Saurabh Jadhav

About Saurabh Jadhav

I’m a Senior Full Stack Java Engineer with 5+ years of experience designing, building, and scaling cloud-native, distributed systems, primarily in the payments and financial services domain, where reliability, performance, and security are critical.I specialize in Java, Spring Boot, and microservices architecture, with strong hands-on experience in AWS, OpenShift/Kubernetes, and cloud migrations. In my current role, I’ve led legacy modernization initiatives, migrated payment services to cloud-native platforms, and implemented observability solutions using Datadog to improve system reliability and reduce production incidents.I bring a strong foundation in software design principles, component-oriented architectures, and CI/CD automation, and I’m comfortable working in regulated environments with structured SDLC processes. I enjoy owning systems end to end—from design and development to deployment, monitoring, and production support.I’m a results-driven engineer and collaborative team player, passionate about building scalable systems, improving developer productivity, and continuously learning. I’m particularly interested in roles focused on backend engineering, cloud platforms, and large-scale distributed systems.

Experience

1. Senior Associate

   Capital One

   Dec 2025 — Present · Chicago, IL, US

   Architect and enhance payments platform using Java, Spring Boot, microservices, supporting high-volume transactions and improving reliability.• Lead migration of payment services to AWS OpenShift (Kubernetes), improving scalability and fault tolerance.• Implement Datadog observability, reducing production downtime by 20%.• Provide on-call production support, troubleshooting incidents and ensuring system stability in a regulated environment.• Led a team of 4 engineers in Agile sprints, mentoring on clean code and system design, improving sprint predictability to 90%+ goal completion and reducing production defects.

Education

• Illinois Institute of Technology

  Master's degree, Computer Science

• Savitribai Phule Pune University

  Bachelor's degree, Computer Engineering

  2015 — 2019