Krishna Sonawane

Project 1: IBM RTC Backend Application.

• Developed backend services using Java and Spring Boot to fetch and manage work items from IBM Rational Team Concert (RTC).
• Implemented secure API access and user session management through JWT token authentication.
• Integrated services with the Snowflake database for efficient data storage and retrieval.
• Enhanced data synchronization and workflow automation by robust API integration with RTC using REST APIs and Postman.
• Conducted debugging, troubleshooting, and performance optimization for backend services.

Project 2: ECU Validator (Electronic Control Unit)

• Developed backend services using Java and Spring Boot to fetch and manage work items from IBM Rational Team Concert (RTC).
• Developed and maintained ECU (Electronic Control Unit) validation software, utilizing Java and the Spring Framework.
• Processed and managed input data files, such as ODX and OTX, for accurate vehicle calibration and diagnostics.
• Improved software reliability through comprehensive unit and integration testing with JUnit and Mockito.
• Collaborated across teams to maintain accurate ECU validation procedures, and adherence to automotive industry standards.
• Supported ongoing improvements via code reviews, defect tracking, and resolutions using Eclipse and Git.

Personal Lines Auto Insurance Project.

• Analyzed requirements from existing documentation, and proactively collaborated with BAs and QAs.
• Analyzed system flow, data uses, and work processes, and investigated problem areas.
• Used Log4j to log the exceptions to find out the failed responses.
• Designed and coded unit/integration testing using JUnit 5 and Mockito.
• Planned, tracked, and managed deliverables on short-term sprints and long-term software deployments.
• Used various design patterns to make the code loosely coupled, and to make the application maintainable and scalable.
• Migrated Java 8 to Java 11 and integrated it with Spring Boot 2.5.4 version.
• Developed back-end logic in Java to implement a state-wide underwriting model for four states in the USA that was used to give policy quotes to over 500,000 potential customers.
• Worked on the customer-facing insurance application to build conditional components in Spring Boot based on factors of applicants, ranging from their location to their type of car.

Personal Lines Fire Insurance:

• Adhered 100% to standards and best practices around development processes, coding, and peer reviews.
• Delivered, analyzed, and resolved technical issues, and participated in the continuous enhancement of established development processes.
• Effectively communicated within a multi-disciplined team, across five locations and three time zones.
• Estimated work necessary to realize a story or requirement through the delivery lifecycle.
• Applied company standards of application software development, Agile, and iterative development methodologies.
• Coded solutions and unit tests to deliver requirements, stories, per defined acceptance criteria, and compliance requirements.
• Wrote clean, maintainable, scalable, and well-tested code.