Noqodi (Emaratech)
Current
Senior Software Engineer — Acting Tech Lead & Architect
Jun 2025 – Present · Dubai, UAE
Secure digital payment platform built on 80+ microservices — electronic payments, fund transfers, and merchant transactions.
- Architected and delivered 10+ cloud-native microservices using Java 21, Spring Boot 3.4, Kafka, and Kubernetes.
- Led end-to-end delivery of UAE Pay mobile app with sub-200ms API response times and zero P1 incidents.
- Integrated UAE Pass — secure OAuth2/JWT authentication for 20,000+ users, cutting onboarding steps by ~80%.
- Built CI/CD pipelines via Argo CD + GitOps — reduced deployment lead time by 60%, zero-downtime blue-green deploys.
- Led 8+ engineer cross-functional Agile team — 95%+ sprint velocity maintained.
- 🏆 GEMS Award 2026 — UAE Pay shipped on accelerated timeline with zero P1 incidents.
Digital Economy Solutions (Emaratech)
Senior Software Engineer — Acting Tech Lead & Architect
Dec 2018 – Jun 2025 · Dubai, UAE
Dubai Store — UAE e-commerce platform processing ~5,000 orders/day across electronics, fashion, and lifestyle categories.
- Led monolith → microservices architectural transformation — 3× deployment frequency improvement.
- Architected Cross-Border e-commerce initiative expanding to 5+ new regions and currencies.
- Increased JUnit test coverage from 30% to 85% — post-deployment defects down 90%.
- Set up Prometheus + Grafana for 15+ microservices — MTTD reduced by 60%, 99.5% uptime.
- Full UI migration Thymeleaf → Angular — page load times down 40%.
- Led team of 7 engineers — daily stand-ups, design reviews, 1-on-1 mentoring.
- 🏆 GEMS Award 2023 — Outstanding Cross-Border functionality delivery.
BMC Software
Staff Specialist Product Developer
Jul 2016 – Nov 2018 · Pune, India
BMC Network Automation — enterprise web app for configuration and compliance of large-scale network infrastructure.
- Built Multi-Server Admin module from scratch — centralized delivery across 5+ BNA sites, 30% less manual overhead.
- Led SOAP → REST API migration — API latency reduced by ~35%.
- Implemented SAML 2.0 and OAuth 2.0 — enterprise SSO integration enabled.
- Mentored 3+ engineers — team bug rate down 25%.
SunGard (Acquired by FIS)
Senior Product Developer
Jun 2012 – Jul 2016 · Pune, India
STA — web-based investor record keeping and accounting for stock, bond, bearer bond, and coupon processing.
- Delivered 4 years of releases with zero P1 production incidents.
- Delivered 80-day user story with zero defects.
- Onboarded complex financial domain within 4 weeks, delivering sprint tasks from day one.
- 🏆 Laureate Team Award 2016 · 🏆 BU Level Award 2015 ($1,000 bonus)
