Samir Kumar

331-***-****

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linkedin.com/in/connect2samirkumar

Naperville, IL - 60563

Software Architect and developer with a passion for multi-platform mobile solutions and solving true business challenges for clients across a wide range of industries.

Professional Summary:

·Over 18 years of technical leadership with hands on experience in software development on Mobile platforms, Web, IoT and Cloud.

·Designed and delivered software systems on requiring system level programming, communication with IoT based system, SDK and API development and integration, network/socket communications, web service integration, security framework implementation, mobile wallet and banking solution, multimedia streaming technologies - IP TV, multimedia codec integration - streaming and playback, digital rights management (DRM), GPS and location-based solutions.

·Proficient in defining strategies for software development, integration and testing, designing automation frameworks, planning and managing non-functional requirements and transitioning of support and development activities.

·Experience of working with team in multiple geographies and handling offshore teams.

·Dynamic team player with rich background of working with multiple technology companies like, Verizon, Ford, Microsoft, PayPal, NetApp, Intuit, Navistar, Cox Automotive, Anthem, BCBSA, Intel and Xerox.

·Excellent leadership, communication and presentation skills with strong knowledge of project management principles, resource optimization, value and cost analysis and management. Trained in PMP certification requirement, Scrum.

Skills/Competencies:

·Web development with ReactJS, NodeJS and Spring Boot, .Net.

·Mobile App Development on Android, iOS and windows with platform sdk and cross platform framework tool like React-Native, Xamarin, Kony, Flutter, Qt

·APIs design, Microservices and SOA,

·Integration with Message brokers – RTI Connector, Kafka.

·Cloud integration – Azure, GCP and AWS

·Aware of OTA updates, device provisioning, MDM, Apple and Google app store management and app analytics with popular framework like Splunk, NewRelic.

·Proficient in multiple programming languages – JavaScript, C#, Java, Objective C, Swift, C/C++ on multiple platforms, VC++, Kotlin (Android) and Python.

·Connected vehicle system and IoT/IIoT solutions to integrate sensor data to the system.

·Location aware apps and maps integration for routing, geofencing.

·API Management – Securing APIs, authentication and provisioning with OAuth and JWT

·Test Automation with selenium and API testing with JMeter

·Unit testing and with Jest, JUnit like frameworks.

·Experience with code scanning tools like Veracode, Contrast, SonarQube and API conformance tool like 42Crunch.

·Experience of integration of SSO and authentication with SAML, Oauth, openid connect.

Professional Experience:

Software Development Consultant/Synapsis Inc Dec 2021 – Present

As a software consultant to clients of Synapsis Inc provided solutions in IoT, web and mobile development with React, React-Native, NodeJS, JavaScript, Java, .Net along with integration with legacy system and cloud.

Web App for major Telecom operator – Verizon Inc in North America Jan 2023 – Present

End to end development of a Web app for Data Science team integrating data in modern UI for sales lead generation. As a full-stack developer working in restricted environment with secure data, developed web app using ReactJS for front end and Spring Boot Microservices and PostgreSQL for Backend with GCP and AWS as cloud provider.

-Designed and developed APIs conforming to open API specification in Spring Boot and related Junit tests.

-Designed high performant report generation tool with huge data utilizing Apache POI streaming APIs

-Developed modern responsive UI in ReactJS front end for multiple modules consuming APIs.

-Integrated Elastic Search based API for fast searching for business in UI.

-Integration with external systems like Salesforce API secured with client credentials and SSO.

-Used Gitlab for code repo and Jenkins for deployment.

-Used python for automation of jobs.

Mobile Apps for largest automobile auction company- Cox Automotive Inc, Apr 2021-Dec 2022

Looked after multiple iteration of app release for two different apps, integration with AWS resources, GraphQL - middleware and APIs, authentication enhancement, adding new features and providing app support.

-Develop and maintain apps on iOS and Android in React-Native and integration with 3rd party SDKs

-Integration of 3rd party library for 360-degree view and capture, analytics, scanning and multimedia playback features.

-Enhance BFF developed in NodeJS/GraphQL

-Integration AWS cloud resources, Analytics like Adobe, Splunk, New Relics

-Interaction of API team for feature enhancement

Industrial IoT - Visual interface development for Ford Next LLC Dec 2021-March 2022

As a consultant to one of the largest auto-maker, developed a prototype (MVP) backlog of 109 stories covering 35 features in a very short span of 12 weeks for a visual interface to monitor the object movement in very busy plant environment, an interface to provide insights and real-time alerts to keep people and product safe. Responsible for developing middleware in NodeJS connecting with Plant Terminal Traffic controller backend over DDS RTI connector, Redis and web client in React.

-Used NodeJs and Java for backend and ReactJS for web front-end development and Jest as unit testing for code coverage.

-Used python for extracting geo-information from geo-tiff files.

-Used docker images for deploying apps.

-Used RTI Connector for Connext® DDS system for publishing and subscribing to the Connext data-bus to communicate with TTM backend.

