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Lead Software Engineer
Capital One• June 2016 - Present
Promoted from senior to master software engineer; played key part in increasing the corporate website’s unique visitors from 1 million to 1.5 million per day and enabling it to generate $100 million in annual revenue for 2 consecutive years. Led development of frontend and backend software, and managed critical testing projects. • Led the building of services across >2K pages, created a consistent UI, and provided leadership in migrations to new technology stack (Angular 8 and Java based Content Management System). • Saved >$25 million while building the framework agnostic universal header-footer service (enabled users to find products more easily and reduced their clicks) and deployed it on more than 2k pages developed using different technologies. • Develop microservice to provide customers reviews for multiple product pages. Setup CICD pipeline for automated deployments and cloud infrastructure more reliable. • Developed in-house testing tool and conducted >20 A/B tests for the home page. Found and eliminated many bugs in the Node.js code. • Identified and removed >100 security vulnerabilities in the internal tools within one month versus 2-month deadline. • Mentored 6-8 software developers and reviewed their code. Instituted standards for best coding and testing practices. • Developed the first framework for UI and REST API testing. Reduced test cycle times 50% by developing new cycle and integrating it with cloud solution (Sauce Labs).
Lead Software Engineer
Cognizant Technology Solutions• February 2010 - June 2016
Managed the team in software development, software testing, and automation in projects for several multibillion-dollar clients and met all key deliverables. • Transformed Capital One’s regression testing from zero to 100% automation and cut regression times 50%. Led the first implementation of Open Source Automation, and cloud-based testing. • Provided UI development on Angular 1 for software bug fixes. • Led 3 people to transform Barclay’s Bank from zero automation to about 95% automation; reduced regression testing times 40%. • Created frameworks for test automation; used UFT, Selenium WebDriver and Protractor. • Developed the POCs for new test automation solutions, including Cucumber (ATDD) and mobile. Provided consultation during the implementations. • Hired and managed 8 engineers in several locations in the U.S. and India.
Education
MCRP University, Bhopal, India
Computer Science, BS• July 2001 - June 2004