Rakesh Boeana
Collierville,TN
Summary
Experienced Software Engineer with a Masters in Computer Technology and 15 years of system development experience. Skilled in programming, requirement analysis, design, coding, testing, and implementation, with a strong focus on object-oriented programming technologies. Detail-oriented, organized, and collaborative in fast-paced environments with a proven ability to meet tight deadlines. Motivated self-starter with exceptional team-building and leadership abilities, along with excellent analytical, problem-solving, and interpersonal skills. Quickly grasps new concepts and has a track record of mentoring and supporting team members. Actively engages in client interactions, leads business requirements discussions, and analyzes the consequences of changes to existing systems as part of leading the development team.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
Work History
Software Engineer III
ALSAC St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
09.2014 - Current
- Worked with software development and testing team members to design and develop robust solutions to meet client requirements for functionality, scalability, and performance.
- Designed and architected a new API to consume data from different applications, ensuring seamless integration for the WebLogic decommission project.
- Updated old code bases to modern development standards, improving functionality.
- Integrated third-party tools and components into applications.
- Analyzed proposed technical solutions based on customer requirements.
- Collaborated with clients to define solution requirements.
- Tested methodology with writing and execution of test plans, debugging and testing scripts and tools.
- Coordinated with other engineers to evaluate and improve software and hardware interfaces.
- Collaborated with management, and internal and development partners regarding software application design status and project progress.
- Participated in architecture, design, and implementation of backend features using C++, C#, MuleSoft and SSIS.
- Coordinated efficient large-scale software deployments.
- Partnered with the development team on product development and application support plans.
- Designed enhancements and updates for subsystems of end-user applications software running on local, networked and Internet-based platforms.
- Represented the software applications engineering team during large and complex development projects.
- Provided direction and guidance to process improvements and established policies.
- Contributed ideas and suggestions in team meetings and delivered updates on deadlines, designs, and enhancements.
- Built databases and table structures for web applications.
- Corrected, modified and upgraded software to improve performance.
- Designed and developed forward-thinking systems that meet user needs and improve productivity.
- Tested and deployed scalable and highly available software products.
- Designed and developed analytical data structures.
- Supervised work of programmers, designers and technicians, assigned tasks and monitored performance against targets.
- Created proofs of concept for innovative new solutions.
- Estimated work hours and tracked progress using Scrum methodology.
- Investigated new and emerging software applications to select and implement administrative information systems.
- Tuned systems to boost performance.
- Experience in Salesforce development in both inbound and outbound services.
- Integrated Salesforce with a third-party telephony system.
- Conducted thorough code reviews to identify potential areas for improvement, ultimately enhancing code quality across all projects the team handles.
- Implemented automated build and deployment processes to streamline release management procedures.
- Reduced system downtime by proactively addressing potential issues through regular maintenance activities.
- Conducted thorough code reviews to maintain high standards of code quality and encourage best practices among the development team.
- Mentored junior developers, sharing knowledge and expertise to support their professional growth and development within the team.
- Designed and developed applications in Java.
- Migrated applications to WebLogic.
- Assisted in recruiting software engineers and quality analysts.
Senior Developer
FedEX, MasterCard, Michigan State, Navteq, Verizon
08.2009 - 09.2014
- Designed updates to existing software to meet changing customer demands.
- Reviewed and incorporated latest technology innovations and development strategies to improve build speed, quality and end-user experience.
- Discussed project progress with customers, collected feedback on different stages and directly addressed concerns.
- Developed clear specifications for project plans using customer requirements.
- Created web intelligence reports using BO SDK.
- Participated in on-call pager support rotation.
- Engaged in the development of the entire spectrum of business components, including the web interface, J2EE based middleware, database connectivity systems and related database.
- Design and develop User Interface of application modules using HTML, JSP.
- Developed conversion and system implementation plans.
Education
Master of Science - Computers Technology
Eastern Illinois University
Charleston, IL12.2008
Bachelor of Science - ECE
JNTU
Hyderabad03.2007
Skills
- Project Management
- Scrum Methodology
- Object-Oriented Programming
- Best Practices and Standards
- API Design
- Web Security
- Engineering Principles
- Performance Tuning
- Programming Asset Evaluation
- Software Documentation
- Data Analysis
- Fluency in C, C, C#
- Workflows and Queries
- Research and Development
- Web-Based Software Engineering
- Microsoft Tools
- Java
- JavaScript
- SQL
- MuleSoft
- Kafka
- Salesforce
- Third-party apis
- ReactJS
- Python
- Automated pipelines
- Team Collaboration
- Version control
Accomplishments
- ALSAC One vision award for the ACH project in 2016.
- ALSAC ITS first hackathon winner.
- Leader of the pack award.
- Key contributor in the design and implementation of the new applications on the team DoVE and CONMG.
- Developed solid working knowledge of engineering design and architecture as the lead software developer for multiple products with multiple teams.
- Mentored new team members to bring them up to speed on projects, resulting in quicker overall completion milestones.
- Certified Scrum Developer.
Timeline
Software Engineer III
ALSAC St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
09.2014 - Current
Senior Developer
FedEX, MasterCard, Michigan State, Navteq, Verizon
08.2009 - 09.2014
Master of Science - Computers Technology
Eastern Illinois University
Bachelor of Science - ECE
JNTU
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