Niilesh Kathole
Software Engineering Manager
Mumbai
Summary
Dynamic Software Engineering Professional with over 15 years of extensive application development experience utilizing Java technologies, complemented by expertise in infrastructure oversight, application support, maintenance, and security services. Proven history of implementing innovative software solutions that adhere to engineering best practices, resulting in a 20% reduction in code defects and a 10% enhancement in development efficiency. Successfully led a team of 10 in delivering complex projects on time and within budget, achieving a 20% increase in customer satisfaction and a 10% boost in project success rates. Committed to driving continuous improvement and excellence in software development initiatives.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
4
4
Certifications
3
3
Languages
Work History
AVP-IT/Senior JAVA Developer
AU Small Finance Bank Ltd
02.2023 - 12.2025
- Participated in requirements gathering and design development meetings along with business stakeholders to create technical roadmap for revamp of existing legacy systems to achieve better efficiency and customer growth.
- Spearheaded design, development and implementation of projects for customer servicing, savings account creation, customer re-kyc using JAVA frameworks and libraries such as Spring Boot and Hibernate ORM and integration of third party APIs.
- Contributed and led towards building microservices architecture- based applications that resulted in improved scalability, maintainability, and fault tolerance and reduction in system downtime by ~80%.
- Incorporated DevOps and CI/CD strategies to streamline code deployment and version control during development and production release leading to improved time to market by ~ 50% .
- Applied process and coding best practices within team of 10 members to ensure system stability and availability. It contributed towards better customer experience and traffic leading to increase in customer onboarding via bank website and AU0101 mobile app increasing revenue by ~ 10% .
- Created detailed documentation related to system architecture and design for audit purposes.
Technical Manager
TechStar IT Services Pvt. Ltd.
10.2021 - 08.2022
- Designed, developed and deployed new RESTful APIs for e-commerce platform project of Infosys using Spring Boot and JAVA framework for US market.
- Lead code reviews and estimated required changes.
- Suggested and helped in implementation of strategies for achieving high scalability and availability for the system during peak load hours during black Friday sale improving customer experience and system efficiency by ~ 20%.
Technical Manager
National Stock Exchange Of India Ltd
01.2017 - 04.2021
- Led a team of 10 team members to deliver SEBI compliant complex system requirement resulting in 10% reduction in operational costs/time and 20% improvement in system stability.
- Supported migration of legacy systems to RESTFUL API based systems following microservices architecture and database optimization strategy resulting in improvement in customer experience by 20% and reduction in system response time by 10% .
- Developed Spring Boot based REST API for market participants to fetch the trades from the exchange on real time basis resulting in improvement in company revenue by ~5% .
- Oversaw development and production support related issues, collaboration with business stake holders and team management on daily basis.
Application Development Senior Analyst
Accenture Services Pvt. Ltd.
03.2013 - 11.2016
- Supervised and collaborated design, development and implementation of business requirements for rewards calculation platform of client American Express.
- Managed and mentored team of 6 members to follow industry best practices and achieve improvement in productivity.
- Contributed in revamp of existing legacy systems to increase client revenue and better CSAT score .
- Contributed towards code optimization features leading to improved code quality by ~15% by identifying bottlenecks in system performance.
Senior Software Engineer
Financial Software & Systems Pvt. Ltd.
09.2010 - 03.2013
- Wrote clean, clear and well-tested code for various projects using JAVA technologies and Struts framework .
- Exhibited software development best practice to achieve and surpass Business KPIs.
- Enhanced code quality by 20% , continuously troubleshooting design and coding issues through effective collaboration, debugging and testing.
Senior Software Engineer
LionBridge Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
02.2007 - 08.2010
- Wrote clean, clear and well-tested code for various projects using JAVA technologies and framework .
- Collaborated with other developers to identify and alleviate the number of bugs in the software by providing production support by resolving 4 critical issues/week.
- Worked on multiple application enhancements to improve end user experience.
Education
ANIIT - Accelerated NIIT for Engineers
NIIT Ltd.
Mumbai, India01.2007
B.E. - Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering
K.J. Somaiya College of Engineering
Mumbai, India07.2006
Skills
Core JAVA
Certification
Sun Certified JAVA Professional (SCJP) 5.0
COMPETENCY
- Project Lifecycle Management (Agile/ Waterfall methodology)
- Knowledge of Software Engineering processes and best practices
- Communication skills
- Team management and Leadership
- Technical and functional mentorship
Timeline
TOGAF 10 Enterprise Architecture Practitioner
11-2025
AVP-IT/Senior JAVA Developer
AU Small Finance Bank Ltd
02.2023 - 12.2025
Technical Manager
TechStar IT Services Pvt. Ltd.
10.2021 - 08.2022
Certified Web Application Security Professional (CWASP)
02-2018
Technical Manager
National Stock Exchange Of India Ltd
01.2017 - 04.2021
Credit Card for Bankers
01-2016
Application Development Senior Analyst
Accenture Services Pvt. Ltd.
03.2013 - 11.2016
Senior Software Engineer
Financial Software & Systems Pvt. Ltd.
09.2010 - 03.2013
Sun Certified JAVA Professional (SCJP) 5.0
03-2009
Senior Software Engineer
LionBridge Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
02.2007 - 08.2010
B.E. - Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering
K.J. Somaiya College of Engineering
ANIIT - Accelerated NIIT for Engineers
NIIT Ltd.