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TOWSEEF ALTAF

Bengaluru
TOWSEEF ALTAF

Summary

Experienced Software Engineer with a strong background in designing scalable backend systems, streamlining processes, and improving developer productivity. Proficient in technologies like Django, Nest.js, GraphQL, AWS, Kafka, and PostgreSQL. Demonstrated expertise in LLM fine-tuning, RESTful API development, event-driven architectures, and code coverage optimization. Skilled in building tools to enhance developer workflows, implementing robust monitoring infrastructures, and delivering solutions that improve system scalability, reliability, and efficiency.

Overview

4
years of professional experience

Work History

Docusign
Bengaluru

Software Engineer P3
08.2024 - Current

Job overview

  • Developer Productivity Platform: Spearheaded the creation of a Developer Productivity Platform to track key developer metrics and implement processes for aligning with industry standards, boosting efficiency across teams.
  • Vulnerability Management: Streamlined vulnerability management processes, including developing a notification module to alert stakeholders about vulnerabilities.
  • Developer Support Bot: Designed and implemented a Developer Support Bot by fine-tuning LLaMA (Large Language Model Meta AI) with developer-specific queries. Integrated Cosmos DB for efficient data handling and enhanced query resolution. Demonstrated expertise in leveraging LLMs for developer productivity and support solutions.
  • Code Coverage: Implemented streamlined code coverage processes across the organization, enhancing code quality and developer accountability.

Hinge Health
Bengaluru

Software Development Engineer II
07.2023 - 07.2024

Job overview

Company Overview

Accessible to 25 million members across 1,250 customers, Hinge Health is the #1 digital clinic for joint and muscle pain.

Achievements

  • Engineered Seamless Microservices Migration & Workflow Optimization:Achieved improved message processing time, system scalability, and efficiency by transitioning from RabbitMQ to Kafka, reducing processing errors by 28%.
    Accomplished seamless workflow transitions, resulting in enhanced system reliability and decreased production downtime.
  • Led High-Performance Orchestration Service Development:Addressed API call latency issues, leading to improved API responsiveness by 36%.
    Developed a high-performance Orchestration Service using Nest.js and GraphQL, enhancing frontend performance and system efficiency.
  • Developed Modular React Components for Enhanced User Experience:Implemented modular React components based on Atomic Design principles, reducing frontend development time by 2 hours.
    Improved code maintainability and user experience, resulting in increased user satisfaction scores by 53%.
  • Enhanced Monitoring Infrastructure for Improved Reliability:Implemented a robust monitoring infrastructure using DataDog, decreasing mean time to resolution (MTTR) for issues by 30-40%.
    Achieved increased system reliability, reducing downtime and ensuring swift issue resolution.
  • Created On-call Runbooks for Swift Issue Resolution:Developed standardized on-call runbooks with SOPs, reducing production downtime.
    Facilitated swift issue resolution, improving operational efficiency and reducing resolution time by 80%.

Amazon

Software Development Engineer
04.2021 - 07.2023

Job overview

Company Overview

Amazon Finance Technologies (FinTech) Payments systems disburse Accounts Payable (AP) payments to Amazon's suppliers and service providers.

Achievements

  • Streamlined AWS API Gateway Management:Identified endpoint management inefficiencies.
    Deployed an AWS CDK solution to consolidate endpoints, resulting in improved scalability and a more efficient endpoint management process.
  • Efficient Schema Change Management:Implemented an approach to copy 7 core database tables with billions of rows into new schemas, added triggers, and synchronized before swapping table names, minimizing 94% of downtime during schema changes.
    Ensured seamless updates, data consistency, and system availability.
  • Optimized Database Resource Usage:Recognized resource usage challenges in a read-heavy service.
    Transitioned to read-only AWS RDS Instances, achieving significant reductions in connections to writer DB instances, improving performance and reducing 58% of connection load.
  • Cutting-Edge Invoice Standardization:Addressed data processing inefficiencies in invoice handling.
    Implemented an Event-Driven Architecture Adapter Service on AWS infrastructure, resulting in decreased processing time and improved accuracy for invoice standardization, handling 100,000 requests per hour.
  • Ensured Robust Code Quality:Identified the need for enhanced code quality and reduced post-release defects.
    Implemented automated integration tests with JUnit5 and Mockito3 in CI/CD pipelines, achieving significant improvements in line coverage and defect reduction by 70-80%.

Getafix Technologies

Associate Software Engineer
09.2020 - 04.2021

Job overview

Company Overview

Technology company building products for various clients.

Achievements

  • Bot360 – Virtual Interviewing & Candidate Management:Designed and developed backend RESTful APIs for the frontend using the Django framework with a PostgreSQL database.
  • Implemented major features such as real-time video conferencing, facial recognition of candidates, and email confirmation for interviews.

Education

University of Jammu

BE from Computer Science
11.2020

Skills

  • C
  • Java
  • Python
  • JavaScript
  • GO
  • TypeScript
  • SpringBoot
  • Django
  • Nodejs
  • Nestjs
  • Expressjs
  • HTML
  • CSS
  • Reactjs
  • Nextjs
  • Tailwind
  • JUnit
  • Mockito
  • Jest
  • Python Unit Test
  • PostgreSQL
  • MySQL
  • AWS
  • DynamoDB
  • Redis
  • MongoDB
  • AWS Simple Queue Service
  • AWS Kinesis Streams
  • Apache Kafka
  • RabbitMQ
  • AWS S3
  • AWS EMR
  • AWS Open Search Service
  • AWS Redshift
  • AWS SNS
  • CI/CD
  • Docker
  • Kubernetes
  • ECS
  • Fargate
  • Terraform
  • Large Language Model
  • LLaMA
  • CosmosDB

Timeline

Software Engineer P3

Docusign
08.2024 - Current

Software Development Engineer II

Hinge Health
07.2023 - 07.2024

Software Development Engineer

Amazon
04.2021 - 07.2023

Associate Software Engineer

Getafix Technologies
09.2020 - 04.2021

University of Jammu

BE from Computer Science
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