Rahul Hemant Kotecha

Experience

1. Software Engineer 1

   Geico Tech

   Jul 2024 — Present · US

   Led migration of a legacy single-tenant monolithic service to a multi-tenant microservice architecture, achieving zero-downtime cutover and improving performance, scalability, and maintainability• Developed secure Java Spring Boot backend services with Spring Security + JWKS JWT validation to support partner integrations and enable automated self-service onboarding, reducing collaboration lead time for business tie-ups• Built a self-service partner portal for API documentation and onboarding using Vite + React, showcasing full-stack development capabilities and empowering partners with faster, transparent access to APIs and services• Designed and deployed a production-grade Key cloak IAM platform on AKS with custom Helm charts, realm-level policies, password rules, and multi-environment support (dv/ut/pd), securing internal APIs with OpenID-Connect + OPA-based• Integrated OIDC authentication across UI (React), backend (Node.js), and backend (Spring Boot) via API Gateway, delivering secure login/logout, session management, and RBAC for a frictionless partner and customer experience• Instrumented real-time observability and alerting with Grafana, Loki, Titan, and Prometheus; conducted load testing with K6 and implemented testing to validate API uptime and reliability, improving system resilience and customer trust

Education

• Nes National Public School

  Class 10

  2007 — 2016

• Christ University, Bangalore

  Bachelor of Business Administration - BBA, Finance and International Business

  2018 — 2021

• K J Somaiya College of Science & Commerce Vidyanagar Vidyavihar Mumbai 400 077

  Class 12, Commerce

  2016 — 2018

• Stevens Institute of Technology

  Master of Science - MS, Management Information Systems