Waqas.

Principal Consultant / Senior Software Engineer

Standard Chartered • Full-time

Oct 2023 - Present • 2 yrs 9 mos

Working as a Principal Consultant and Senior Software Engineer delivering enterprise-grade software solutions for global banking clients. I specialize in designing and developing scalable backend systems, APIs, and cloud-native applications using Java, Spring Boot, Quarkus, Kotlin, AWS, and modern DevOps practices. Key achievements: • Leading end-to-end development of enterprise banking platforms used by international financial institutions. • Designing and implementing microservices architectures with focus on scalability, reliability, security, and performance. • Building REST and GraphQL APIs, backend services, integrations, and data processing workflows. • Working with cloud infrastructure, containerization, CI/CD pipelines, Terraform, and AWS services. • Collaborating with cross-functional teams including architects, business analysts, frontend teams, QA, security, and infrastructure teams. • Providing technical solutions and architecture guidance for complex business requirements. Technologies: Java, Kotlin, Quarkus, Spring Boot, GraphQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, AWS, Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD.