Rajkumar Balasubramanian
Marietta,GA
Summary
Engineering leader with over 20 years of experience in designing and developing complex, distributed systems and software for large business environments in eCommerce. Proven track record of driving digital transformation at Genuine Parts Company, implementing scalable eCommerce solutions using modern technologies such as ReactJS, Node Express, Spring Boot, GraphQL, Java, and Python. Google Cloud-certified architect (GCP) focused on cloud-first strategies to address customer challenges effectively. Passionate about taking new challenges, leading teams by example, and fostering team collaboration and innovation in fast-paced environments.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Principal Engineer
Genuine Parts Company
Atlanta, U.S.A
05.2018 - Current
- Led a team of 20+ members across multiple locations in the U.S., Poland, and India for modernizing e-commerce applications using Google Cloud, Spring Boot, and React frameworks. This primarily involves understanding customer behavior and partnering with multiple cross-functional teams, such as UX designers, development teams, other domain teams, and third parties, to drive end-to-end solutions that exceed customer expectations.
- Built robust, highly scalable, and secure applications using cloud-native solutions such as serverless technologies and event-driven architectures.
- Built highly efficient DevOps processes by implementing modern continuous integration and deployment pipelines using GitHub Actions and integrations to security tools such as Snyk.
- Managed the migration of digital assets to the enterprise DAM solution, Bynder, enhancing efficiency and accessibility.
- Spearheaded the development of an in-house experimentation platform using data science and Python libraries for innovative solutions.
- Led the migration of B2C Application – NAPAOnline.com from IBM Cloud to Azure Cloud and built them in compliance with 'Microsoft’s Well Architected Framework', implemented Blue/Green architecture and Canary deployments using Adobe Server Side Decisioning. This has led to savings of $600,000 in OPEX.
- Search Modernization - Led the search engine re-platform digital initiative using the Bloomreach SaaS solution, leading to an increased conversion rate in NAPAOnline and enhancing the user experience, enabling the user to find the right product at the right time. The same solution is being inherited by other channels within Digital.
- Digital Payments – Led multiple digital payments implementations such as Buy Online, Buy Online Purchase In-Store (BOPIS), and 'Deliver from Store,' as well as payment integrations such as credit cards, PayPal, Afterpay, and gift card functionalities for NAPAOnline, leading to an incremental growth of ($XX) in revenue.
- Domain Driven - Leading the teams toward a domain-driven architecture by remapping several parts of the monolithic commerce application to business value-driven domains and cloud-first architectures.
- Data science - Built a custom product recommendation engine for B2B and B2C channels using Azure Databricks, Spring Boot Microservices and Datastax Cassandra database contributing to $6m additional revenue.
- Site Reliability - Monitor the production systems proactively to address any issues in production, perform root cause analysis, and provide custom solutions to resolve the issue by leveraging existing monitoring infrastructure such as Splunk, New Relic, Google Cloud Logging and Distributed tracing
Managing Consultant
IBM
, U.S. A
05.2016 - 05.2018
- Developed and Maintained SAP Hybris B2B ecommerce applications for two major customers 'ABC Order for Amerisource Bergen' and 'Pfizer Prime' – Hemophilia shop for Pfizer Inc.
- As a program lead for the technology, managed the engineering team from IBM Perspective and led both onsite and offshore teams in designing technical solutions and customizing hybris platform.
Manager – Projects
Cognizant Technology Solutions
, U.S.A
01.2015 - 05.2016
Project Manager
Wipro Limited
, India
05.2010 - 01.2015
Project Lead
Satyam Computers Limited
, India
07.2005 - 03.2010
Software Engineer
Hexaware Technologies Limited
, India
04.2004 - 06.2005
Software Engineer
A & S Software Technologies Limited
, India
09.2003 - 04.2004
Education
Master of Technology - Human Resources and Development
University of Madras
India01.2002
Bachelor of Technology - Chemical Engineering
University of Madras
India01.2000
Skills
- nAgile software principles and project management
- Cross-functional leadership
- Application development and delivery
- Coaching and mentoring
- Cloud adoption and migrations
- Vendor and licensing management
- Business continuity planning
- Budget management and PI planning
- JAVA/J2EE
- React JS, Node, Express, JavaScript, HTML5, CSS
- Microservices architecture, Java, Spring Boot, GraphQL, Apollo Graph
- Google Apigee, Azure API Management
- Google Cloud Run, Cloud Functions, BigQuery, Cloud Logging, Cloud SQL, BigTable, Firestore, and MongoDB
- Disaster recovery strategies
- Exposure to AI technologies such as LangChain, Spring AI through Java DevNexus Conference
Certification
- Google Cloud Certified Architect
- Microsoft Azure Fundamentals Certified
Timeline
Principal Engineer
Genuine Parts Company
05.2018 - Current
Managing Consultant
IBM
05.2016 - 05.2018
Manager – Projects
Cognizant Technology Solutions
01.2015 - 05.2016
Project Manager
Wipro Limited
05.2010 - 01.2015
Project Lead
Satyam Computers Limited
07.2005 - 03.2010
Software Engineer
Hexaware Technologies Limited
04.2004 - 06.2005
Software Engineer
A & S Software Technologies Limited
09.2003 - 04.2004
Master of Technology - Human Resources and Development
University of Madras
Bachelor of Technology - Chemical Engineering
University of Madras
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