01. About Me
Highly skilled and results-oriented Full Stack Developer with over 5 years of experience designing, developing, and deploying robust, scalable web applications and data-driven solutions. I work across the entire software development lifecycle — from conception to deployment and maintenance — with expertise in Java, Spring Boot, cloud platforms (GCP), and data processing frameworks, and I enjoy collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver software that meets real business needs.
02. Experience
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Software Developer Full-time
Ford Motor Company
Jan 2025 — Present
- Spearheaded a team-wide test automation initiative, architecting a reusable Playwright/TypeScript framework with Page Object Model and multi-database/event-streaming integrations, cutting manual QA effort across the org.
- Led a large-scale Spring Boot and Java platform upgrade end-to-end, delivering and validating the change in a fraction of the typical timeline while eliminating major technical debt and keeping releases stable.
- Contributed key optimization work — reuse patterns and cost-contract updates — that fed a team GenAI proof-of-concept, cutting manual optimization time by 66% and reducing wasted resource consumption.
- Led a compliance-driven migration of 45M+ monthly transactions across 9.6M+ vehicles to a modernized data framework, supporting EU regulatory requirements.
- Modernized core data infrastructure by retiring legacy systems, migrating to new data products, and strengthening platform security through identity and access management upgrades.
- Sustained a 93% on-time delivery rate across 44 initiatives while balancing new feature development with production support.
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DevOps Engineer
Ford Motor Company
Aug 2024 — Jan 2025
- Implemented and maintained Continuous Integration (CI) tools and infrastructure, ensuring smooth operations and streamlined development processes.
- Collaborated with developers to translate evolving requirements into actionable CI enhancements, improving workflow efficiency.
- Tested and reviewed code contributions from multiple teams to uphold quality standards and best practices.
- Conducted root cause analysis on pipeline and build issues, implementing fixes that minimized downtime and streamlined troubleshooting.
- Partnered with cross-functional teams to align CI practices with organizational goals through targeted automation improvements.
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Software Developer
Ford Motor Company
Jan 2022 — Aug 2024
- Architected data-driven solutions on GCP using BigQuery, Dataflow, Cloud Run, and Cloud Functions to ingest, process, and analyze large datasets.
- Designed RESTful APIs with Spring Boot and built microservices deployed via Docker on GCP for scalability and fault tolerance.
- Implemented CI/CD pipelines with Tekton, reducing deployment time by 50%, and integrated automated vulnerability scanning into the pipeline.
- Spearheaded migration of a data pipeline from Google Cloud Pub/Sub to Apache Kafka — 30% higher message throughput, 15% lower latency.
- Developed data pipelines integrating multiple sources, improving data processing time by 25%.
- Led a major UI overhaul — streamlined navigation, modernized authentication, unified the platform with a shared header — and refactored legacy UI components to modern Angular.
- Revamped a core dashboard with powerful data visualization and filtering, and mentored junior developers on cloud-native development and data engineering.
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Software Developer
Founder Sport Group
Dec 2020 — Dec 2021
- Developed and maintained a high-performance Order Management System with React.js, Node.js, and PostgreSQL, increasing order processing efficiency by 15%.
- Designed RESTful APIs connecting front-end and back-end systems, and integrated AWS S3 and RDS for data security and scalability.
- Worked in agile — daily scrums, sprint planning, and retrospectives.
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Software Developer
Miracle Software Systems
Feb 2020 — Nov 2020
- Developed and maintained Miracle SAP Velocity, extracting data from SAP systems and pushing it to targets like Excel, Azure, and AWS.
- Built user interfaces with Angular 8 backed by RESTful APIs.
- Optimized database performance by 150% through efficient data insertion techniques.
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Graduate Assistant (Software)
Northwest Missouri State University
Jan 2019 — Dec 2019
- Graduate Assistant in the Computer Science department for the C#.NET course; independently supervised classes of 25–35 students.
- Improved and designed the course user interface in Canvas; graded and tracked student work.
- Mentored students in groups and individually, monitored progress, and provided the professor with performance feedback and curriculum recommendations.
03. Skills
Languages & Frameworks
Cloud & Data
DevOps & Tools
04. Education
Master in Computer Science
Northwest Missouri State University
Bachelor of Science
Jawaharlal Nehru Technology University
05. Contact
I'm open to new opportunities and collaborations — my inbox is always open.
karunb09@gmail.com