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HARSHA CM

Summary

Java Full Stack Developer with 4+ years of professional experience in building secure, highperformance, cloud-native enterprise applications across the healthcare, fintech, and SaaS domains. Specialized in Java 17, Spring Boot, Angular/React, REST APIs, and microservices architecture, with a strong understanding of backend scalability, frontend modularity, and API-first design principles. Proven success in modernizing monolithic applications into microservices, optimizing critical system performance, and implementing event-driven architectures using Apache Kafka and RabbitMQ. Adept at containerizing applications with Docker and orchestrating production deployments with Kubernetes (EKS/OpenShift), leveraging Terraform for infrastructure-as-code and ensuring high availability and resilience. Hands-on with CI/CD automation pipelines using Jenkins, GitLab CI, AWS CodePipeline, and GitHub Actions, driving zero-downtime releases and secure, auditable deployment workflows. Deep understanding of cloud ecosystems (AWS/Azure) including EC2, RDS, Lambda, S3, Secrets Manager, and CloudWatch with a focus on cost-effective, scalable architecture. Built real-time, user-centric frontends using Angular 14+, ReactJS, TypeScript, RxJS, and Material UI, integrating seamlessly with backend APIs to deliver responsive and intuitive user experiences. Implemented enterprise-grade security protocols using JWT, OAuth2, SSO, and AWS Secrets Manager, achieving audit-compliant deployments for regulated industries (HIPAA, fintech). Experienced in writing unit, integration, and UI tests using JUnit, Mockito, Postman, Playwright, and Newman CLI, ensuring 90%+ test coverage across services. Strong believer in Agile/Scrum methodologies, with active participation in sprint planning, retrospectives, backlog grooming, and architectural design reviews; experienced with Jira, Confluence, Git, and GitHub. Demonstrated leadership by mentoring junior developers, conducting code reviews, leading feature development, and improving development team productivity through technical guidance and best practices. Passionate about continuous learning, software craftsmanship, and contributing to high-impact products that solve real-world problems through technology.

Overview

4
years of professional experience
1
Certification

Work History

LexisNexis Risk Solutions
Pennsylvania

Java Full Stack Developer
08.2024 - Current

Job overview

  • Redesigned a monolithic healthcare platform into scalable microservices using Spring Boot, Spring Cloud Gateway, and OpenShift, reducing deployment time by 40% and enabling agile feature delivery-demonstrating strong ownership and bias for action.
  • Led end-to-end development of RESTful APIs secured with JWT, OAuth2, and Spring Security, supporting millions of HIPAA-compliant transactions with role-based access, emphasizing security and scalability.
  • Built high-performance ReactJS UIs using TypeScript, Redux, and Material UI, driving 30% faster load times and improving user satisfaction for clinical and admin workflows.
  • Drove API performance tuning and observability, reducing response time by 45% through JMeter testing, async I/O optimizations, and react-query caching-applying a customer-obsessed approach to improve experience.
  • Automated CI/CD pipelines via GitLab CI, Jenkins, and AWS CodePipeline, introducing rollback and staging workflows to reduce release risk, delivering operational excellence.
  • Deployed services to AWS EKS (Kubernetes) using Docker and Helm, ensuring 99.99% uptime with fault-tolerant architecture-reinforcing Amazon's expectations for scalable infrastructure.
  • Provisioned secure and auditable cloud resources via Terraform, integrating AWS EC2, RDS, S3, and Secrets Manager, enabling reproducible environments for dev and production teams.
  • Developed Playwright-based UI test suites and JUnit/Mockito back-end tests, increasing test coverage to 90%+ and enabling continuous delivery with confidence.
  • Instrumented full observability via Prometheus, Grafana, and the ELK Stack, reducing MTTR by 25% and proactively detecting service-level issues before customer impact.
  • Practiced Agile methodologies with daily stand-ups, sprint planning, retrospectives, and pair programming. Managed stories via Jira and version control via GitHub, enabling tight iteration loops and cross-functional delivery.
  • Partnered with security, DevOps, and compliance teams to implement HIPAA-aligned architecture, contributing to secure-by-design practices and audit readiness.
  • Documented APIs with Swagger/OpenAPI, wrote technical integration guides, mentored junior developers, and participated in architecture reviews-showing learn and be curious and hire and develop the best principles.

