Ashish Kashyap

About Ashish Kashyap

Java backend engineer with ~3 years of experience building microservices and serverless workloads using Spring Boot 2/3 and Quarkus on AWS. I focus on clean APIs, solid data models, and production basics: CI/CD quality gates, security scans, and observability.Hands-on with Kafka/MSK, Cassandra, PostgreSQL, Redis/Valkey, and AWS (Lambda, Step Functions, AppConfig, Secrets Manager, CloudWatch, CDK). Experience migrating services to Java 17/Spring Boot 3, writing OpenAPI/Swagger definitions, and enabling GitLab CI/CD with SonarQube, Veracode, SAST/DAST, and dependency scans.Recognitions include GEM awards (3x) and Nova Best Newcomer. I enjoy mentoring, documenting designs clearly, and improving developer workflows.Core stack: Java 8/17/21, Spring Boot 3, Quarkus, REST, OpenFeign, Kafka/MSK, Cassandra/PostgreSQL, Redis/Valkey, AWS, GitLab CI/CD, JUnit/Mockito.

Experience

1. Consultant

   Xebia

   Oct 2025 — Present · Gurugram, IN

   Client: Delta Air Lines- Continuing on production deployed flight order booking/servicing stack: enhancements and reliability for booking, cancel, and order retrieve flows- Evolve microservices and Quarkus‑native AWS Lambdas; Step Functions orchestration for workflows; secure config via Secrets Manager and AppConfig flags- Improve observability: CloudWatch dashboards/alarms, structured logging and tracing, and runbooks; raise SLO visibility and incident readiness- Maintain CI/CD quality gates with GitLab pipelines (SonarQube, Veracode, SAST/DAST, dependency scans) and environment smoke tests- Mentor junior engineers; drive code reviews, documentation, and development standards.

Education

• SRM IST Chennai

  Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Computer Science

  2019 — 2023