Kunal Sharma

About Kunal Sharma

I thrive on transforming complex challenges into elegant solutions that make a real difference. With over 19 years in software engineering, I’ve had the privilege of working with some amazing teams to design and develop scalable distributed systems that power critical applications across various industries. My journey has taken me from crafting custom frameworks at Hewlett Packard Enterprise for millions of Vodafone customers to leading backend development at Lab49 for the Federal Bank of New York. One project I’m particularly proud of involved transitioning financial processes from manual operations to automated systems by building over five RESTful APIs using Java and Spring Boot. This not only streamlined workflows but also enhanced accuracy and efficiency—something I find incredibly rewarding. At Booz Allen Hamilton, I tackled performance issues affecting thousands of pension beneficiaries by optimizing application caching strategies; it’s these kinds of challenges that keep me motivated. I’m deeply passionate about the future of technology—especially in areas like LLMs and Generative AI. I believe these innovations have the potential to reshape how we interact with data and systems. My experience with cloud-native architectures has equipped me with the skills to drive automation and deliver high-performance solutions that meet evolving business needs. Outside of work, I enjoy diving into tech communities where I can share insights and learn from others who are just as enthusiastic about technology as I am. Whether it’s attending meetups or contributing to open-source projects, I love connecting with fellow tech enthusiasts. If you’re interested in discussing innovative ideas or exploring collaboration opportunities in software engineering or cloud technologies, feel free to reach out via email at k•••••••@gmail.com—I’d love to connect! Skills: Java | Python | Spring Boot | AWS | Kafka | GraphQL | Terraform | Microservices | REST APIs

Experience

1. Senior Associate

   Lab49

   Jun 2020 — Present · Washington, DC, US

   Transitioned financial processes from manual to automated by constructing 5+ RESTful APIs with Java and Spring Boot, achieving an 80% decline in errors and enhanced data quality Orchestrated the AWS infrastructure provisioning with Terraform, slashing the average deployment time by 70% and establishing a reusable template library for streamlined infrastructure builds across the organization Integrated static code analysis tools (SonarQube, Coverity) into the CI/CD pipeline, flagging 300+ code quality issues and slashing security vulnerabilities by 25% before production deployment Deployed a robust, real-time monitoring solution by adding the Grafana dashboard and Dynatrace, setting up alerts, and achieving a 60% reduction in system downtime Modernized project documentation workflow by integrating Antora with a CI/CD pipeline to automate publication to Confluence, resulting in a 55% decrease in documentation update and creation time Developed Kafka infrastructure (Event Hub) and Event Manager library for Java clients, supporting message sending/receiving for 10 clients Transitioned five on-prem applications to AWS utilizing Java microservices and Spring Boot, accommodating to users, and generating a 45% decrease in operational expenditures Transformed slow API performance by integrating efficient caching strategies and fine-tuning index configurations, achieving a 50% reduction in response time, ensuring optimal performance for 99.99% of requests Championed technology adoption by introducing GraphQL for faster data processing and replacing Quartz jobs with AWS events, resulting in massive improvement in job completion time Automated deployment pipelines using Jenkins and Docker, streamlining software releases and reducing deployment time by 60% Recognized for contributions to infrastructure modernization; promoted to Lead Backend Engineer after 1 year

Education

• Punjab Technical University

  Bachelor of Computer Application, Computer Science

  2000 — 2003

• RV College Of Engineering

  Master in Computer Application, Computer Applications;

  2003 — 2006

Skills

• Ejb
• Angular Js
• Weblogic Portal
• Oracle
• Amazon Web Services (Aws)
• Jsf
• Java Enterprise Edition
• Solution Architecture
• Jsp
• Java
• Core Java
• Webcenter
• Soa
• Ucm
• Oracle Access Manager
• Agile Methodologies
• Servlets
• Node Js
• Oracle Adf
• Weblogic
• Representational State Transfer (Rest)
• Web Services
• Unix
• Oracle Database