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Stephen Parla

Columbia Station,OH

Summary

Accomplished Senior Software Engineer with 10+ years of experience. Adept at designing microservices and databases, while fostering collaboration and mentoring junior engineers to achieve project goals. Innovative Software Engineer known for high productivity and efficient task completion. Possess specialized skills in Java, software architecture design, and cloud computing solutions. Excel at problem-solving, teamwork, and adaptability, ensuring successful project outcomes through effective communication and collaboration. Proven track record in leading cross-functional teams and enhancing system performance.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience
5
5
Certifications

Work History

Software Engineer III

JPMorgan Chase
Columbus, Ohio
09.2023 - Current
  • Existing 'Payin4' and upcoming 'Alternate Lending' features of Chase Banking.
  • These systems orchestrate the digital payment flow between the borrower and the backend lending systems.
  • Worked on designing and developing common code libraries, which would be used across all the services.
  • Conducted code reviews to maintain code integrity and improve team performance.
  • Led small development teams, overseeing project progress and mentoring junior engineers.
  • I did a proof of concept on migrating microservices from on-premises cloud to AWS, and I successfully handled the migration to production.

Technical Lead

T-Mobile
Seattle, Washington
02.2022 - 07.2023
  • Designed and developed microservices and flow services that interact with each other to perform a flow for the IVR (Interactive Voice Response) system.
  • Led cross-functional teams to enhance system performance and reliability.
  • Managed multiple tasks within tight deadlines while ensuring quality control throughout the process.

Senior Software Engineer

Charles Schwab
Austin, Texas
09.2020 - 02.2022
  • This system handles the financial transactions of an investor, starting from the initial investments to subsequent transfers made to those investments.
  • Involved in the design, development, and maintenance of microservices that retrieve data from the mainframe, validate investors' eligibility, and process new investments.
  • Handled the design and development of a retry mechanism for failed transactions with MongoDB as the backend and Kafka as the messaging system.

Software Engineer

Deloitte
12.2017 - 06.2020
  • TennCare is Tennessee's Medicaid program, providing free or low-cost health coverage to eligible residents with limited income, including children, pregnant women, parents/caretakers, and those with disabilities.
  • Developed two of the customer facing modules and provided solutions to enhance Deloitte's internal framework that handles the page navigation of forms.

Graduate Assistant

Arkansas Tech University
Russellville, Arkansas
06.2016 - 05.2017

Developed a custom compiler and parser designed by my professor in the early days of his career, which can identify our own keywords, custom loops, and custom functions, and can run the whole program in a UI drag-and-drop fashion using JavaFX and Java core libraries.

Software Engineer

Cognizant Technology Solutions
04.2014 - 07.2015

Developed a module which analyze the call plan data and assign the tasks to the representatives assigned to a respective location.

Education

Master of Science (M.S.) - Information Technology

Arkansas Tech University
Russellville, AR
05-2017

Bachelor of Technology - Information Technology

Andhra University
Vizag
04-2011

Skills

  • Java
  • Spring Boot, Spring AI
  • Python and React practitioner
  • Relational, NoSQL, and distributed databases
  • Kafka
  • AWS
  • GitHub, Bitbucket
  • Jenkins, Spinnaker
  • Kubernetes, Docker
  • Agentic and applied AI learner
  • GitHub Copilot

Certification

AWS Certified Solutions Architect

Accomplishments

Global Hackathon Runner Up - JPMC, 2025

Timeline

Software Engineer III

JPMorgan Chase
09.2023 - Current

Technical Lead

T-Mobile
02.2022 - 07.2023

Senior Software Engineer

Charles Schwab
09.2020 - 02.2022

Software Engineer

Deloitte
12.2017 - 06.2020

Graduate Assistant

Arkansas Tech University
06.2016 - 05.2017

Software Engineer

Cognizant Technology Solutions
04.2014 - 07.2015

Master of Science (M.S.) - Information Technology

Arkansas Tech University

Bachelor of Technology - Information Technology

Andhra University
Stephen Parla