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Asif Ahmed

Senior Software Developer / Tech Lead

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Experience

5+ years
Enterprise Software Development

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Education

B.Tech. Civil Engineering

Senior Java Developer/Tech Lead with extensive experience in designing and delivering scalable enterprise applications, leveraging modern architectures and cloud technologies to drive performance and efficiency.

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My Professional Journey

Experience

SENIOR SOFTWARE DEVELOPER - Bigbasket
May 2025 – Present | Bangalore, India

Projects: Bigbasket 2.0 Migration, Warehouse Management, Quality Control

  • Spearheaded address, subscription, and wallet migration from BBdaily to Bigbasket 2.0 using ML algorithms for address matching, deployed in production without disrupting customer operations.
  • Built warehouse management OCR-AI system reducing goods receiving time from hours to minutes by auto-filling invoice details and matching confidence scores with purchase orders using ML.
  • Developed admin panel streamlining finance team approval workflows for invoice processing and validation.
  • Architected Quality Control and restacking system with FEFO/FIFO batching logic ensuring quality delivery from farmers' collection centers to customer doorstep.
SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER - Opsmotor
June 2024 – April 2025 | Bangalore, India

Projects: Opsmotor

  • Designed and implemented a distributed system architecture supporting monolithic and microservices deployments, forming the baseline for product development.
  • Boosted system performance by 30%, by migrating to Kubernetes, enabling acquisition of high-value clients like Legal & General.
  • Developed cloud and image security scanners and cloud connectors for comprehensive security and compliance.
  • Scaled the multi-tenant cloud security platform to support over 1,000 tenants with 99.9% uptime.
  • Reduced false positives by 80%, enhancing client satisfaction and operational efficiency.
  • Optimized CI/CD pipelines with Kubernetes tools, cutting deployment times by 40%.
  • Developed a supply chain feature to manage laptops and private cloud resources across large tech enterprises by designing a single point of control within the platform.
  • Developed custom agents for system scanning and AI-driven capabilities, enhancing automation and platform intelligence which provides resolutions using Gen AI from knowledge base.
SOFTWARE ENGINEER - HSC (Client: Rakuten)
July 2022 - May 2024 | Bangalore, India

Projects: LMP, Petri, Incident AI

  • Architected and led the development of Incident AI, a microservices-based product integrating SolarWinds and ServiceNow, cutting down ticket resolution time from 2 weeks to 1 day for Carnival Princess Cruise lines.
  • Implemented an AI tool based on RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) to cluster similar tickets, drastically reducing resolution times using OpenAI APIs and DistilBert.
  • Provided automated resolution suggestions for recurring incidents, reducing manual triage effort and improving SLA compliance.
  • Led a team of 8 to deliver the MVP for the Test Automation Tool (Petri), achieving 100% sprint completion rates and driving its adoption across Rakuten Mobile's QA department.
  • Designed custom integrations with Jira and Elastic Repository for the LMP project, enhancing project tracking efficiency and increasing visibility across 5 major development teams.
  • Applied ML and LLM technologies to automate ticketing and resolution workflows, transforming operational efficiency for enterprise clients.
JUNIOR SOFTWARE DEVELOPER - TCS
Jan 2021 – June 2022 | Bangalore, India

Projects: Enhanced Annuity Platform (EAP)

  • Played a key role in the core and migration teams for project EAP, delivering a 13-year-old matured system in a new data-driven architecture, making it highly configurable for client Legal & General.
  • Developed and deployed applications in Azure Cloud using Java 11 (Spring and Azure Functions), while configuring Azure Function Apps and managing APIs with Terraform to streamline infrastructure and enable seamless integration.
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Java

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Spring Boot

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Python

Intermediate

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JavaScript

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React

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LangChain

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LangGraph

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RAG

Intermediate

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Bash

Basic

Cloud, DevOps & Tools

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Azure

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AWS

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GCP

Beginner

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Docker

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Kubernetes

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Git

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Jenkins

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OpenAI API

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Ollama

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Robin Cloud

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Linux

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Unix

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Windows

Experienced

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Browse My Recent

Projects

Opsmotor AI

GatePax AI Project

GatePax AI

Lab Manager Portal Project

Lab Manager Portal

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My Academic Background

Education

B-TECH IN CIVIL ENGINEERING

NSS College of Engineering, Palakkad, Kerala

June 2016 - April 2020 | GPA: 8.27
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My Recognitions

Awards

Rising Star Award (HSC)

2024 & 2023 | Hughes Systique
  • Awarded the Rising Star Award in consecutive years (2023 and 2024).
  • Recognized as the youngest developer to architect and produce a solution, securing a client after a successful demo.

Star of the Month and Team Awards (TCS)

2022 | TCS
  • Received Star of the Month (multiple times) and other team awards for elevated performance and delivery during critical times.
  • Recognized for outstanding contributions during high-pressure moments, receiving these awards on multiple occasions.
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Recommendations

Tom Burger

CTO & Chief Architect at OpsMotor

I've had the chance to work with Asif Ahmed, and it's been a great experience. He's a very solid software engineer with strong skills in system design, backend, and DevOps. He’s got a good knowledge about cloud, networking and Kubernetes, and he knows how to get things done in a smart, outcome-focused way.

Asif is easy to work with - always pleasant, professional, and great with customers. He really helps keep things running smoothly and makes everyone's job easier. Any team would be lucky to have him on board. If you have the chance to hire him, you should.

Madhav Sonthalia

Founder/CEO at OpsMotor Inc

Asif has been an incredible asset to OpsMotor over the past year. He’s a rockstar engineer who consistently goes above and beyond expectations. He single-handedly led one of our most critical POCs with a major client—while still meeting all his own deliverables.

Asif’s dedication, technical skill, and ownership mindset make him stand out. I highly recommend him—any organization would be lucky to have someone of his caliber.

Dhananjay Sarnaik

Technical Manager (Rakuten)

I am writing to highly recommend Asif for any role that requires a Java Development Lead with expertise in advanced Java, Spring Boot, and micro service based frameworks. With me, Asif has worked on two enterprise-level applications, LMP and Petri, where he showcased exceptional skills and expertise. His contributions have been invaluable, and he consistently exceeded expectations...

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