Innova Solutions
Hyderabad, Telangana

Software Engineer
08.2021 - 07.2023

Job overview

  • Designed and deployed a scalable microservices architecture using Spring Boot, Spring MVC, and Hibernate, enabling the platform to handle over 1 million fintech transactions/month with improved reliability and modularity.
  • Led the end-to-end delivery of a customer onboarding module by integrating a MySQL backend with a dynamic Angular 14 frontend using Reactive Forms, RxJS, and Angular Material, reducing onboarding time and improving form accuracy.
  • Developed responsive UI components with real-time validation and dynamic data rendering, improving user satisfaction and reducing drop-off rates by 25%.
  • Created RESTful APIs with centralized exception handling, Bean Validation, and Swagger/OpenAPI documentation, reducing API-related bugs by 40% and improving developer onboarding.
  • Refactored and optimized SQL queries and indexing strategies, reducing average query execution time from 800ms to under 200ms and boosting backend service performance.
  • Built and deployed a real-time email notification system using AWS SES and Kafka, enabling asynchronous and reliable user communication at scale.
  • Implemented event-driven services using Apache Kafka, decoupling critical flows like registration, audit tracking, and notifications, increasing system throughput and resilience.
  • Automated infrastructure provisioning with Terraform and orchestrated CI/CD pipelines using GitLab CI and Jenkins, delivering rapid and secure deployments to AWS EC2, RDS, and S3 environments.
  • Enforced API-level security using OAuth2 and JWT, passing internal and external security audits and ensuring safe data access in compliance with industry standards.
  • Deployed real-time monitoring and logging dashboards using the ELK Stack and AWS CloudWatch, improving incident visibility and reducing mean time to recovery (MTTR).
  • Collaborated in an Agile Scrum environment, actively participating in sprint planning, daily stand-ups, retrospectives, and backlog grooming to deliver features on time and aligned with business needs.
  • Participated in architectural design sessions and mentored junior developers in best practices for REST API design, Angular development, and CI/CD automation, fostering a culture of engineering excellence.

REVATURE
Chennai

Full Stack Developer
02.2021 - 07.2021

Job overview

  • Modernized legacy Java applications by breaking down monolithic systems into modular Spring Boot-based microservices, significantly improving deployment speed and maintainability.
  • Developed secure, scalable RESTful APIs integrated with SQL (MySQL) and NoSQL data stores, enabling flexible data access for front-end and third-party systems.
  • Built core features of a hotel management system using Java 11, Spring Boot, and Angular, applying clean architecture principles for improved separation of concerns and scalability.
  • Created dynamic UI components and integrated backend services using Angular, enhancing user interaction and ensuring consistent real-time updates across the application.
  • Designed and executed CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, transitioning from freestyle to declarative pipeline models for improved test coverage, reliability, and multi-environment deployment.
  • Deployed and managed microservices in OpenShift and local clusters with Docker Compose, enabling end-to-end microservices testing and real-world simulation environments.
  • Integrated AWS Secrets Manager for secure storage and access of sensitive configuration, aligning with cloud-native security best practices.
  • Leveraged Spring WebClient for non-blocking integration with third-party services (payment gateways, SMS), improving external system response time and reliability.
  • Wrote robust unit and integration tests using JUnit, Mockito, Postman, and Newman CLI, achieving 85%+ code coverage and early defect detection.
  • Introduced centralized logging and error tracking with custom exception handlers, reducing debugging time and improving operational insight.
  • Participated actively in Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, story estimation, daily standups, and retrospectives, delivering features aligned with sprint commitments.
  • Mentored junior team members on API best practices, clean code, unit testing, and Agile discipline-fostering a learning-driven development culture.

Education

University of Central Missouri

Masters from Computer Science & Cybersecurity
05.2025

Skills

  • Java
  • Python
  • JavaScript
  • TypeScript
  • SQL
  • OOP
  • Collections
  • Multithreading
  • Exception Handling
  • File I/O
  • Stream API
  • Lambda Expressions
  • Functional Interfaces
  • Angular
  • ReactJS
  • Angular Material
  • Bootstrap
  • HTML5
  • CSS3
  • SCSS
  • RxJS
  • Spring Boot
  • Spring Batch
  • Spring MVC
  • Spring Security
  • Hibernate
  • JPA
  • RESTful APIs
  • JWT
  • OAuth2
  • Swagger
  • OpenAPI
  • MySQL
  • PostgreSQL
  • MongoDB
  • AWS RDS
  • GitLab CI
  • Jenkins
  • Maven
  • Docker
  • Kubernetes
  • OpenShift
  • Terraform
  • GitHub Actions
  • AWS CodePipeline
  • AWS
  • JUnit
  • Mockito
  • Postman
  • ELK Stack
  • Prometheus
  • Grafana
  • Spring AOP
  • Apache Kafka
  • RabbitMQ
  • Git
  • GitHub
  • Jira
  • Agile
  • Scrum
  • Sprint Planning

Websites

Certification

  • Docker Foundations Professional Certificate - Docker, Inc
  • Oracle AI Vector Search Certified Professional - Oracle
  • AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner - AWS (ongoing)
  • HackerRank: Python, Java, SQL, DSA
  • Cisco Networking Academy: CLA - Programming Essentials in C, PCAP - Programming Essentials in Python
  • Python 101 for Data Science - IBM

Timeline

Java Full Stack Developer

LexisNexis Risk Solutions
08.2024 - Current

Software Engineer

Innova Solutions
08.2021 - 07.2023

Full Stack Developer

REVATURE
02.2021 - 07.2021

University of Central Missouri

Masters from Computer Science & Cybersecurity
HARSHA CM