Sakar Shrestha

About Sakar Shrestha

Skilled in database design and management with Oracle, MS SQL, MySQL, PostgreSQL…

Experience

1. Lead Software Engineer

   J.P. Morgan

   Jun 2025 — Present · TX, US

   contributing to enterprise-level financial applications with a focus on performance and reliability.• Built and enhanced responsive user interfaces using React, improving user experience and reducing front-end latency across internal platforms.• Deployed microservices in a containerized environment using Kubernetes on AWS, ensuring high availability, scalability, and fault tolerance of critical banking applications.• Automated CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins and Git, accelerating deployment cycles and reducing manual errors across development and production environments.• Wrote optimized SQL queries for data retrieval and transformation, supporting real-time analytics and reporting for large-scale transactional systems.• Participated in end-to-end system design, producing high-level architecture diagrams and documentation to align development with organizational goals and security standards.• Analyzed large datasets to identify hidden patterns and system inefficiencies, leading to architectural refactoring that improved application performance by ~20%.• Collaborated in Agile ceremonies (daily stand-ups, sprint planning, retrospectives), contributing to a fast-paced, iterative development cycle focused on continuous delivery.• Actively engaged in internal tech communities to explore emerging technologies and share knowledge on best coding practices, system design, and DevOps principles.• Fostered an inclusive team culture by mentoring junior developers and advocating for diverse perspectives in technical discussions

Education

• Coursera

  Cybersecurity

  2023

• Texas A&M University-Commerce

  Bachelor's degree