Arun Raghunath Email & Phone Number

United Kingdom

Started on my developer journey again. It's been a while since I explored and learnt a technology outside of work. Finally kicked off with Golang and gradually followed up with VueJS.1. Have successfully deployed a personal website at https://arunraghunath.io/ -- a raw go website.2. Learnings accessible at https://github.com/arunraghunath

Birmingham, England, United Kingdom

During my current job role, I orchestrate delivery management for multiple banking clients in UK. I produce comprehensive solution designs as integral components of initial proposals whilst offering clear roadmap for project success. Also, steer projects to successful completion through coordination efforts among diverse cross-functional teams, including technical architects, scrum masters, product owners, tech leads, developers, integration experts, UX-UI designers, and quality analysts. Additionally, nurtured team members' personal and professional growth by spearheading recruitment and team-building processes.• Drove technological advancement and business growth by collaborating with technical and enterprise architects and technology stakeholders to develop innovative designs and strategic roadmaps.• Enhanced operational efficiency by engaging with business stakeholders, comprehending processes, pinpointing bottlenecks, and devising strategies.• Achieved robust and refined solutions by subjecting designs to rigorous evaluation via architecture boards and peer groups.Projects:1. Architected an Appointment booking solution on AWS, serving thousands of users realtime. Design ensured High availability, horizontal scaling. Versioning of data to track the various changes and for reporting.2. Developed a Workforce Management solution on cloud, handling millions of records. Handled DB performance tuning.

Bengaluru Area, India

During this tenure, I collaborated with Citibank (US & UK) to support digital transformation initiatives, marking significant milestone for startup's partnership with Citibank. Engaged in the end to end software development process. I also coordinated with bank's technical team to redesign existing systems. I provided technical and functional guidance to the team while ensuring high-quality solutions met agreed-upon timelines and standards. I identified and addressed applications posing bottlenecks to business operations.• Executed successful delivery of enterprise-scale applications by leading diverse teams, including developers, senior engineers, team leads, and UI/UX designers.• Achieved significant milestones for startup's partnership with Citibank by collaborating with Citibank (US & UK) to support digital transformation initiatives.• Drove alignment of technology solutions with set objectives by analysing and synthesising business requirements.• Secured approvals from technical team and stakeholders by meticulously documenting solution designs.• Reduced manual workloads and increased productivity by automating routine and repetitive tasks via Python scripting.

Bengaluru Area, India

Being a part of startup, I have been playing multiple roles.As a Manager : I assisted Barclays Bank (UK) in architecting loan application systems utilised by customer representatives. • Improved system's capabilities by directing proficient team of four developers in crafting solutions using Mobile Application Development Platform (MADP).Architect/ Product Evangelist : • Championed product as lead by shaping technical design of platform (Appzillon) and enriching functionality and usability.• Streamlined processes to optimise system development by establishing standards and conventions.Manage POC's for the presales team : Interact with the Presales team to collect requirements for the upcoming demos. Propose a detailed design to the internal stakeholders with mockup UI. On obtaining their approval, co-ordinate with the various internal teams involved -- UI/UX designers, Platform development teams and developers to have the solution up and running.FLEXCUBE Consumer Loans, Lending & Leasing Expert Consultant.

Bengaluru Area, India

Bangalore

In this employment period, I constructed automation system for team for gaining widespread acceptance across organisation as default standard. I integrated various plugins to perform essential tasks, including SVN integration, database compilation, email notifications for build outcomes, deployment onto WebLogic server, and server shutdown and restart.• Ensured system stability and uninterrupted operations by integrating automatic space management protocols to address memory-related system shutdowns.• Overcame limitation of Oracle ADF 11g's lack of Maven support by crafting custom scripts with ANT as well as compiling and packaging applications.• Upgraded development and deployment processes through implementation of Jenkins as CI/CD tool.

Bangalore

I spent around 7 years in OFSS during which I grew from a Software engineer to a Team Lead. During this phase I was predominantly involved in the development of Consumer Lending modules for various product offerings in the Organization.ORACLE FLEXCUBE -- Consumer Lending/ Loan Syndication Modules --I was part of the CL Product team and handled responsibilities of developing various core functionalities from scratch. Have supported clients like Silicon Valley Bank, Mauritius Mutual Aid Association during implementation and post Live.Developed various features during the LATAM and US Cluster releases under tight timelines.ORACLE FLEXCUBE Lending & Leasing -- I was part of the core team that redesigned the Daybreak ( rechristened as OFSLL ) product offering on Oracle ADF technology stack. During this sprint, I lead a team of 8 developers in successfully developing the application on Oracle ADF and PLSQL.