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Shalaka Parate

Pune

Summary

Experienced Senior Java Developer with over 10+ of experience in Java development, specializing in building robust, scalable, and secure applications. Strong background in software testing with a proven ability to design, develop, and execute test cases. Skilled at bridging the gap between development and quality assurance, with a focus on optimizing software performance, ensuring code quality, and implementing best practices.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Sr. Developer

Barclays
01.2021 - Current
  • Design, develop, and implement high-quality Java-based applications with an emphasis on scalability and performance
  • Lead a team of 2 developers and collaborate closely with QA teams to improve testing processes and code quality
  • Write and maintain automated test scripts for regression and load testing using JUnit and Selenium
  • Optimize database queries and backend processes to enhance application performance by [mention metrics or percentage]
  • Conduct code reviews, mentor junior developers, and introduce best practices to the development team
  • Spearheaded the migration of legacy systems to a microservices-based architecture, reducing downtime by [mention percentage]
  • Improved test coverage from [X]% to [Y]% by implementing automated unit and integration tests
  • Discussed project progress with customers, collected feedback on different stages and directly addressed concerns.
  • Consulted with engineering team members to determine system loads and develop improvement plans.
  • Collaborated with fellow engineers to evaluate software and hardware interfaces.
  • Documented software development methodologies in technical manuals to be used by IT personnel in future projects.
  • Evaluated project requirements and specifications and developed software applications that surpassed client expectations.
  • Promoted agile methodologies within the team, fostering an adaptive approach to project requirements that allowed for rapid response to changing business needs.
  • Mentored junior developers, promoting a culture of continuous learning and knowledge sharing within the team.
  • Led the design and implementation of scalable software architectures, ensuring long-term maintainability and flexibility.
  • Collaborated with other developers to identify and alleviate software errors and inefficiencies.
  • Evaluated and improved development work of other developers on team, working to provide training, constructive criticism and knowledge transfer.
  • Developed secure applications by enforcing strong encryption standards and implementing robust authorization mechanisms.
  • Designed updates to existing software to meet changing customer demands.
  • Set clear goals for project milestones, keeping development efforts on track toward timely completion dates with desired outcomes achieved consistently across releases.
  • Delivered well-documented code that simplified ongoing maintenance efforts by other developers working on future iterations of projects.
  • Developed reusable code libraries that streamlined development efforts and improved consistency in software architecture across multiple projects.
  • Conducted thorough code reviews to identify potential issues early in the development cycle, preventing costly rework later on.
  • Incorporated industry best practices to ensure high-quality code, minimizing defects and reducing maintenance efforts.
  • Managed software versioning using Git, enabling smooth collaboration among team members while maintaining detailed change records for future reference.
  • Proved successful working within tight deadlines and a fast-paced environment.
  • Collaborated on stages of systems development lifecycle from requirement gathering to production releases.
  • Estimated work hours and tracked progress using Scrum methodology.

Sr. Associate- Quality Control

Synechron Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
01.2020 - Current
  • Openlink Endur is an energy and commodities trading software
  • It automates processing of both physical transactions and financial derivatives
  • It also provides consolidated physical to financial view of positions, risk and P&L on one system – making it easier to uncover opportunities and reduce risk
  • It covers all front office, middle office and back office functionalities
  • In 32 to 64-bit conversion, all components of Endur application are being migrated to 64-bit components
  • Analyzing Business Requirements: Performing requirement feasibility analysis and identifying test scenarios/test objectives
  • Designing and executing test cases: Identifying end-to-end test cases, regression suites and system test cases along with test data
  • Executing Smoke and Sanity JIRA items
  • Performing base and QA environment comparison
  • Deploying builds using Urban Code Deploy integrated with Jenkins
  • Identifying and executing Automation test cases – Analyze functional test cases in every release and share them with automation team for creating automation test cases
  • Execute automated regression test cases using QTP for every release cycle
  • Reviewing Test Cases & Conditions: Documenting test cases and performing peer reviews
  • Defect Management & Defect Triage: Communicating issues with developers and upstream/downstream systems
  • Creating reports for defects found in each release cycle based on severity and priority
  • Test Coverage: Creating Trace-ability Matrix to ensure 100% test coverage
  • Supporting User Acceptance Testing process
  • Preparing and sending daily execution/issue reports and WSR
  • Participating in Daily status meetings/Game plan meetings within release cycle
  • Openlink Endur is an energy and commodities trading software
  • It automates processing of both physical transactions and financial derivatives
  • It also provides consolidated physical to financial view of positions, risk and P&L on one system – making it easier to uncover opportunities and reduce risk
  • It covers all front office, middle office and back office functionalities
  • In 32 to 64-bit conversion, all components of Endur application are being migrated to 64-bit components

