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Jessica Patel

Software Engineer - Senior Associate
Ashburn,VA

Summary

Strong decision-maker with more than 12 years of experience in software engineering and application development. Effective coach and mentor and committed to leading exceptionally gifted teams. Ready to work closely with both teams and customers to identify most efficient and beneficial solutions

Overview

19
19
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification

Work History

Software Engineer - Lead Associate

Fannie Mae
Reston, VA
07.2021 - Current
  • Design highly scalable and resilient applications in AWS to support 1200+ lenders
  • Actively engage with business to drive and support strategic priorities and board goals
  • Lead Advisor for 3 or more teams who develop and maintain large complex web application and micro-service in AWS
  • Apply subject matter expertise to recommend solutions for multiple projects across programs and business unit
  • Built adaptive cybersecurity capabilities to manage dynamic risks by leading teams to successfully remediate cyber security vulnerabilities
  • Evaluate and recommend new tools and technologies that resulted in increased development efficiency and up-to-date technical skillsets within team
  • Design automated production shakeout framework which eliminates manual hours of testing thereby increasing productivity
  • Oversaw migration of legacy systems to modern platforms, enhancing system scalability and performance
  • Coordinated cross-functional teams to ensure seamless integration of new features, resulting in more robust product offering
  • Mentored junior developers, providing guidance and support to accelerate their professional growth
  • Facilitated knowledge sharing sessions, strengthening team expertise and fostering collaborative work environment

Software Engineer - Senior Associate

Fannie Mae
Reston, VA
04.2017 - 07.2021
  • Design and develop resilient, highly available web application; micro-services in cloud using AWS
  • Work closely with product managers, story owners and business stakeholders to design features and prioritize tasks
  • Work closely with technical leaders to strategize on delivery approach that aligns with organization goals
  • Lead team of 5-7 developers, able to mentor, inspire and coach other junior and technical members of team to perform at their highest potential
  • Conduct code reviews, test scenarios kick-off's to ensure product meets its required quality standards and aligns with overall customer needs
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to guarantee continuous integration and delivery of high quality product into production
  • Coordinated with cross-department teams like QA, DevOps, and Support to ensure seamless end-to-end software delivery process
  • Enhanced system performance with thorough code reviews, debugging, and optimization techniques
  • Increased application stability by regularly monitoring performance metrics, addressing bottlenecks proactively to minimize downtime occurrences
  • Respond to trouble/support calls for applications in production in order to make quick repair to keep application working in production
  • Proved successful working within tight deadlines and a fast-paced environment

Senior Consultant

Capco
Reston, VA
09.2012 - 04.2017
  • Involved in development of highly critical lender facing mortgage application using Java, JUnit, Spring 5.x, Spring Integration 5.x, Oracle XML and TIBCO EMS
  • Regularly reviewed peers'' code contributions, offering constructive feedback to enhance overall product quality
  • Performed requirement analysis, estimation, maintaining code quality using SonarQube.
  • Conducted performance assessment and work directly with client teams to enable testing and help resolve issues.
  • Worked closely with infrastructure team (TIBCO EMS, Database etc.…) for application integration and resolve any issues that might occur.
  • Worked with DevOps team to help setup and streamline build process for all environment via CICD pipeline
  • Collaborated in team-based, Agile environment to accomplish objectives by deadlines.
  • Built strong relationships with clients through consistent communication and proactive problem-solving efforts

Tech Lead

IGATE
Somerset, NJ
07.2010 - 09.2012

Roles and Responsibilities as Murex (v 3.1) Consultant included:

  • Data Extraction using Murex Datamart transaction, VaR based dynamic tables and SQL queries
  • Configuring table feeders and batch of feeders

Roles and Responsibilities as Technical Lead included:

  • Design and develop expert Java-J2EE/SQL Server design solutions that meet both business as well as architectural needs
  • SQL programming involving creation of tables, views, stored procedures and functions in SQL Server and Sybase
  • Unit, QA, System and Integration Testing of application
  • Co-ordinate with client's IT/Support team, business users and lead small size team of 4-6 offshore resources

Senior Software Engineer

IGATE
Alpharetta, GA
04.2009 - 07.2010
  • Analysis, design and development of application using event-driven architecture with Flex 3.0 as GUI with Business logic residing inside POJO and deployed to WAS 6.0 application server
  • Work closely with business to understand existing process and layout application design
  • Designing tables, views, procedures and functions in SQL Server.
  • Perform end-to-end testing, track defects during QA and UAT phases and work with offshore teams to resolve them
  • Onshore Coordination and lead small team of 5 members working from Offshore

Software Engineer/Senior Software Engineer

IGATE
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
01.2006 - 04.2009
  • Develop web based application using Java, JSP, Java Script, Struts 2.0 framework and SQL Server
  • Participate in SDLC life cycle from analysis to end-to-end testing and defect resolutions
  • Prepare technical design documents and test cases
  • Mentoring junior colleagues to help them understand software development life cycle process and best programming practices

Education

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

University of Mumbai
Mumbai, India
09.2001 - 06.2005

Skills

Java 17, Spring Boot 3X, Spring 6x, Spring Integration 6x, HTML and XML, JDBC, Unix

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Certification

AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate

Timeline

Software Engineer - Lead Associate

Fannie Mae
07.2021 - Current

AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate

12-2019

Software Engineer - Senior Associate

Fannie Mae
04.2017 - 07.2021

Senior Consultant

Capco
09.2012 - 04.2017

Tech Lead

IGATE
07.2010 - 09.2012

Senior Software Engineer

IGATE
04.2009 - 07.2010

Software Engineer/Senior Software Engineer

IGATE
01.2006 - 04.2009

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

University of Mumbai
09.2001 - 06.2005
Jessica PatelSoftware Engineer - Senior Associate