Prathik Kumar

• Modernized 5+ applications by migrating legacy monoliths to cloud-based microservices on AWS ECS and EKS.
• Implemented JWT + Azure AD authentication, replacing legacy header-based models and improving security.
• Architected and deployed independent React and Spring Boot microservices on AWS using CI/CD automation.
• Integrated Kong API Gateway for routing, throttling, request transformations, and centralized API governance.
• Built GitHub Actions pipelines automating build, test, and deployment workflows.
• Established Datadog APM dashboards, logs, and alerts, reducing mean time to resolution for production issues.
• Implemented Quartz Scheduler jobs, in-memory caching, pagination, and API performance optimizations.
• Managed Terraform-based security groups enabling secure backend communication and email delivery services.
• Delivered multiple REST APIs, resolved critical production issues, and contributed to frontend React development.

PAYPAL

• Built scalable Spring Boot REST APIs and integrated Spring Cloud load balancing for traffic handling.
• Implemented CI/CD pipelines with automated testing and coverage improvements using JUnit and Mockito.

OP FINANCIAL

• Developed microservices and REST endpoints using Spring MVC and Spring Boot.
• Integrated systems using IBM App Connect and managed API lifecycles using Apigee.