Gourav Pal
Software Engineer
Summary
Enthusiastic Software professional offering overall experience of 8+ years in all aspects of Software Development with the merit of executing prestigious projects; targeting senior-level assignments in software Development and Full-Stack Development
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
6
6
Certifications
Work History
Sr. Specialist Full Stack Developer
BNY Mellon
Pune
10.2022 - Current
- Discussed issues with team members to provide resolution and apply best practices.
- Collaborated with product owners to select ambitious, but realistic coding milestones on pre-release software project development.
- Updated old code bases to modern development standards, improving functionality.
- Documented technical workflows and knowledge to educate newly hired employees.
- Pioneered new methods of code review to incorporate wider range of voices.
Android Technical Lead
Standard Chartered Bank
Bangalore
05.2021 - 09.2022
- Discuss the requirements with product owners and business analysts.
- Work closely with the solution architect to build the solution document for the requirement and provide a walkthrough to the team
- Lead a team of programmers for the implementation of the features
- Share inputs in the agile ceremonies like backlog grooming, sprint reviews, and retrospective and provide feedback
- Build and share POCs for innovative ideas/features
Associate
Deutsche Bank
Pune
07.2017 - 05.2021
- Supported entire life cycle of mobile and web application development
- Liaise with product development team to plan new feature
- Conceptulised with solution architect to create solution document
- Identify application bottlenecks and rectify them
- Actively participate in fixing production bugs
- Suggesting technology-based solutions for enhancing functional efficiency and achieving business excellence
- Recoding software defects and providing technical descriptions and evidences, reviewing technical and functional design specifications for ensuring understanding of individual deliverables
- Facilitating working group meetings with key stakeholders and acting as lead spoke person in status meetings with senior management
- Suggesting innovative features, create POCs and present to senior management
Senior Software Engineer
Tech Mahindra Ltd.
Pune
07.2016 - 06.2017
- Actively participated in Agile Ceremonies like sprint grooming, sprint planning and review sessions
- Trained and mentored junior developers and engineers, teaching skills in Android and working to improve overall team performance.
- Worked with project managers, developers, quality assurance and customers to resolve technical issues.
- Reviewed project specifications and designed technology solutions that met or exceeded performance expectations.
- Worked with software development and testing team members to design and develop robust solutions to meet client requirements for functionality, scalability and performance.
- Researched and developed POCs
- Maintain existing codebase and fixed issues if any
- Write unit test cases and execute them for developed features
Analyst
Nitor Infotech Pvt. Ltd.
Pune
02.2014 - 05.2016
- Create responsive UI screens and write business logic as per visual designs and business requirements
- Write unit test cases and execute them for developed features
- Support entire application lifecycle ( conceptualisation to app store release)
- Work closely with testing team to resolve identified defects
- Developed POCs for proposed solutions by team leads
Education
Master of Science - Information Technology
Bharathi Vidyapeeth Deemed University
Pune, India 08.2012 - 06.2014
Bachelor of Science - Information Technology
Kuvempu University
Karnataka, India 08.2008 - 12.2011
Skills
React Native
React
Android
Java
HTML5
CSS
Tailwind CSS
Redux
Falcor
Javascript
Typescript
Graphql with Apollo-Client
REST
Kotlin
SOAP
Python
JIRA
GIT/SVN
Confulence
Gulp
NPM
Yarn
Eclipse
Maven
Gradle
IntelliJ
Visual Studio Code
Android Studio
XCode
Accomplishments
- Awarded with SPOT award for grasping the project knowledge and leading the team and solving critical issues
- Recognized for exemplary performance in Technology for implementing two-factor authentication
- Acknowledged as a National Winner at Global Hackathon at Deutsche Bank targeting Accessibility
- Trained graduates to demarcate goals, build technical capabilities and provide mentorship to carve the future of the bank
- Represented Wealth Management-Technology at Bank on Tech event in 2020
- Participated in organisation initiated CSR activities
- Drove the following innovative initiatives:
o PB Tech Microsite: A platform to connect, network and showcase success stories and where about on Private Bank Technology
o Agile Transformation in Wealth Management across India
o Manage Devices: A module in Deutsche Wealth Online applications to help clients to manage their registered device
o Micro frontend: A concept similar to microservices to enhance application performance and enforce reusability of components
o Zero-Touch Onboarding
o Digi Vault
o Goal Tracker
o AR/ VR: Introduce delighter utilizing AR/VR experience, building more on next-generation technologies
Certification
Oracle Database 10g : PL/SQL Fundamentals
Timeline
Sr. Specialist Full Stack Developer
BNY Mellon
10.2022 - Current
Android Technical Lead
Standard Chartered Bank
05.2021 - 09.2022
Associate
Deutsche Bank
07.2017 - 05.2021
Senior Software Engineer
Tech Mahindra Ltd.
07.2016 - 06.2017
Analyst
Nitor Infotech Pvt. Ltd.
02.2014 - 05.2016
Master of Science - Information Technology
Bharathi Vidyapeeth Deemed University
08.2012 - 06.2014
Bachelor of Science - Information Technology
Kuvempu University
08.2008 - 12.2011