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Jobin Kunjachan Thankachan

Development Lead
Cape Town

Summary

Experienced Software Development Lead with over 12 years of expertise in designing, developing, and managing high-quality software solutions. Skilled in leading cross-functional teams, driving agile methodologies, and delivering robust, scalable applications. Proficient in Java, Spring Boot, AWS, SQL Server, and PostgreSQL with a strong focus on architecture design, code quality, and continuous integration/deployment. Proven ability to solve complex production issues, fine-tune queries, and implement industry best practices.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification

Work History

Lead Engineer/Dev Lead

Rank Group
10.2023 - Current
  • Designed and Implemented microservices based, event driven architecture using spring boot and spring cloud resulting in scalable, maintainable and cost effective enterprise solutions
  • Optimized app performances by asynchronous processing, caching strategies
  • Designed, optimized and maintained complex stored procedures in SQL server
  • Managed and fine tuned PostgreSQL ensuring data integrity
  • Led successful Migration of CI/CD pipelines from jenkins to GitHub Actions, enhancing automation, reducing build times by 30% and enabling seamless integration with GitHub's ecosystem
  • Transitioned repositories from Bitbucket to GitHub, streamlining version control management and reducing operational overhead
  • Leading team and providing guidance on best practices, code reviews and pair programming
  • Regularly reported project progress and technical details to chief engineers and architects, ensuring alignment with business goals and technical standards.
  • Determined and implemented innovative and industry best practices using modern designs and tools.
  • Developed and evaluated solution options to build consensus and drive quality solutions.
  • Collaborated with product specialists to understand requirements and align business processes to product features and capabilities.
  • Led efforts in troubleshooting complex technical issues during production incidents, working closely with support teams to minimize downtime and ensure swift resolution.

Lead Developer

National Student Financial Aid Scheme
06.2019 - 09.2023
  • Worked effectively in fast-paced environments
  • Designed and Implemented Integration between various institutions and NSFAS
  • Automation of various processes, improvement on process flows
  • Successful Implementations in cloud to optimize Organization needs and demands
  • Design and Implementation of Payment module within Organization
  • Optimized code and structure to improve app performance
  • Code Reviews and mentoring to developers
  • Regular Reports to stakeholders and management aligning organization goals with technical solutions.

Senior Software Consultant

IN2IT Technologies Pvt. Ltd
10.2012 - 06.2019
  • Understanding and addressing issues in existing applications
  • Design and Implementation of solutions using Java and Open Text process suites
  • Solved critical business with bpm flows and processes
  • Spearheaded migration of legacy systems to latest software version focusing on maximizing code reusability and performance optimizations
  • Advanced Technical support by leveraging deep expertise in complex technologies to resolve critical issues and delivery of new projects
  • Designed and Implementation of micro-services based architecture with OpenText/Java
  • Facilitated faster development cycles, improved system scalability and enhanced fault tolerance
  • Provided report that Analyzes progress, technical advancements and impact on achieving objectives.

Education

Bachelor Of Engineering - Computer Science

Chhattisgarh Swami Vivekananda Technical University
05.2006 - 05.2010

Skills

Java

Maven

Spring boot

OpenText

Process Suite, App works

SQL

JavaScript/jQuery

AWS

Git/SVN

Redis/Mongo

Docker/Kubernetes

Data Structures & Algorithms

Cloud Computing Technologies

Software development expertise

IT Infrastructure Management

API design and integration

Software Architecture Design

Certification

04/01/2023, AWS Certified Solution Architect Associate

Timeline

Lead Engineer/Dev Lead

Rank Group
10.2023 - Current

Lead Developer

National Student Financial Aid Scheme
06.2019 - 09.2023

Senior Software Consultant

IN2IT Technologies Pvt. Ltd
10.2012 - 06.2019

Bachelor Of Engineering - Computer Science

Chhattisgarh Swami Vivekananda Technical University
05.2006 - 05.2010

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