KUSUM LATA
Summary
Highly motivated and results-driven Software Engineer with a strong background in Java, Spring Boot, AWS, REST APIs and object-oriented methodologies. Adept at designing, developing, and troubleshooting complex systems and subsystems with a focus on performance, quality, and time-to-market. Skilled at tackling high-visibility customer support issues, and committed to delivering resilient, robust, and durable designs.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
2022
2022
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Technical Member
ADP
Hyderabad
06.2025 - Current
- Worked on an enterprise payroll platform that processes large sets of employee data.
- Created Micro Frontend screens for payroll import tasks to make data upload smoother and faster.
- Built and exposed REST APIs with Java and Spring Boot to support payroll workflows and clean data .
Software Engineer
JP Morgan Chase & Co.
01.2022 - 11.2024
- Implemented a token-based authentication using Spring Security, reducing the risk of unauthorized access.
- Achieved 78% to 87% test pass rates in two years using automated testing strategies.
- Integrated RESTful APIs with React.js frontends to ensure seamless data exchange between the client and server, improving application performance by 25%.
- Implemented client-side routing using React Router.
- Migrated legacy applications on AWS from on-premise platform, focusing on scalability and reducing backend response time by 15% and cutting infrastructure costs by 30%.
- Enhanced a backend service API using Python and DynamoDB and deployed it on AWS Lambda, increasing data retrieval speed by 25% and reliability by 30%.
- Automated CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins, reducing deployment time by 25% and minimizing release-related issues.
- Developed Kafka producers and consumers for real-time data streaming and processing.
- Optimised database queries, reducing latency by 25%, which boosted overall application performance and user experience for a system handling high read traffic.
- Highly motivated and results-driven Software Engineer with a strong background in Java, Spring Boot, AWS, REST APIs and object-oriented methodologies.
- Adept at designing, developing, and troubleshooting complex systems and subsystems with a focus on performance, quality, and time-to-market.
- Skilled at tackling high-visibility customer support issues, and committed to delivering resilient, robust, and durable designs.
Education
Master of Computer Applications - Computer Application
Indira Gandhi Delhi Technical University For Women
07.2020 - 06.2022
Bachelor of Science - Physical Science With Computer Science
Maitreyi College
Delhi, IndiaSkills
- Java
- Python
- Spring Boot
- Hibernate
- RESTful APIs
- HTML
- CSS
- Kafka
- React
- AWS
- MySQL
- PostgreSQL
- DynamoDB
- Git
- Docker
- Jenkins
- CI/CD pipelines
- Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)
- Microservices Architecture
- Agile Methodologies
- Junits/Mockito
- Data Structure
- Communication
- Problem-solving
Certification
- AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner, Link
- Generative AI Fundamentals, Link
- Introduction To Large Language Models, Link
Accomplishments
- Reduced customer-reported incidents by 25% through efficient root cause analysis and resolution of critical bugs.
- Spearheaded the implementation of a microservices-based architecture that improved system scalability and reduced time-to-market for new features.
- Optimized application performance, resulting in a 20% improvement in response times under heavy workloads.
Awards Activities
Code For Good - Hackathon, Achieved 3rd Position
Timeline
Senior Technical Member
ADP
06.2025 - Current
Software Engineer
JP Morgan Chase & Co.
01.2022 - 11.2024
Master of Computer Applications - Computer Application
Indira Gandhi Delhi Technical University For Women
07.2020 - 06.2022
Bachelor of Science - Physical Science With Computer Science
Maitreyi College