Melinda V

About Melinda V

I started as a backend Java developer, but my career quickly expanded into full stack and cloud. Over the last 8+ years, I’ve delivered enterprise-scale solutions for American Express,(84.51°), Royal Canin, Dell and optum. Built Spring Boot microservices and APIs handling 1M+ daily transactions Modernized UIs with React/Angular to improve usability & performance Migrated apps to AWS & GCP while optimizing CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes) Reduced deployment cycles by 50% through automation & DevOps best practices What drives me? Solving complex problems and turning legacy systems into scalable, cloud-native apps. My most recent project has wrapped up, and I am immediately available for new opportunities (remote or hybrid). Let’s connect if you’re looking for someone who can deliver from day one.

Experience

1. Software Developer

   American Express

   Nov 2024 — Present · Phoenix, AZ, US

   Built a real-time customer journey platform capturing interactions across web, app, and backend systems to deliver connected, consistent experiences. Designed and developed full-stack applications using Java, Vert.x, Spring, NodeJS, JavaScript, and jQuery, along with RESTful and GraphQL APIs for journey feedback, retrieval, and resumption. Integrated with enterprise event streams (Hyperdrive, RTF, One-Stream) and One-Data for real-time event ingestion and enrichment, implementing event transformers and schema translators to standardize incoming data into JSON for seamless processing. Designed journey indexing, linking, and contextualization to enable end-to-end tracking and resumption of incomplete journeys. Automated API and UI testing with Karate and Cucumber, and implemented CI/CD pipelines using Git, Jenkins, Gradle, and XLR for reliable delivery. Deployed cloud-native components on eCP PaaS with Docker, vault-managed secrets, and health monitoring to ensure secure, scalable, and compliant operations. Supported phased rollouts of features like cross-journey linking and advanced analytics, empowering teams with actionable insights and enhancing overall customer experience.Skills: Java, Vert.x, Spring, NodeJS, React, Angular, JavaScript, jQuery, Couchbase, MongoDB, Hyperdrive, RTF, One-Stream, One-Data, REST, GraphQL, Karate, Selenium, Puppeteer, Playwright, GCP, Docker, Git, Jenkins, Gradle, XLR, Apache Shiro