Rakesh K
Bangalore
Summary
Senior Software Engineer with 9+ years of IT experience, including 5+ years in Java, Spring Boot, REST APIs, and Microservices. Proven track record of building scalable enterprise applications, and improving performance, security, and code quality. Strong expertise in Java 8+, Spring ecosystem, JPA/Hibernate, Microservices, CI/CD, and secure application development in banking and telecom domains.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
2
2
Certifications
Work History
Senior Software Engineer
Infosys Ltd
Bangalore
10.2022 - Current
- Designed and developed RESTful APIs using Spring Boot, supporting core banking workflows.
- Implemented CRUD operations, Pagination, and Report generation.
- Led migration from legacy foundation to modern platform, significantly reducing technical debt and improving maintainability.
- Optimized persistence layer using Spring Data JPA, reducing boilerplate code and accelerating feature delivery.
- Engineered a centralized Exception Handling mechanism, enhancing system stability and ensuring graceful error reporting across the entire enterprise application.
- Enforced data validation using Java Bean Validation API, ensuring data integrity across services.
- Migrated build system from Maven to Gradle, reducing build time and improving dependency management.
- Hardened application security by integrating Hashi Corp Vault for the encryption and management of sensitive credentials, ensuring 100% compliance with security best practices.
- Maintained 80%+ code coverage through comprehensive JUnit/Mockito test suites for critical banking APIs.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams in Agile/Scrum ceremonies, contributing to sprint planning, reviews, and knowledge sharing.
- Actively used GitHub Copilot to improve development productivity.
Software Engineer
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)
Bangalore
06.2015 - 11.2019
- Built Spring Boot applications with REST controllers, service layers, repositories, and DTOs.
- Implemented Spring Security with authentication and authorization.
- Used Hibernate ORM and Spring Data JPA for database interactions.
- Implemented pagination, and email notifications.
- Integrated applications with external systems using REST Template.
- Upgraded Java and Spring Boot versions, improving performance and security compliance.
- Fixed security vulnerabilities identified by Blackduck and Checkmarks scans.
- Configured Spring Boot profiles and externalized configurations.
- Enabled service monitoring using Spring Boot Actuator.
- Supported CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and handled deployments via Urban Code and Harness.
- Managed production deployments and participated in Business Continuity Plan (BCP) exercises to ensure 24/7 service availability
System Engineer / Consultant
Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) & Business Arts Solutions
12.2011 - 05.2015
- Managed multi-node Oracle RAC environments (9i/10g/11g) on Linux platforms.
- Automated backup and recovery procedures using RMAN, ensuring 100% data recoverability.
- Executed database cloning and patching in Data Guard environments to maintain high-availability standards.
- Optimized database performance by analysing AWR reports and implementing indexing strategies.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering (BE) - Computer Science
Visvesvaraya Technological University
01.2011
Skills
- Java
- J2EE
- Spring Boot
- Spring MVC
- Spring Data JPA
- Hibernate 5
- Microservices
- Restful web services
- Spring Security
- GitHub Co-pilot
- Maven
- Gradle
- Git
- Jenkins
- Splunk
- Oracle
- MySQL
- Kafka
- AWS
- Pivotal Clound Foundry(PCF)
Certification
Infosys Certified Java SE8 Professional, July 2023.
Timeline
Senior Software Engineer
Infosys Ltd
10.2022 - Current
Software Engineer
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)
06.2015 - 11.2019
System Engineer / Consultant
Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) & Business Arts Solutions
12.2011 - 05.2015
Bachelor of Engineering (BE) - Computer Science
Visvesvaraya Technological University