Utkarsh Vardan
Round Rock,Texas
Summary
Accomplished Software Development Engineer with extensive experience in designing, developing, and optimizing scalable applications. Proven expertise in backend and frontend development, microservices architecture, and automation. Strong leadership and mentoring skills, driving innovation and efficiency across teams. Adept at integrating cutting-edge technologies and improving system performance to enhance business outcomes.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Lead, Software Development Engineer
CHARLES SCHWAB
05.2022 - Current
- Spearheaded the TD migration for the Thinkpipes team, upgrading the margin library and integrating critical margin-related data into the account and position analysis tab
- Developed and implemented the client session timeout feature to resolve GRC issues
- Migrated 15 SOD jobs for Thinkpipes to Control-M, optimizing them with file watchers, validation checks, and chained execution, reducing SOD processing time by 2 hours
- Mentored junior developers by providing guidance on best practices, coding techniques, and problem-solving skills.
Lead, Software Development Engineer
CHARLES SCHWAB
10.2020 - 04.2022
- Led the design and delivery of critical scalability applications: File Transfer Daemon (FTD) and SchwMP rewrite, handling 10 million files daily in the Advisor Service Data Delivery workflow
- Designed and implemented a microservice architecture using Java and Spring Boot for SchwMP, enabling horizontal scaling
- Integrated SchwMP with multiple RabbitMQ brokers for efficient data handling
- Automated CI/CD pipelines and Bamboo deployment jobs using PowerShell, Shell, and Python, improving software delivery efficiency by integrating SonarQube and Veracode scans
Senior, Software Development Engineer
CHARLES SCHWAB
06.2018 - 10.2020
- Redesigned and implemented the Portfolio Connect application, a portfolio management tool for Schwab accounts
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to gather business requirements and deliver both frontend and backend development
- Used Java (Spring Boot), Junit (Mockito), JavaScript (Angular, TypeScript), and MongoDB
- Implemented CI/CD pipelines using Bamboo and practiced Agile methodologies, including TDD and paired programming
Software Development Engineer
CHARLES SCHWAB
06.2016 - 06.2018
- Developed and maintained the Portfolio Accounting and Income Reporting application for Schwab.com, improving client investment income features
- Implemented a RESTful service for the export feature of positions and transactions
- Improved system performance by refactoring code and enhancing response time by 20%
- Migrated services from Windows Server to Pivotal Cloud Foundry (PCF)
Release Engineer
CHARLES SCHWAB
06.2015 - 06.2016
- Automated deployments for Schwab Bond Source (SBS) and developed scripts to optimize the deployment process
- Improved operational efficiency by automating repetitive tasks with Python and Shell scripting
- Designed a reporting tool that reduced errors by 30% and built a web wizard UNIX command generator using JavaScript
Software Engineer Analyst
ACCENTURE LLC
08.2013 - 06.2015
- Contributed to the development of the Integrated Eligibility System for Iowa State, which performs Eligibility Determination Benefit Calculation (EDBC)
- Developed web pages, EDBC validations, and business rules using JSP, Java (Spring MVC & Hibernate), and MySQL
- Automated code deployments using Jenkins, Maven, and SVN
Education
Masters - Electrical and Computer Engineering (Software Engineering)
The University of Texas At Austin
Austin, TX01.2020
Bachelor of Science - Computer Engineering
Bangalore Institute of Technology
Bangalore01.2012
Skills
- C#
- JAVA
- Shell Scripting
- Python
- JavaScript
- HTML
- Golang
- Oracle
- MySQL
- PostgreSQL
- Aerospike
- MS SQL Server
- MongoDB
- RabbitMQ
- IBM MQ
- Kafka
- ControlM
- Jenkins
- Bamboo
- SVN Repository
- GitHub
- Bitbucket
- TFS
- JIRA
- Remedy
- Splunk
- Waterfall
- Agile
- Angular
- React
- Node JS
- Bootstrap
- JQuery
- Spring MVC
- Spring Boot
- ASP NET Core
- Windows 10
- Windows 7
- Windows Vista
- Windows XP
- Windows 2000
- Mac OS X 10
- Mac OS X 11
- Ubuntu 10
Additional Information
Strong leadership, mentoring, and collaboration skills., Excellent problem-solving abilities, with experience in optimizing and scaling applications., Demonstrated expertise in both backend and frontend development across multiple platforms.
Graduate Projects
GitHub, Analyzed and compared various sorting algorithms in terms of performance., Designed and implemented a Client-Server Chat Application in Java using Sockets.
Timeline
Lead, Software Development Engineer
CHARLES SCHWAB
05.2022 - Current
Lead, Software Development Engineer
CHARLES SCHWAB
10.2020 - 04.2022
Senior, Software Development Engineer
CHARLES SCHWAB
06.2018 - 10.2020
Software Development Engineer
CHARLES SCHWAB
06.2016 - 06.2018
Release Engineer
CHARLES SCHWAB
06.2015 - 06.2016
Software Engineer Analyst
ACCENTURE LLC
08.2013 - 06.2015
Masters - Electrical and Computer Engineering (Software Engineering)
The University of Texas At Austin
Bachelor of Science - Computer Engineering
Bangalore Institute of Technology
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