Hi, I'm Abhilash
Passionate Full Stack Engineer with a deep love for Computer Science and Software Development. Dedicated to crafting
high-quality 
solutions.
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About

A Full Stack Developer with 12 years of experience in financial application design, development, and migration. Passionate about coding and continuously learning. Self-motivated to tackle new challenges and deliver top-notch products.

Work Experience

S

Standard Chartered Bank Ltd.

Sep 2021 - Present (3y 4m)
Manager, Development

Project: OpenCAT

Equities
Credit
Leading the UI/UX design and development of OpenCAT's Core Platform. CAT is a platform that is based on server driven UIs and microservices running on OpenFin container. The state of the art architecture makes new application onboarding and development more fast and agile. The platform expanded to include Equities, Risk, Credit, and Loans applications.
  • Leading the embellishment of the entire platform with scalable UI frameworks.
  • Ensured coding standards, efficiency, and quality through code reviews and unit testing.
  • Streamlined release management, deployment processes and improved DevX

Skills & Tech-stack

React
Core Java
HighCharts
AG-Grid
OpenFin
Node.js
Websockets
Typescript
Material UI
CSS3
Vite
PostgreSQL
MongoDB
Guice DI
Solace
Grafana
Git
Azure DevOps
Server Driven UI
E

EPAM Systems Ltd.

Dec 2015 - Sep 2021 (5y 10m)
Senior Software Engineer & Resource Team Lead

Project: UBS Neo

Cash Equities
Spearheaded the migration of a legacy Equity Sales Trading application from Adobe Flex to a JavaScript-based solution. Implemented strategic low-latency solutions for both frontend and backend services, hosted on the UBS Neo platform. Managed a team of 5 JavaScript developers.
  • Key developer in the NEO application platform for UBS.
  • Independently gathered requirements and developed specific modules.
  • Led end-to-end migration of modules, including frontend design, middleware modifications, and backend database setups.
  • Maintained coding standards, efficiency, and quality through code reviews and unit testing.
  • Managed and mentored 5 JavaScript developers in Shenzhen, China
  • Facilitated career growth for team members within the organization.
  • Conducted regular catch-ups and team-building activities.

Skills & Tech-stack

React
RxJs
Reactive Programming
Redux
D3
Ag-Grid
NodeJS
Jest
Core Java
Spring
Kafka
Splunk
Shell Scripting
Teamcity
People Management
Release Management
I

Infosys Ltd.

Apr 2013 - Dec 2015 (2y 9m)
Senior Systems Engineer

Project: FastCollect Reports

Cheques & Payments
Led the migration of unsupported frontend and reporting frameworks to the latest versions. Configured distributed application and database server clusters from scratch. Automated redundant tasks and optimized database performance.
  • Coordinated with Tech Arch and Consultant for initial R&D and Proof of Concepts (PoCs).
  • Automated redundant coding, reducing development effort by 25%.
  • Redesigned and rebranded the application's UX.
  • Set up Weblogic clusters.
  • Configured CRON jobs and quartz schedulers.
  • Customized database schemas and installation scripts.

Skills & Tech-stack

Weblogic
Eclipse
Toad
SQL Developer
Java 1.8
J2EE
Quartz Scheduler
Javascript
BackboneJS
UnderScore JS
Require JS
CSS3
JQuery
Sitemesh
Apache Tiles
MustacheJS
AJAX
Bower
npm
Grunt
JQuery
HTML5
CSS3
Groovy
MS Access
Service Now

Project: FastCollect

Cheques & Payments
Managed the migration of a legacy UI framework to the latest stable release (SmartClient 9.1).
  • Conducted Migration Impact and Risk Analysis.
  • Set up Development Environment for the team.
  • Configured Dev (CIT) and QA (SIT) Environments (Weblogic Clusters).
  • Trained juniors and coordinated the upgrade.
  • Handled post-migration bug analysis, fixes, and support.
  • Developed tools to automate deployment and integration on local machines.
  • Configured build settings in Teamcity.
  • Performed peer code reviews.

Skills & Tech-stack

SQL Developer
Toad
Weblogic 10
Weblogic 12
SVN
Teamcity
Eclipse
Tomcat
Maven
Ant
iBatis
J2EE
Spring
Spring MVC
Struts
PL/SQL
jUnit
Javascript
AJAX
CSS3
Isomorphic SmartClient
WebSSO
windows batch
JSP
JSF
Java Applets
Java Servlets
UNIX
ehCache

Education

U

University of Liverpool

2017 - 2019
Postgraduate Diploma in IT (PGDIT)
C

C.V. Raman College of Engineering

2008 - 2012
Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) in Computer Science & Engineering

Skills

React
Next.js
Typescript
CSS3
Core Java
Microservices
Node.js
REST APIs
Websockets
Kafka
Shell Scripting
PostgreSQL
MongoDB
Oracle
Docker
CI/CD Pipelines
Ag-Grid
OpenFin
HighCharts
Material UI
Vite
Spring
Google Guice DI
Solace
Server Driven UI
git
Kafka
Splunk
People Management
Release Management
My Projects

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Next.js
Typescript
Material UI
Firebase
Website
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Firebase
Website
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