RAKSHIT SHARMA
AI Developer (Banking & Fintech)
New Delhi,DL
Summary
Java Developer with expertise in Core Java, Spring Boot, multithreading, concurrency, FIX protocol, and trading systems. I have experience in designing and developing low-latency, high-performance applications for the financial domain, particularly in Fixed Income and e-trading platforms. My skills include Java Collections, Java 21 and Spring Reactor WebFlux, Executor framework, Thread Pools, synchronisation, messaging systems (Kafka, RabbitMQ, Solace), caching solutions, and Micro-services architecture. I am also experienced in AWS cloud deployment, Kubernetes, API gateways, and infrastructure-as-code, RAG based chatbots for banking & fintech problems.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
Work History
Middle Java Developer
Unlimit Pvt Ltd
Gurugram
09.2024 - Current
- Developed high-performance, low-latency API endpoints using Spring Boot and Java Reactor WebFlux (Java 21) for fintech payment systems.
- Designed and optimized RESTful microservices, ensuring scalability and fault tolerance.
- Integrated and managed Kafka, RabbitMQ, and AWS SQS/SNS for asynchronous communication in distributed systems.
- Deployed and maintained microservices in Kubernetes with CI/CD pipelines for seamless integration and scalability.
- Optimized SQL queries and implemented persistence layers for PostgreSQL and NoSQL databases to ensure high availability.
- Delivered clean, maintainable code using design patterns and SOLID principles, ensuring system efficiency and readability.
Software Developer
COFORGE | PWC | MITSUBISHI FINANCIAL GROUP(MUFG)
01.2023 - 08.2024
- Collaborated with PwC (UK) as a client to handle development tasks for MUFG Bank(NY, LDN, TKY).
- Assisted in the migration of legacy systems to modern Spring Boot applications, facilitating better maintainability and scalability.
- Owned a project having three modules for Trade Surveillance from market giants Bloomberg, TradeWeb, and MarketAxess, from ION gateways to TRAX, ensuring accurate and timely trade reporting for MUFG Investment Bank.
- Wrote unit and integration tests, achieving over 90% test coverage, and enhancing code reliability.
- Deployment Automation with SDA and TeamCity, with CI/CD.
- Fixed vulnerabilities corresponding to CWE IDs in Veracode integrated with the code base through Maven dependencies.
Member of Technical Staff
AMEYO | EXOTEL
Bengaluru
07.2021 - 01.2023
- Planned, tracked, and managed over 100 deliverables on short-term sprints and long-term software deployments.
- I took ownership as the DRI (Directly Responsible Individual) for initiating actions to restore degradation, downtimes, and interruptions in the product/service, minimizing downtime, and improving overall system reliability.
- Developed and implemented a password policy management feature for banking clients, enhancing reliability and security for both the bank and the organization.
- Introduced a feature for handling socket timeout exceptions using TCP dumps and Wireshark to diagnose and resolve network issues, resulting in a 25% improvement in application reliability.
Junior Java Developer
LTIMindtree | CITI BANK
Pune
06.2019 - 07.2021
- Worked on the development and maintenance of the KYC module using Java 8 and Spring Boot.
- Collaborated with a team of 5 or more domain experts, including KYC and AML specialists, to analyze and study data sets, identifying architectural needs and roadmaps for system enhancements.
- Designed and implemented an API for identifying high-risk individuals, incorporating a comprehensive set of questions and sub-clauses for thorough scrutiny, and enhanced security measures.
- Increased system performance by 30% by refactoring legacy code and implementing efficient algorithms.
- I wrote over 200 JUnit test cases using Mockito and PowerMock frameworks, increased the code coverage, and implemented best practices by 90% in and across more than 5 modules.
Education
Bachelors in Technology - Computer Science
UPES
Dehradun, Uttarakhand06-2019
Skills
- Spring Boot
- Build Tools: Maven, Gradle
- Version Controls: GitHub, GitLab, TeamCity
- JIRA
- Microservices architecture
- RESTful apis
- Docker
- Kafka
- Veracode
- Linux, UNIX, Debian
- AWS ECR, EKS, Lambda, SNS, SQS
- Database: PostgreSQL, MongoDB
- IoN Trading
- KDB/Q language
- Credit Risk Management
- OTC Markets
- Design Patterns
- RabbitMQ
- Payment gateways
Timeline
Middle Java Developer
Unlimit Pvt Ltd
09.2024 - Current
Software Developer
COFORGE | PWC | MITSUBISHI FINANCIAL GROUP(MUFG)
01.2023 - 08.2024
Member of Technical Staff
AMEYO | EXOTEL
07.2021 - 01.2023
Junior Java Developer
LTIMindtree | CITI BANK
06.2019 - 07.2021
Bachelors in Technology - Computer Science
UPES