Description

High-impact Java Engineer with 20+ years of experience specializing in core Java

technologies, cloud-native architecture, and high-performance distributed systems.

Contributor to Jakarta EE standards and reference implementations (JSONB, JAXB).

Languages

Workplace preferences

Remote only

Primarily works remotely

Novartis
Principal Software Engineer
November 2023 - Today (2 years and 7 months)
• • Architecture: Designed a high-throughput async processing API with a dynamic rule-based validation engine for global user/role management.
• • Leadership: Directed technical design, code reviews, and implementation for core identity entities.
• • DevOps: Automated deployment workflows by establishing end-to-end CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps.
Barclays
Senior Software Engineer
October 2022 - October 2023 (1 year)
Trading Systems: Developed an asynchronous bond trading platform (Buy/Repo) integrated with Solace message queues.
• • Optimization: Conducted deep-dive performance tuning to reduce system latency and resolved critical production bottlenecks. R&D: Prototyped rule engine integrations for complex trade validation.
Monster
Senior Software Engineer
February 2022 - November 2022 (9 months)
Cloud Native: Developed reactive, containerized microservices for AWS Kubernetes (EKS).
• • Security: Engineered client-level encryption for DynamoDB and implemented consistent event propagation using DynamoDB Streams.