Professional Experience

A journey of continuous growth, from trainee to senior software engineer, building enterprise-scale solutions that impact thousands of users.

Career Progression

Senior Software Engineer

NAV Fund Administration Group

July 2024 - Present

I lead delivery of an Investment Tracker used across thousands of portfolios, integrating a DMS, external partner APIs, and the accounting platform. I built Spring Boot schedulers and React dashboards that cut document delays by 40% and lifted visibility for 5K+ funds.

  • Investment Tracker Platform: Led delivery across thousands of portfolios, integrating DMS, external APIs, and accounting platform
  • Document Processing: Built Spring Boot schedulers & React dashboards cutting delays by 40% for 5K+ funds
  • Cassandra Reporting DB: Deployed 10M+ row reporting database, taking reports from minutes → seconds and stabilizing primary DB
  • Kafka Pipeline: Introduced ingestion pipeline with staging/reconciliation, replacing manual imports (~70% effort saved)
  • AI Integration: Integrated Cursor + CodeAnt AI to speed reviews and delivery (~25% gain)
  • Platform Reliability: Drove platform reliability by isolating analytics on Cassandra, offloading SQL Server
Java Spring Boot React Cassandra Apache Kafka SQL Server Docker AI Tools
Minutes → Seconds Latency 40% Document Delay Reduction 70% Manual Effort Saved 25% Delivery Speed Gain

Software Engineer

NAV Fund Administration Group

October 2021 - June 2024

I focused on scale and performance for user-facing services. Reworked REST endpoints with distributed caching and indexing to cut median latency by 60% for 2.5K+ daily users. Implemented partitioning on a 5TB+ SQL Server to trim query time ~40% and simplify ops at scale.

  • API Performance: Reworked REST endpoints with distributed caching and indexing, cutting median latency by 60% for 2.5K+ daily users
  • Database Partitioning: Implemented partitioning on 5TB+ SQL Server database, trimming query time ~40% and simplifying operations at scale
  • Client Payments Module: Shipped Client Payments Settlement module with real-time aging and automated invoicing/notifications (~50% manual effort reduction)
  • Self-Service Reporting: Built tag-based reporting framework (Spring Boot + SQL) unifying 20+ tables for self-service reports (-35% IT tickets; hours → minutes delivery)
  • Redis Cluster: Delivered Redis cluster migration achieving 66% throughput improvement and faster failover
  • Security & Compliance: Rolled out Kerberos for encrypted, compliant service-DB access across microservices
Java Spring Boot React SQL Server Redis Microservices Kerberos Distributed Caching
60% Lower API Latency 40% Faster SQL Queries 35% Fewer IT Tickets 66% Redis Throughput

Trainee Software Engineer

NAV Fund Administration Group

April 2021 - September 2021

Delivered an end-to-end tax-filing solution (React + Spring Boot + SQL) that halved cycle time. Contributed to a monolith-to-microservices refactor and built React UIs, gaining hands-on practice with modular design, scalable architectures, and TDD.

  • Tax Filing Solution: Shipped full-stack feature (React + Spring Boot + SQL) reducing tax-filing time by 50%
  • Microservices Migration: Assisted in monolith → microservices migration (Spring Boot + .NET); built React UIs
  • High-Throughput Engine: Contributed to custom grouping engine across Java/.NET processing 50K+ records/min with 99.99% accuracy
  • Agile Practices: Participated in Agile ceremonies that improved sprint consistency and team throughput
  • Foundation Building: Gained hands-on practice with modular design, scalable architectures, and TDD
React Java Spring Boot .NET Core SQL TDD Agile
50% Cycle Time Reduction 50K+ Records/Min 99.99% Accuracy

Skills Evolution

2021 - Foundation Building

Java Core Spring Boot Basics React Fundamentals SQL Server Agile/Scrum

2022-2023 - Skill Development

Microservices Performance Optimization Database Design Redis Caching System Architecture

2024 - Senior Level Expertise

Distributed Systems Cassandra Apache Kafka DevOps/CI-CD Technical Leadership LeetCode 157 Solved Advanced Algorithms

Professional Summary

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Performance Focus

Consistently delivered performance improvements across multiple systems, reducing latency by up to 60% and processing times by 70%.

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Architecture Excellence

Designed and implemented scalable microservices architectures handling millions of records and thousands of concurrent users.

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Business Impact

Delivered solutions that directly improved business operations, reduced costs, and enhanced user experience across the organization.

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Technical Leadership

Mentored junior developers, led technical initiatives, and drove adoption of best practices in software development.