Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Certification
Accomplishments
Awards Activities
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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, India

Skills

  • 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
KUSUM LATA