Headline

Sr. Associate Tech-Synechron | Ex- Software Engineer at Principal | EX-TCSer | Web Development | Java

About

"Never lose, either win or learn" ***About me*** Experienced Senior Java Developer with 6+ years of expertise in building, modernizing, and scaling enterprise-grade applications across banking, financial services, and government domains. • Core Expertise: Java, Spring, Spring Boot, REST APIs, and scalable microservices architecture with a strong focus on clean, maintainable code and performance optimization. • Modernization Work: Led end-to-end migration of CITI Bank’s legacy systems by transforming monolithic applications into modular microservices, optimizing databases (35%+ performance gains), and reducing technical debt through API refactoring (80% smaller codebase). • AWS & Cloud Services: Hands-on experience with API Gateway, Lambda, SQS, SNS, and CloudWatch for building cloud-native, event-driven systems and integrating distributed services. • Supporting Skills: CI/CD automation using Tekton, OpenShift, Harness, Maven, and repository migrations like Bitbucket → GitHub, Nexus → JFrog, and AIM → HashiCorp Vault. • Passionate about problem-solving, high-performance backend development, and modernizing legacy systems to deliver scalable, secure, and reliable solutions.

Location

Pune Division

Work experience

Senior Associate Technology at Synechron, Dec 2024 - Present · 1 yr 5 mos, Pune, Maharashtra, India, CITI Bank: • Owned and executed the end-to-end migration of large-scale legacy financial systems to CITI’s next-gen SDLC platform, including applications, databases, and SSIS ETL pipelines, modernizing the tech stack and accelerating delivery speed by 40%+. • Independently delivered the entire migration initiative by self-learning complex tools and technologies, leveraging documentation, experimentation, and trial & error, demonstrating exceptional problem-solving and autonomy. • Transformed monolithic architectures into modular, scalable microservices, creating independent repositories per module, improving deployment flexibility, fault isolation, and team productivity. • Migrated critical source code and pipelines from Bitbucket to GitHub, preserving full commit history while introducing modern branching strategies to streamline collaboration and reduce merge conflicts by 30%. • Redesigned and automated CI/CD pipelines, integrating Tekton, OpenShift, Harness, Ansible, and Maven, resulting in 50% faster deployments and near-zero manual intervention during releases. • Refactored and rewrote core APIs, cutting technical debt, and significantly improving maintainability and performance. • Standardized build and release processes, replacing outdated legacy strategies, ensuring scalability, compliance, and high availability in production environments. • Delivered all migration milestones single-handedly, proving self-reliance, innovation, and ownership in a highly regulated banking environment.

Software Engineer at Principal Global Services, Nov 2021 - Dec 2024 · 3 yrs 2 mos, Pune, Principal Financial Group: • Developed solutions in Web Applications, Micro Services, Rest API's according to requirements using Java,Spring Framework,MVC. • BitBucket to GitHub Migration. • Nexus to JFROG Artifactory Migration. • AIM to HashiCorp Vault Migration. • CI-CD pipeline adoption and configuring workflow files in GithubActions & Bamboo. • Event-Driven Architecture, Pub-Sub Model development. • Addressing security issues reported by Dependabot, Issues reported by Fortify Codescan. • Worked on AWS service like API-Gateway, LambdaFunctions, SQS, SNS, Cloudwatch, etc. with Typescript. • Provided fast and efficient resolution of issues that came in existing application on the On-Call board and at the time of SRE. • Provided Knowledge Transfer sessions and acted as BUDDY to new employees.

System Engineer at Tata Consultancy Services, Aug 2019 - Nov 2021 · 2 yrs 4 mos, India, Government of India: • Developed Online Web Applications(JAVA,ZK,Digigov Framework(TCS product)) for government Officers to speed-up legal processes. • Developed Miscellaneous Reports (java,MySQL,Digigov Framework) to provide data for various Ministries of India. • Created several APIs using external integration from various government bodies. • Developed Offline Java Applications and making them work with Online web applications. • Diployment on AWS, Jenkins, PL/SQL, Java, JSP, Zk and web services.

System Engineer at TataConsultancy Services, Aug 2019 - Nov 2021 · 2 yrs 4 mos, Developed Java-based web applications and APIs for government clients to streamline legal processes. Built dynamic reports using Java, MySQL, and Digigov Framework to provide insights forministries. Collaborated with teams to design workflows and requirements based on SRS documentation. Deployed solutions on AWS S3 , Jenkins, PL/SQL, and web services.

Business Development Executive at Extramarks Education India Pvt. Ltd., Jun 2019 - Jul 2019 · 2 mos, India

Education

Bachelor of Technology, Electronics, Vishwakarma Institute of Technology

Diploma in Engineering, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Government polytechnic Solapur

Public links

github: https://github.com/daudshaikh1