Gopalakrishnan Muthukumarasamy

Senior Technical Lead | Backend Engineer

Bangalore, IN.

About

Result-oriented Senior Backend Engineer with over 11 years of experience building scalable, secure backend systems across Fintech, Travel, and BPM domains. Proven expertise in Java, Spring Boot, microservices, AWS, and Kafka, with a focus on enhancing system reliability and reducing operational bottlenecks. Adept at leveraging GenAI tools to accelerate development and actively seeking Senior/Lead Backend Engineering roles in the UK.

Work

PERFIOS

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Senior Technical Lead

Bangalore, Karnataka, India

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Summary

Led backend development for the Tax and Financial Intelligence (TFI) Fintech SaaS platform, enhancing loan processing efficiency and accuracy for banks and NBFCs.

Highlights

Designed and developed a retry feature for ITR transactions, reducing transaction failure rate by 30% and improving system robustness.

Built scalable APIs using Spring Boot and integrated Kafka for asynchronous processing, enhancing system responsiveness and data handling.

Migrated the build system from Ant to Gradle, resulting in a 50% reduction in build time and increased development efficiency.

Managed CI/CD pipelines and production deployments using GitLab and Jenkins, ensuring seamless and reliable software delivery.

Mentored 5+ junior developers, improved Agile workflows, and led daily standups, fostering team growth and project efficiency.

COLLABERA

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Java Developer

Manila, Metro Manila, Philippines

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Summary

Developed backend microservices for the CBR repository, processing and transforming GDS ticketing data to facilitate booking model consumption.

Highlights

Developed microservices to process and transform GDS ticketing data, improving data ingestion throughput by 20%.

Built fault-tolerant REST APIs for high-volume data flows, resulting in a 25% reduction in processing errors.

Improved system latency by 15% through the implementation of a caching strategy, enhancing user experience.

Handled deployments using Docker and AWS, following Test-Driven Development (TDD) principles to ensure robust and reliable releases.

SCIENTIFIC GAMES

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Senior Software Engineer

Bangalore, Karnataka, India

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Summary

Developed and maintained backend modules for the SG-Video casino game management system, ensuring efficient operation of slot machines.

Highlights

Developed and maintained critical backend modules for casino slot machine management systems, ensuring high performance.

Performed load testing and system improvements, reducing incident resolution time by 35%.

Debugged and resolved critical production issues, coordinating effectively with offshore US-based teams.

TRICON INFOTECH

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Software Engineer

Bangalore, Karnataka, India

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Summary

Contributed to the TNF-BAU e-commerce platform for Taylor & Francis, delivering enterprise modules and real-time analytics.

Highlights

Delivered enterprise e-commerce modules and real-time analytics, contributing to a 15% improvement in site performance.

Integrated Apache Camel for routing, reducing integration effort by 20% and streamlining data flow.

Directly coordinated with offshore clients to ensure timely and successful project delivery.

QUADWAVE

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Software Engineer

Bangalore, Karnataka, India

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Summary

Developed REST APIs and process workflows for the Edoras One BPMN 2 platform, automating real-time processes for business and IT users.

Highlights

Developed REST APIs and process workflows for BPM platforms, cutting configuration time by 25%.

Created reusable UI components using AngularJS, reducing frontend development time by 30%.

Diagnosed and resolved critical production issues to ensure system stability and uptime.

Owned the project end-to-end and delivered it independently with minimal supervision.

Designed and implemented a proof of concept using Apache Solr, improving search query performance by over 50% compared to the previous approach.

Containerized the application using Docker, improving deployment efficiency and reducing setup time by 30%.

Education

Anna University

Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
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Bachelor of Engineering Computer Science and Engineering Grade:

Awards

PAT ON BACK AWARD

Perfios

Recognized for outstanding contributions and performance at Perfios.

Languages

Tamil

English

Skills

Front End

Javascript, HTML, CSS.

Back End

Java 8/11, Python, Kotlin, Spring Boot, Hibernate JPA, REST, Kafka, Microservices, Event-Driven Architecture.

Databases

MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL.

Cloud & Devops

AWS, Docker, Jenkins, Gitlab CI/CD.

AI Tools

ChatGPT, Gemini, Ollama, Prompt Engineering.

Methodologies & Tools

Agile, Scrum, Design Patterns, TDD, Gradle, JIRA, Junit.