Headline

Jr. Software Developer @Cognizant

About

I’m a Software Engineer with 1+ year of experience building enterprise applications using Java, Spring Boot, REST APIs, and React.js. I enjoy working across the backend and frontend, with a focus on building clean, scalable, and maintainable software. My experience includes Spring Security, Microservices, MySQL, MongoDB, Kafka, Redis, Docker, AWS, and CI/CD, along with a strong foundation in Data Structures, Algorithms, and Object-Oriented Programming. I’ve also worked on AI/ML-based solutions and Android applications, giving me exposure to different areas of software development. I’m passionate about solving challenging technical problems, learning new technologies, and building products that solve real-world problems.

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

claude code

codex

github copilot

openai

Amazon Q Developer

Firecrawl

Work experience

Junior Software Engineer at Cognizant, Jun 2025 - Present · 1 yr 5 mos, Bengaluru, - Developing and maintaining Java/Spring Boot microservices and REST APIs for enterprise banking applications, implementing validation, business rules, and alert generation for AML and fraud detection. - Building and enhancing React-based dashboards that consume REST APIs to monitor transaction volumes, suspicious transactions, cases, high-risk customers, and alert status. - Troubleshooting Kafka consumer groups, offsets, and failed messages, while debugging issues across application logs, Kafka events, code, and databases to improve production issue resolution. - Collaborating with cross-functional teams and contributing to 100+ SQL business rules for AML, ALM, and fraud alerts, while using Docker for integration testing.

AI Developer at M1C IT SOLUTIONS, Feb 2025 - May 2025 · 4 mos, Bengaluru, -Developed a machine learning model to predict student academic performance using structured data such as attendance, study hours, test scores, and background variables. -Used Python with Pandas for data preprocessing, feature selection, and cleaning missing values. -Trained and evaluated models like Logistic Regression and Random Forest using Scikit-learn. -Applied evaluation metrics like accuracy, precision, recall, and confusion matrix to validate model reliability. -Visualized insights using Matplotlib and Seaborn to understand key performance indicators. -Followed Agile practices and collaborated using Git for version control. -Ensured model interpretability and explained key influencing features impacting student outcomes. -The system aimed to help institutions identify at-risk students and provide timely support.

Full Stack Developer at Zidio Development, Oct 2024 - Dec 2024 · 3 mos, Bengaluru, - Developed features for an e-commerce web application using React, Spring Boot, and MySQL, including product management, shopping cart functionality, and REST API integration. -Developed and integrated Spring Boot REST APIs with JPA/Hibernate and MySQL to support product addition, deletion, and cart management workflows. -Built and maintained a GitHub Actions CI/CD pipeline to automatically build, test, and deploy the application to AWS on every code push. -Collaborated in an Agile development environment using Git for version control and following structured development and deployment practices. -Tested application functionality and APIs to ensure reliable builds and smooth deployment across development and production environments.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bangalore institute of technology

Intermediate, Secondary Delhi Public School

Public links

github: https://github.com/mr-piyushkr

my-portfolio-umber-zeta-11.vercel.app: https://my-portfolio-umber-zeta-11.vercel.app/