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title: "Akash Gupta - Associate in Greater Kolkata Area | Tal"
description: "Meet Akash Gupta, Immediate Joiner | Java Backend Engineer | Spring Boot · Microservices · JWT · PostgreSQL | 3+ Yrs @ Cognizant based in Greater Kolkata Area."
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# Akash Gupta on Tal

## Headline

Immediate Joiner \| Java Backend Engineer \| Spring Boot · Microservices · JWT · PostgreSQL \| 3\+ Yrs @ Cognizant

## About

Java Backend Engineer with 3\+ years at Cognizant, specializing in building scalable microservices and secure REST API architectures using the Spring ecosystem\. → Design and implement production\-grade distributed backend systems using Spring Boot 3 & Spring Cloud → Build stateless authentication layers with JWT, Spring Security & BCrypt → Architect inter\-service communication with OpenFeign, API Gateway & Netflix Eureka → Optimize database performance using Hibernate/JPA — N\+1 resolution, EntityGraph, batch fetching & query tuning → Write clean, testable code following SOLID principles with comprehensive exception handling Experience: • Developed and maintained enterprise\-grade backend services using Java 17 and Spring Boot 3, serving production systems handling 10K\+ daily API requests with 99\.9% uptime\. • Engineered stateless JWT\-based authentication and role\-based authorization using Spring Security, securing 20\+ REST API endpoints and eliminating session\-based vulnerabilities across microservices\. • Optimized Hibernate/JPA query performance by implementing @EntityGraph, JOIN FETCH, and batch fetching strategies — resolving N\+1 query patterns and reducing database round\-trips by 60%\. • Designed microservices architecture using Spring Cloud Gateway for centralized routing, Netflix Eureka for service discovery, and OpenFeign for declarative inter\-service communication with client\-side load balancing\. • Architected PostgreSQL database schemas with Hibernate ORM, wrote optimized JPQL queries, and implemented global exception handling \(@ControllerAdvice\) for standardized API error responses with proper HTTP status codes\. • Collaborated in Agile/Scrum sprints with cross\-functional teams, conducted peer code reviews, and maintained CI/CD pipelines using Git, Maven, and Jenkins\.

## Location

Greater Kolkata Area

## Work experience

Associate at Cognizant, Oct 2025 \- Present · 9 mos, Kolkata

Programming Analyst at Cognizant, Feb 2023 \- Oct 2025 · 2 yrs 9 mos, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Intern at Cognizant, Feb 2022 \- Mar 2023 · 1 yr 2 mos

## Education

Bachelor of Technology \- BTech, Mechanical Engineering, Heritage Institute of Technology

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