Test Analyst

Cognizant Technology Solutions
06.2014 - 12.2019
  • Company Overview: Barclays Corporate Sales Finance uses many legacy applications having older technologies, one of which is VAX
  • This application is used for maintaining customer and debtor’s information, uploading invoices and reporting purpose
  • To keep applications as per defined standards, VAX functionalities were migrated to existing Sales Finance application called as RFP which is JAVA based application
  • Performing requirement analysis and Identifying test data, acceptance test cases, integration test cases and creating regression suites
  • Executing Smoke and Sanity tests
  • Documenting test cases and performing peer reviews
  • Identifying test cases for automation and working on creating test scripts using Barclays framework based upon BDD and Cucumber
  • Contributing to the preparation of the defect management, communication and Test scope sections of the test plan
  • Performing Defect triage and assigning or rejecting the defects based on the findings
  • Creating a Trace-ability Matrix to ensure 100% test coverage
  • Working with users to develop User Acceptance Testing procedures and strategies
  • Preparing and sending daily execution/bug reports
  • Participating in Daily scrum meetings/Retrospective meetings within the sprint
  • Designing user stories and tasks for the sprint for assigned activities
  • Collection of metrics – test execution and defect metrics
  • Barclays Corporate Sales Finance uses many legacy applications having older technologies, one of which is VAX
  • This application is used for maintaining customer and debtor’s information, uploading invoices and reporting purpose
  • To keep applications as per defined standards, VAX functionalities were migrated to existing Sales Finance application called as RFP which is JAVA based application
  • Successful implementation of SRP Sort code migration and Legal Entity Split release
  • Testing in E2E environment with various interfaces affected by SRP
  • Successful delivery for 3 modules of V2R

Education

Bachelors of Engineering - Electronics and Communications

KITS
Ramtek, Maharashtra
01.2013

H.S.C. - PCM

Hislop College
Nagpur, Maharashtra
01.2009

S.S.C. -

Paranjape High School
Nagpur, Maharashtra
01.2007

Skills

  • Java
  • JavaScript
  • Python
  • MySQL
  • Oracle
  • Spring
  • Spring Boot
  • Hibernate
  • Apache Kafka
  • JUnit
  • Mockito
  • Postman
  • TestNG
  • Selenium
  • Cucumber
  • Maven
  • Gradle
  • AWS
  • Jenkins
  • Git
  • Docker
  • Kubernetes
  • Agile
  • Scrum
  • Kanban
  • CI/CD
  • IntelliJ IDEA
  • Eclipse
  • Visual Studio Code
  • JIRA

Websites

Accomplishments

  • Supervised team of 2 staff members.

Coreskills

Java, JavaScript, Python, MySQL, Oracle, Spring, Spring Boot, Hibernate, Apache Kafka, JUnit, Mockito, Postman, TestNG, Selenium, Cucumber, Maven, Gradle, Basics of AWS, Jenkins, Git, Docker, Kubernetes, Agile(Scrum, Kanban), CI/CD, IntelliJ IDEA, Eclipse, Visual Studio Code, JIRA

Awardsrecognitions

  • Star Award, 07/20, Synechron, Received for my performance within 3 months into the project.
  • Recognition for SRP work, 06/17, Barclays Newsletter, Received recognition for SRP work.
  • Recognition for SRP work, 02/18, Barclays Newsletter, Received recognition for SRP work.
  • Pillar of the Month, Cognizant, Received for on-time delivery.

Publicationspresentations

  • Co-author of 'Java Concurrency in Practice', Wiley Publications, 2018
  • Speaker at JavaOne Conference, 2020, 2019

Technicalleadership

Project Phoenix, 5, Infosys Excellence Award, 2019

Personal Information

Title: Sr. Developer

Professional Development

Agile and Scrum Training, 2017

Certification

  • Women In Cloud AWS Training - July to October'24

Timeline

Sr. Developer

Barclays
01.2021 - Current

Sr. Associate- Quality Control

Synechron Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
01.2020 - Current

Test Analyst

Cognizant Technology Solutions
06.2014 - 12.2019

Bachelors of Engineering - Electronics and Communications

KITS

H.S.C. - PCM

Hislop College

S.S.C. -

Paranjape High School

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