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Tech Stack:Java+Spring Boot | GCP | Sumo Logic | k8s | Honeycomb | Cassandra+ PostgreSQL | RabbitMQDuties:- Provide direct support to multiple teams (~60% of time) by engaging in pair programming, conducting code reviews, and facilitating design reviews to ensure high-quality code and adherence to architectural standards.- Actively participate in design sessions and contribute to solving critical bugs, ensuring smooth releases, and supporting production monitoring.- Lead and execute strategic technical projects, including major refactors, system upgrades, shared libraries development, and Proofs of Concept (POCs) for new technologies.- Serve as the architect for a dedicated team, ensuring alignment with organizational architecture through collaboration with the architecture group to enforce adherence to established patterns and high-level architectural direction.- Play a key role in maintaining scalable and maintainable solutions by bridging communication across teams and ensuring the smooth integration of technical solutions into the broader architecture.

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Design, develop and collaborate on an event-driven microservices platform that handles order fulfillment.> Soft skillsTech lead of the order orchestration teamWork closely with architects and product management to have a steady flow of requirements for the developers.Promote pair programming, design discussions, and other agile processes that foster collaboration.> Tech SkillsJava, Spring (Boot), MongoDB (Atlas), Apache Kafka (Confluent cloud)

Montreal, Canada

Project: Enterprise CMS (SmartEdit)Developed CMS Services/Apis to power a CMS frontend.Designed and developed a greenfield frontend extensible AngularJs frameworkProject: SAAS commerce platformDeveloped a product service for a multi-tenant microservices commerce platform.Project: SAAS commerce configuration platformDesigned and developed a greenfield set of multi-tenant microservices and micro-frontends for commerce platform customers to onboard and configure their cluster.> Soft skillsTech Lead (2 years)Scrum master (4 years)> Tech skillsJava, Go, Javascript, TypescriptSpring, Angular, AngularJs, NodeKafka, PostgresJUnit, Karma, Mockito, SeleniumAzure: AKS, CosmosDB, Logic Apps, ++k8s, jenkins, docker, helm

Montreal, Canada

AngularJs, Java, Spring

- Developed server components as part of an agile (Scrum) development team.- Implemented features according to requirements and protocol specifications.- Developed tools to assist in data migration to new software versions.- Lead, and mentored for, a project to modify the open source SMS gateway Kannel. A project which involved implementing custom protocols and features, as well as creating a robust Linux installation process and monitoring framework.- Managed software releases and automated builds, using Jenkins (and Hudson) jobs.- Worked directly with customers (mobile carriers) on requirements, protocols, and software integration.- Documented design, requirements, installation, user guides, and training material, using MS Word, MS PowerPoint and MS Visio.

- Developed and maintained mobile applications for Nokia S40 platform, as part of an agile (Scrum) development team.- Implemented features according to requirements and UI design documents.- Wrote unit tests using JUnit and Mockito.- Fixed bugs and refactored existing code to increase quality and performance, with a focus on design patterns and memory optimization.- Responsible for coordinating with Nokia’s Java and Platform teams to assist the S40 Full touch API development. - Trained and mentored a new team of developers to take ownership of an ongoing project

- Perform manual smoke, sanity, and regression testing for mobile Email, IM, and Social Messaging products. Testing both the client and server software.- Create and review test cases for both new and existing products and features.- Report and validate bugs using the internal QA database, and Rational ClearQuest.- Write and execute automated test scripts using Nokia’s proprietary test tool.