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Saniya I.

Software Engineer @ Barclays | Java | Spring Boot | Kafka | Microservices | Backend Engineering

Pune City

4+ years of work experience

Barclays
Apr 20251 yr 4 mosPresent

Pune City

Tech stack: Java, Spring Boot, Kafka, Microservices, JUnit, Mockito, Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, OpenAPI, Kibana • Developed and maintained Spring Boot microservices, reducing API latency by 20–25% through optimized request handling and processing improvements • Built Kafka-based event-driven workflows, reducing synchronous dependencies by 30%, improving scalability, and resolving Kafka producer caching issues causing authentication failures in production • Migrated services from Java 8/11 to Java 21 and upgraded Apache HttpClient 4 to 5, improving connection efficiency • Implemented JUnit/Mockito based unit and integration tests, increasing code reliability and production stability • Debugged and resolved production issues using Kibana and API tracing, improving system stability • Optimized OpenAPI/Swagger documentation by centralizing common error responses, improving maintainability and reducing duplication • Collaborated in agile development and code reviews, improving deployment reliability through CI/CD workflows
Barclays
Jul 20249 mosMar 2025

Pune District

Herbs Magic
Dec 20237 mosJun 2024

Herbs Magic (Remote)
Oct 20238 mosMay 2024

React, Next.js, Node.js, REST APIs, JavaScript, Git • Developed and delivered multiple end-to-end product features, including admin dashboard modules, rating systems, and featured item management, increasing user engagement and administrative efficiency • Integrated frontend and backend services using React, Next.js, and Node.js REST APIs, reducing API integration issues by 30%
Desi QnA
May 20233 mosJul 2023

Remote

• Worked on the Design and Development part of a fully re- sponsive webpage for Desi QnA. • Worked on User Verification/Authentication + Engineering challenges of detecting and removing the fake bots and posts. • Integrated Recaptcha with the website -Google Layer of Pro- tection for website. • Tech Stack: HTML, CSS, JS, Bootstrap, PHP, MySQL.
Microsoft Learn Student Club VIT Pune
May 20222 yrs 10 mosFeb 2025

Saniya’s AI Stack

claude code
claude code
github copilot
github copilot

Education

Vishwakarma Institute of Technology

Bachelor of Technology, Computational Science

Vishwakarma Institute of Technology

20213 yrs2024
Government polytechnic Ahmednagar

Diploma of Education, Computer Engineering

Government polytechnic Ahmednagar

20183 yrs2021

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Software Engineer @ Barclays | Java | Spring Boot | Kafka | Microservices | Backend Engineering

About

Software Engineer with experience in building backend systems using Java, Spring Boot, Kafka, and microservices. Currently working at Barclays, contributing to event-driven applications, REST APIs, Java 21 migration, and production issue resolution in enterprise-scale systems. Hands-on experience with distributed systems, CI/CD workflows, API documentation, and debugging production issues using tools like Kibana. Interested in backend architecture, scalable system design, and solving complex engineering problems. Also worked on projects involving Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), LangChain4j, and vector search to build intelligent document-based Q&A systems. Actively strengthening problem-solving skills through Data Structures and Algorithms, with 350+ problems solved across LeetCode and CodeChef.

Location

Pune City

AI stack

claude code

github copilot

Work experience

Software Engineer (BA4) at Barclays, Apr 2025 - Present · 1 yr 4 mos, Pune City, Tech stack: Java, Spring Boot, Kafka, Microservices, JUnit, Mockito, Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, OpenAPI, Kibana • Developed and maintained Spring Boot microservices, reducing API latency by 20–25% through optimized request handling and processing improvements • Built Kafka-based event-driven workflows, reducing synchronous dependencies by 30%, improving scalability, and resolving Kafka producer caching issues causing authentication failures in production • Migrated services from Java 8/11 to Java 21 and upgraded Apache HttpClient 4 to 5, improving connection efficiency • Implemented JUnit/Mockito based unit and integration tests, increasing code reliability and production stability • Debugged and resolved production issues using Kibana and API tracing, improving system stability • Optimized OpenAPI/Swagger documentation by centralizing common error responses, improving maintainability and reducing duplication • Collaborated in agile development and code reviews, improving deployment reliability through CI/CD workflows

Graduate developer (BA3) at Barclays, Jul 2024 - Mar 2025 · 9 mos, Pune District

Web Development Intern at Herbs Magic, Dec 2023 - Jun 2024 · 7 mos

Full Stack Engineer at Herbs Magic (Remote), Oct 2023 - May 2024 · 8 mos, React, Next.js, Node.js, REST APIs, JavaScript, Git • Developed and delivered multiple end-to-end product features, including admin dashboard modules, rating systems, and featured item management, increasing user engagement and administrative efficiency • Integrated frontend and backend services using React, Next.js, and Node.js REST APIs, reducing API integration issues by 30%

Web Developer at Desi QnA, May 2023 - Jul 2023 · 3 mos, Remote, • Worked on the Design and Development part of a fully re- sponsive webpage for Desi QnA. • Worked on User Verification/Authentication + Engineering challenges of detecting and removing the fake bots and posts. • Integrated Recaptcha with the website -Google Layer of Pro- tection for website. • Tech Stack: HTML, CSS, JS, Bootstrap, PHP, MySQL.

Web Developer at Microsoft Learn Student Club VIT Pune, May 2022 - Feb 2025 · 2 yrs 10 mos

Education

Bachelor of Technology, Computational Science, Vishwakarma Institute of Technology

Diploma of Education, Computer Engineering, Government polytechnic Ahmednagar