Vikas Kasu
Dallas,TX
Summary
Accomplished Lead Full Stack Developer with around 10+ years of enterprise-level experience delivering scalable web applications using Java, Spring Boot, and Angular (up to v18). Led agile pod teams across onshore and offshore models (~20 engineers), driving iterative development with a focus on usability, performance, and maintainability. Proven expertise in solution architecture, CI/CD pipelines, and cross-functional team collaboration. Passionate about building POCs, mentoring teams, and aligning tech with business goals to deliver impactful results.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Lead Full Stack Engineer
LTIMindtree
06.2021 - Current
- Led 3+ cross-functional Agile pods (~20 engineers total), involving frontend, backend, UX, and product teams in an onshore/offshore model.
- Designed and architected robust Java Spring Boot microservices and Angular 18 applications with a focus on scalability and user-centric functionality.
- Initiated a POC using AWS Bedrock to custom-train a Large Language Model (LLM) tailored to internal business use cases, exploring generative AI capabilities to enhance automation, insights, and user experience within enterprise applications.
- Collaborated with product and architecture teams to frame feature requirements, lead design efforts, and conduct solution reviews.
- Developed frontend and backend codebase with test-driven development (TDD), improving reliability and reducing bugs.
- Delivered high-impact POCs to validate solutions for complex features and ensured feasibility of designs.
- Mentored engineers across pods, enforced coding standards, and conducted technical reviews to drive engineering excellence.
- Established CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins, automating deployments to AWS and increasing release velocity.
- Integrated Apigee for secure API gateway management and implemented JWT-based (OIDC / OAUTH-2) authentication mechanisms.
- Consistently contributed to sprint ceremonies and stakeholder communications, ensuring transparency and alignment.
- Written Java Unit tests and Jest unit tests on angular to increase code coverage and also reduced production bugs
- Implemented feature flagging at both UI and backend levels, enabling dynamic control of functionality based on user entitlements and business requirements; leveraged flags to safely manage rollouts, reduce risk, and support A/B Testing and permission-based access.
Lead Full Stack Developer
ProKarma Inc. / Union Pacific Rail Road
10.2020 - 06.2021
- Developed Angular 10 based frontend application deployed on to samba share and written java based spring boot application to make backend calls to various micro web services
- Apigee has been used to create product and proxies which Is used as Api Gateway for all the applications
- Utilized Big O standards to have best user experience in terms of time complexity
- Increased performance to multiple UI screens by reducing number of backend API calls per single service by providing batch support hence browser stall is reduced causing screen render to improve by 50% faster
- Designed and Developed iOS / android based app with Ionic Framework
- Jenkins CI/CD has been written to automate deployment process in all environments
- Utilized Tibco JMS to handle event handlers which was integrated with timed jobs
- Managed Offshore team in India and was responsible for timely delivery of work
Lead Full Stack Software Developer
HTC Global Services / Statefarm Insurance
07.2015 - 09.2020
- Converted multiple Java applications to Angular 8+ with lazy loading modules causing performance of web pages to improve drastically
- Utilized Big O Notation to make programming more efficient, resulting in quick and overall best user experience
- Developed multiple PWA (Progressive Web Apps),IOS & Android apps with Ionic 5
- Worked on web Applications handling more than 1 million hits per day
- Developed Legacy Web Applications were built with Struts 2 and Spring MVC and JSP
- Enhanced multiple Legacy front end applications that were developed using Jquery, HTML5, CSS3
- Migrated Services from SOAP (XML Based) to RestFul web services
- Created multiple archetypes for Java, angular which reduced development times by 30%
- Developed internal team application on angular, resulting in increase of productivity by nearly 50%
- Created multiple RESTful API (micro web services) increasing re-usability and boosting turn-around period, which ultimately reduced enhancement costs roughly by 10 % annually
- Automated regular build process with CI / CD Jenkins pipeline and utilized Protractor, Cucumber and Jasmine to handle BDD scripts and also have used Mockito to write Junits
- Automated few applications functionalities to reduce user interactions while maintaining business requirements
- Optimized SQL Queries with Stored Procedures and Views with Postgres
- Optimized calls to AWS NoSql Dynamo DB
- Used Gitlab / SVN repositories for version control
- Deployed applications to PCF (Pivotal Cloud Foundry) & AWS (Amazon Web Services)
- Refactored code and debugged errors to improve performance
- Collaborated in team-based, Agile environment to accomplish objectives by deadlines
Software Developer
American Unit
03.2015 - 07.2015
- Helped start-up client with complete Re-Design of architecture using spring and java, increasing their overall user experience
- Created new RESTFull web services
- Monitored multiple web pages for continuous improvement
- Followed TTD approach to achieve complete business case with Mockito and Juints
Education
Master of Science - Information Technology And Management
Illinois Institute of Technology
Chicago, IL12.2018
Master of Science - Mechanical Engineering
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ12.2014
Summer Intensive - International Management
Stanford University
Stanford, CA08.2014
Bachelor of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering
College of Engineering, Guindy - Anna University
Chennai, India04.2013
Skills
- Frontend Development
Angular (v8 – v18), Angular Material, TypeScript, JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3, Bootstrap, Ionic, Jest
- Backend Development
Java, J2EE, Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Spring JPA, Restful API Design, Microservices, Nodejs, Expressjs
Test-Driven Development (TDD), JUnit, Mockito
- Cloud & DevOps
AWS BedRock for LLM Modeling (AI), AWS (EC2, S3, Lambda, DynamoDB), Pivotal Cloud Foundry (PCF),
- CI/CD Pipelines:
Jenkins, GitHub Actions, AWS Code Pipeline
- API Gateway:
Apigee, AWS API Gateway
- Containerization:
Docker
- Databases
SQL (PostgreSQL, DB2), NoSQL (MongoDB, DynamoDB)
- Version Control & Collaboration
GitLab, Bitbucket, Github, Cursor AI, GitHub Copilot, Jira, Confluence
- Architecture & Leadership
Agile Methodologies (Scrum, Sprint Planning, Retrospective)
Onshore/Offshore Team Management
Cross-functional Collaboration with UX, Product, and Architecture teams
POC Design & Implementation
Performance Optimization, Code Reviews, Mentoring
Excellent debugging and performance tuning skills
Feature Flagging & A/B Testing
Certification
- Scrum Master Certified, 03/2019
- AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner, 04/2020
- AWS Certified Developer Associate, 06/2020
- [In Progress] AWS AI/ML Certification – Actively preparing to validate cloud-based machine learning expertise (Expected mid-2025)
Accomplishments
- Wall of Fame as Brand Ambassador for PK in the month February 2021
- Employee of the Quarter - 3rd Quarter 2019
Personal Information
Title: Lead Full Stack Software Engineer
Timeline
Lead Full Stack Engineer
LTIMindtree
06.2021 - Current
Lead Full Stack Developer
ProKarma Inc. / Union Pacific Rail Road
10.2020 - 06.2021
Lead Full Stack Software Developer
HTC Global Services / Statefarm Insurance
07.2015 - 09.2020
Software Developer
American Unit
03.2015 - 07.2015
Master of Science - Mechanical Engineering
Arizona State University
Summer Intensive - International Management
Stanford University
Master of Science - Information Technology And Management
Illinois Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering
College of Engineering, Guindy - Anna University
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