Software Engineer Senior

Nikita Telisara

Fremont, CA-*****. **************@*****.***/716-***-****

https://www.linkedin.com/in/nikita-telisara-12506b64/ Professional Experience

Senior Software Engineer, Smartbiz Loans, San Francisco, CA (09/2019 – 11/2023)

● Developed Loan Management Applications: Built robust loan management web applications using a diverse tech stack including Ruby on Rails, Python, React, JavaScript, MySQL, and Amazon S3.

● AI-Powered FAQ System: Created an AI-driven web application that answered company FAQs using Ruby on Rails, React, and GPT models, significantly improving customer support efficiency.

● Cost Optimization in Credit Reports: Engineered services and APIs to integrate with Experian and Veritax for customer credit report and transcript retrieval. This solution reduced credit pull costs by $200k per month through optimized service communication.

● Third-Party Lender Integration: Developed RESTful APIs that enabled third-party lenders and partners to seamlessly interact with the system, contributing to a 30% performance improvement. Achieved this by leveraging efficient code optimization and caching strategies, including Webhooks and Kafka.

● Microservices Migration: Spearheaded the migration of legacy monolithic loan application systems to a modern microservices architecture, enhancing scalability and maintainability.

● Continuous Deployment and Containerization: Utilized Jenkins, Docker, and Kubernetes to streamline the CI/CD pipeline, ensuring smooth and reliable deployments.

● Team Leadership and Mentorship: Mentored and guided a team of 6 junior engineers, fostering their growth and development. Collaborated closely with Product, QA, Operations, and Deployment teams throughout the sprint cycles to ensure timely and smooth releases.

Assoc. Senior Software Developer, Cerner Corporation, Kansas, KS (09/2013 – 09/2019)

● Developed web applications for managing patient health information using Groovy on Grails, Java, Ruby on Rails, and JavaScript.

● Implemented automated testing frameworks such as RSpec, JUnit, and GUnit to ensure code quality.

● Managed the Cerner Millennium database using Cerner Command Language, optimizing system performance and data integrity.

Software Engineer Intern, Eze Castle Software, Boston, MA (06/2012-12/2012)

● Developed applications using C# on the .NET Framework with MySQL as the backend database, focusing on robust performance and scalability. Technical Skills

● Languages & Frameworks: Ruby on Rails, Groovy on Grails, Python, Java, C#, JavaScript, React

● Databases: MySQL, Cerner Millennium (Cerner Command Language), Amazon S3

● Web Development: RESTful APIs, Microservices Architecture, Webhooks, Kafka

● Cloud & Infrastructure: Amazon Web Services (AWS), Docker, Kubernetes

● CI/CD & Automation: Jenkins

● Testing Frameworks: RSpec, JUnit, GUnit

● Team Leadership: Mentoring, Agile Development (Scrum), Cross-functional Collaboration

Education

Northeastern University, Boston, USA (09/2011-08/2013) Master of Science in Information Systems.

B. V. Bhoomaraddi College of Engineering and Technology, Hubli, India. (09/2007-07/2011) B.E in Computer Science Engineering.

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