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VIKAS KUMAR

Lead Engineer(Software Engineering)
Bangalore

Summary

Experienced Staff Software Engineer with a demonstrated history of working with multiple domains. Skilled in Java, NodeJs, JavaScript, Multithreading, DS & Algorithms, Distributed and low latency and Scalable Systems.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience

Work History

Technical Consulting Engineer

Rapidfort Inc.
Bengaluru
04.2022 - Current

- Working as a Senior Backend Engineer.

- Developing a Vulnerability Management Tool which will Scan Dockers and VMs for existing Vulnerabilities.

Senior Software Engineer

Walmart India Pvt. Ltd
Bengaluru
08.2019 - 04.2022
  • Working with Returns Management System of Walmart Canada Ecomm. The total return volume was $1B annually with peak traffic around 20 returns per minute.
  • Worked as a Lead Engineer. Trained and mentored junior developers. Worked with Cross teams and Product Owners to implement Business Requirements.
  • Fixed an anomaly in the System (where Marketplace Returns were stamped with different barcode and ultimately loss to Walmart), which led to saving around $6.5MN annually. This was purely engineering effort, where we identified the issue by checking the historical data. Several solutions, like Oracle Batch processing and Splunk parser were implemented and used midway.
  • Awarded 3 times with 2 Excellence Awards and 1 Spot Award.
  • Technologies used are Core Java, Spring, OracleDB and Sterling.

Staff Engineer

ColorTokens Inc
Bengaluru
07.2017 - 08.2019
  • Joined as Senior Developer and got promoted to Staff Engineer.
  • I was responsible for developing the Application, which discovers and applies the firewall rules on the machine to secure it. Firewall rules designed were for both Windows and Linux.I am mostly working on the backend using NodeJs and MongoDB
  • Developed and designed the in-house Vulnerability Scanner, much like Nessus. The product was done using all the open-source software’s. The tech stack used was Python, Nodejs and MongoDB
  • Greatly improved the performance of policy delivery to the endpoint machines. Brought down the timings from 15 mins to 15-20 secs
  • Technologies used were NodeJs, MongoDB, Kafka, Meteor, Casandra (Basic).

Software Developer

Intellus Learning Inc
Bengaluru
12.2015 - 07.2017
  • My role is to develop the responsive Web app which is used by various faculties and students. Technologies used are AngularJs, NodeJs, Django, Python.
  • Worked with the core team to facilitate the early development and design. Mostly worked on the architecting the code from single SPA to modular approach much like Browserify, to improve the performance. Improved the page load timings.
  • Also, worked with code isolation to improve development time and reduce regression, happening mainly because of large code. The main used here for bundler is Gulp, NodeJs.
  • Designed the complete CI/CD pipeline using Jenkins and Gulp.

Software Engineer

Quikr India
08.2015 - 12.2015
  • Worked with Quikr Homes in early launch. Successfully delivered and optimized the feature.
  • Technologies used are AngularJS, PHP (Laravel Framework), NodeJs, Java and Google Maps API.

Software Developer

Nagravision India Pvt. Ltd
Bengaluru
06.2012 - 07.2015
  • Created a hybrid application primarily for Set Top Boxes.The technology used is Javascript, HTML, CSS and SVG. This interactive application supports many features of the modern TV viewing experience. Successfully integrated many third-party APIs like IMBD, Rotten Tomatoes, Facebook, etc for better user experience
  • Successfully optimized the code to bring down the memory consumption by 50% and improved performance by simplifying DOM. Successfully customized the current UI for IBC(http://www.ibc.org/). Rated as Top Three Demonstrations by Editors - https://www.v-net.tv/2014/09/17/editor%E2%80%99s-top-three-ibc- demonstrations-from-2014/.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering -

Birla Institute of Technology Mesra

12th - undefined

Kendriya Vidyalaya Rajkot

10th - undefined

Kendriya Vidyalaya No

Skills

    Java, Javascript, NodeJs

Python, Go

MongoDb, OracleDB(SQL)

Distributed System and System Design

Additional Information

  • Got "The Visionary Award" in the Codeception-2020 (Walmart Hackathon).
  • Awarded with Spot award and Excellence awards in every company worked with so far.
  • A.I.R. 14th in the Junior National Mathematically Olympiad conducted by K.V. Sangathan.

Timeline

Technical Consulting Engineer

Rapidfort Inc.
04.2022 - Current

Senior Software Engineer

Walmart India Pvt. Ltd
08.2019 - 04.2022

Staff Engineer

ColorTokens Inc
07.2017 - 08.2019

Software Developer

Intellus Learning Inc
12.2015 - 07.2017

Software Engineer

Quikr India
08.2015 - 12.2015

Software Developer

Nagravision India Pvt. Ltd
06.2012 - 07.2015

Bachelor of Engineering -

Birla Institute of Technology Mesra

12th - undefined

Kendriya Vidyalaya Rajkot

10th - undefined

Kendriya Vidyalaya No
VIKAS KUMARLead Engineer(Software Engineering)