Apurv Kulkarni

Quick Service Retail:

Mobile application for a loyalty program, food ordering and delivery, and fuel pump activation for a Quick Service Restaurant (QSR) chain serving over 10 million users across more than 1,000 locations, utilizing a hybrid AWS and on-premise infrastructure.

• Led teams in architecting application features and systems.
• Provided strategic solutions to meet requirements of various stakeholders.
• Conducted workshops for innovative projects focused on enhancing customer experience.
• Documented technical designs for stakeholders, management, and development teams.
• Developed server APIs, business logic, and database structures using Java Spring, MySQL, MongoDB, Vertica, DynamoDB, and SQL Server.
• Designed features including mobile ordering, delivery and curbside fulfillment, payments with Apple Pay/Google Pay/Credit Cards, promotions and discounts, and fuel pump activation.
• Architected proofs of concept (PoCs) leveraging AWS serverless technologies such as API Gateway, Lambda, Cognito, and DynamoDB.
• Mentored team, sharing skills and expertise and encouraged each member to bring forward ideas and suggestions for improvement.

Accounting Firm:

• Led solution design for workshop scheduling and organization platform for leading professional services firm
• Collaborated with client and product managers to identify requirements and prioritize features effectively

Contract Research Organization:

• Partnered in workshops to gather requirements for clinical Contract Research Organization (CRO)
• Contributed to design and migration of code to microservices-based architecture

• Developed Android application to track and identify issues with packages in transit by communicating with multiple sensor devices and aggregating data to MongoDB cloud database.

• Shadowed team members to learn new tasks and how to appropriately handle technical issues.
• Developed PoC application with SAP UI5 and OData with SAP to submit insurance claims

Student Learning, Support, and Assessment (SLSA):

• Architected XAMP web application to consolidate student data across departments, centralizing information and providing unified interface for appointment scheduling and data management.
• Migrated existing student data from various sources into centralized MySQL database, ensuring data integrity and accessibility.
• Developed PHP-based application to streamline student information management and facilitate cross-departmental communication.

Telecommunications:

• Developed and maintained application for diagnosing faults within broadband network, enhancing fault detection and resolution for customers.

Media Content Delivery Platform:

• Designed and implemented JavaEE (J2EE) based application using ATG and thePlatform to deliver video content for subscription and pay-per-view services, managing content distribution and access control.
• Coordinated with other engineers to evaluate and improve software and hardware interfaces.