaded creation of Unified Defect Writing Tool, streamlining test automation processes, improving defect report consistency, and accelerating issue resolution for developers.
SOFTWARE ENGINEERING INTERN
Envestnet, Yodlee
05.2017 - 07.2017
- Designed and implemented graphical user interface (GUI) for the User Login History (ULH) Tool
- Facilitated secure extraction and structured storage of bank account transaction details in JSON format from company database.
Education
BACHELOR OF TECHNOLOGY -
National Institute of Technology
Jamshedpur, JH05.2018
Secondary School -
B.N.S D.A.V PUBLIC SCHOOL
Giridih, JH04.2014
Skills
- Coding Languages: Java, C, C
- Frameworks: Spring Boot, JPA, Hibernate, Maven
- Tools& Technology: Kafka, REST API, MySQL, Docker, Postman, Git
- Object-Oriented Programming
- Software Architecture Design
- Integration Testing
- Distributed Systems
- Problem-Solving
- API design knowledge
Timeline
SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER
Lowe's Companies
07.2022 - Current
SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT ENGINEER
Lowe's Companies
05.2020 - 07.2022
SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT ENGINEER
03.2020 - 04.2020
SOFTWARE ENGINEER
Philips Innovation Campus
06.2018 - 02.2020
SOFTWARE ENGINEERING INTERN
Envestnet, Yodlee
05.2017 - 07.2017
BACHELOR OF TECHNOLOGY -
National Institute of Technology
Secondary School -
B.N.S D.A.V PUBLIC SCHOOL
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