Java/Spring Microservices Engineer - Kafka

Shivam Patel

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Languages/Frameworks: Java, Golang, Python, JavaScript, SQL, Html, Css, TypeScript, Spring Boot, Kafka, Flink, React, Vue.js, Node.js, AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, OAuth. Tools: Jenkins, CI/CD, Linux, Docker, REST APIs, Event-Driven Architecture, Microservices, Maven, JUnit, Jest, SonarQube, Git, IntelliJ, VS Code, SoapUI, Generative AI, Microsoft CoPilot, Splunk, Data Structures & Algorithms. Experience

Party Rentals LTD January 2026 – Present

Software Engineer Teterboro, NJ

• Implemented secure service-layer validation logic in a Java/Spring production application, enhancing checkout workflows and user registration reliability by enforcing booking eligibility rules and correcting input validation. AT&T September 2023 – December 2025

Senior Software Engineer Middletown, NJ

• Modernized a mission-critical network inventory equipment and asset management system by migrating Java/Spring REST APIs to a secure OAuth-authenticated architecture; reduced system latency by 20% while ensuring secure, end-to-end provisioning for millions of customers.

• Migrated high-volume event-driven messaging from DmaaP to the Iebus platform, building Java consumers and producers to process 10M records daily and stabilize downstream database integrations and ensure consistent secure data processing.

• Orchestrated Jenkins CI/CD pipelines to automate releases for an enterprise application, reducing deployment time by 80% and ensuring production-ready stability through secure rollback strategies.

• Contributed to the migration of 5+ legacy REST APIs into Java Spring microservices, designing, developing, and testing endpoints for core order, vlan, and ticket workflows supporting production systems.

• Built end-to-end integration protocols and production safeguards that enabled zero-downtime deployments across customer-facing microservices, eliminating service interruptions during major releases. AT&T July 2021 – September 2023

Software Engineer Middletown, NJ

• Developed the Nvidia 2023 Offer Eligibility microservice with business logic, RESTful APIs, and secure authentication, authorization, and access control enforcement, contributing to $3M through customer conversion.

• Enhanced AT&T’s Mobile Coupon Tool using Vue.js to incorporate barcode and QR code scanning features, leading to a 15% increase in coupon redemption across all wireless campaigns.

• Built a Golang microservice for NBA Finals gift card redemptions, integrating REST APIs to validate customer eligibility in real-time with secure backend validation safeguards, improving redemption rates by 7%.

• Implemented and operated a Kubernetes-based real-time data platform processing 255M+ daily events using Kafka and Apache Flink for enterprise security analytics, enabling security monitoring and access anomaly detection.

• Redesigned production-grade Java components and Flink jobs for stateful stream processing; refactored code to align with team-wide engineering standards.

• Integrated Azure Event Hubs with Kafka to enable real-time ingestion and support external event subscribers.

• Created a React-based security analytics portal and validated streaming accuracy using Splunk against security base queries.

Education

Rutgers University May 2021

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Minor in Business Administration New Brunswick, NJ Projects

AT&T TDP Hacks Innovation Challenge

Built a full-stack IoT analytics platform processing metadata from 160M+ devices on the AT&T network, developing Node.js REST APIs, SQL queries, and a React dashboard to retrieve and visualize large-scale device and SIM data.

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