Ashish Kumar

AI/ML • 31 years • Bengaluru, India • UTC+05:30 • Fully remote • Work permits: India • Citizenship: India • Available in 1 week • from $100k per year

Software Developer

9+ years exp

5+ years ML exp

10+ projects

Java

C++

Active 5 days ago

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Backend software engineer with 9+ years of experience building distributed, high-scale systems in Java and Spring Boot. Worked on API platforms and data pipelines, including Kafka-based contact sync and large-scale REST and GraphQL services. Also has experience with CI/CD modernization and mentoring engineering team members.

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Java

C++

AI/ML

Claude

Copilot

OpenAI Codex

DevOps

Rest API

CI/CD

Jenkins

Other

Apache Kafka

GraphQL

AWS

Spring Security

MySQL

Oracle

Mockito

JUnit

OpenAI

GitHub

Datadog

Git

Kibana

Splunk

SonarQube

ActiveMQ

MVP

Timeline

Software Development Engineer 2 • Middle

PayPal • Full-Time

Dec 2021 to Present 4 Years 10 Months Bengaluru In office

Led architecture and delivery of a Kafka-based contact-sync pipeline powering low-latency peer search. Built and operated PayPal Pools APIs using Java and GraphQL, including idempotent transaction flows, distributed locking, and notification/alert features for millions of users. Modernized CI/CD by migrating Jenkins-managed components to Harness and improving deployment recovery. Delivered a partitioned REST API migration using dual writes and feature-flag rollout, while mentoring engineers through implementation and production rollout.

Java

Spring Boot

Apache Kafka

GraphQL

Rest API

CI/CD

Jenkins

Claude

OpenAI Codex

Copilot

Software Engineer • Middle

HCL Software • Full-Time

Mar 2019 to Dec 2021 2 Years 9 Months Pune In office

Built and enhanced Java REST APIs on Jetty for InformixHQ/OneDB to help customers monitor database health, performance, and workload. Worked with clients to translate requirements into backend solutions aligned with business needs. Owned the end-to-end delivery cycle including design, implementation, testing, release support, and production troubleshooting.

Java

Rest API

Software Engineering Associate • Middle

Amdocs • Full-Time

Jul 2017 to Mar 2019 1 Year 8 Months Pune In office

Developed backend APIs for Ensemble APILINK and a billing platform using Java, Spring Boot, and C. Implemented features across Accounts Receivable, Billing, and Customer Service Management modules. Provided production support and assisted with reliable releases in collaboration with cross-functional teams.

Java

Spring Boot

Engineering Intern • Junior

NVIDIA • Full-Time

Jan 2017 to Jun 2017 5 Months In office

Improved the reliability of Veracity, a C/C++ automated test framework, by diagnosing and fixing defects. Streamlined debugging and test maintenance to increase the stability of automated testing. Supported ongoing improvements to reduce failures and maintenance overhead for the test suite.

C++