Software Architect / UST Inc. US July 2013 – Nov 2021

As part of digital innovation and mobility services, architected and implemented software solutions focused on mobile, IoT and cloud in Automotive – Connected Vehicle System, Entertainment – Media streaming, IP TV Platform, Mobile Banking, Healthcare and Enterprise Apps, lead technology architecture and early adopter of newer technologies.

-Taking lead in transition activities, responding to RFPs and pre-sales, adopting and advocating new technologies in mobile development space.

-Worked as lead mobile development for Navistar International to develop four mobile apps on Android and iOS with telematics devices integration for vehicle diagnostic, vehicle tracking and monitoring driving states for the connected vehicle solution of the Navistar International

-Designed and implemented modules for fast searching of vehicle symptoms and capturing vehicle diagnostic information used in repair management, validating warranty, generating ahead of time alert based on detection of fault codes severity

-Designed and implemented OTA upgrades (Firmware and App) for telematic devices over Bluetooth and Wifi.

-Designed and implemented modules in mobile app for geofencing and Trucks routes with HERE maps API

-Integrated Azure cognitive API in mobile apps for a voice based interactive chatbot to capture vehicle symptoms.

-Architected push notification for the system utilizing Google – FCM, Apple - APNs and Appcelerator backend.

-Worked with the Navistar Enterprise IT team for application modernization and cloud journey, utilizing azure cloud.

-Architecture, design and implementation for smart retail solution integration with Intel’s CloudPick vision offering and Klarna payment system. Used ReactNative to develop mobile client apps on iOS and Android; and Java Spring Boot Microservice for middle tier in Azure PaaS environment.

-Created multi-channel/multi-platform mobile banking solution for one of the largest banks in India with 20m users using Android, iOS native platform SDK and Kony low code development platform.

-Provided multi-platform mobile solutions for NetApp Enterprise mobility.

-Helped a healthcare software solution provider for starting their mobile journey with a healthcare payer app on iOS, Android and mobile web with middleware infrastructure on AWS cloud, integrating backend Mainframe system with wrapper services.

-Transition complex software development of multimedia streaming platform and mobile apps from and AT&T subsidiary with customers across world.

-Mentoring staffs for mobile apps, connected solutions and IoT.

Assistant Consultant / Tata Consultancy Services, India Feb 2010 – Jul 2013

Software design and development consultancy in Platform product development, Mobile Applications, and Enterprise Mobility Solutions; manage and mentor staffs in Mobile Applications domain, involved pre-sales and PoC development.

-Lead a mobile development lab for Enterprise mobility focused on SAP mobility and Salesforce.

-Ported complex legacy source code of Microsoft Office to modern C++ for mobile office apps on newer mobile platforms – Android, iOS and Symbian.

-Enhanced Knowledge Management Solution of Xerox multi-function printing devices

-Created a mobile app for Fuji-Xerox for Wireless printing with AD services.

-Ported a Linux kernel for a complex SoC

-Develop Automation framework for device communication for a semiconductor chip manufacturer.

Associate Consultant / Global Logic Inc. India Dec 2007 – Jan 2010

Pre-sales, Consulting start-up firms, developing prototypes and solutions for Symbian and Windows-Mobile based mobile devices, preparing proposals and providing technical support to pre-sales team in estimating and finalizing the product scope and design for multiple clients.

-Enhanced spatial data form multiple location data providers for generating map and navigation-routing requirement.

-Improved the data processing using system level API to lower the processing time form days to hours which brought the data update cycle to a quarterly cycle from annual cycle.

-Optimized the data compression and library to work on second generation iOS devices.

-Porting of complex navigation application on wince based mobile platforms.

Lead Engineer / HCL Technologies (Consumer Electronics) Jul 2006 – Dec 2007

Multimedia SDK development and support on Mobile devices development and support of Multimedia streaming playback and authoring engines and IPTV apps for mobile devices.

-Involved in development and porting of multimedia SDK for Packet Video Corp, a Multimedia solution provider for Mobile devices, providing offshore development support.

-Automation framework for multimedia playback and streaming need.

-Trained staffs on windows desktop and mobile development

Innodata Isogen Jul 2004 – Jul 2006

-Windows SDK programmer for file format conversion for web and print optimized formats

-Image processing with Lead Tools and open-source imaging suites.

-Created Windows and Mac applications for document digitization, file format conversion utilizing SDKs from Adobe and QuarkXpress, open-source word processing tools and XML libraries.

Education:

·July 2022 - Statistics for Data Science – University of Chicago

·June 2004 - Master of Computer Application, India

Makhanlal National University of Journalism and Communication, Bhopal, India

·July 2001 - BSc (Hons.) in Physics, India

Vinoba Bhave University, India

Certification and Training Details:

·AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner

·Machine learning - Machine Learning by Stanford University (Coursera - License HVFZ3LVJ9AQ6)

·Cloud platforms - AWS, Azure, GCP

·Multiplatform Enterprise App Platforms - React, Kony, Xamarin

·PMP and TOGAF certification requirement training

·Scrum and Agile

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