ASHOK CHOUDHARY
American Express
Peoria,AZ
16
years of professional experience
Seasoned Software Engineer with 16 years of experience in designing and modernizing enterprise-scale financial applications in the merchant payments sector. Expertise in merchant settlement systems and leading mainframe-to-distributed migrations. Proficient in Java, Apache Spark, Kafka, Cassandra, DevOps, and Agile methodologies, with recent skills in React, Spring Boot, cloud-native architecture, and AI-assisted development.
Work History
Software Engineer 3
2 Years 5 Months- Technical Lead and Subject Matter Expert for the Global Merchant Accelerated Settlement (GMAS) platform supporting merchant settlements exceeding $4B daily.
- Led GMAS Payments Journey enhancements including Event Summary reporting, SLA tracking, and BIP event visibility, improving operational transparency.
- Led GMAS Payment Journey project to enhance business monitoring capabilities for GMAS payments.
- Modernized comparator processing by migrating workloads to Apache Spark, improving scalability and report turnaround times.
- Led GMAS Cassandra Migration initiative.
- Designed and developed the Comparator Dashboard and supported One Compare onboarding for additional enterprise applications.
- Designed and implemented Illinois Tips & Taxes Phase 1 and Phase 2 enhancements, including Pricing Toggle-Off capability and Yugabyte architecture for the Illinois Rebate process.
- Designed and developed Comparator Dashboard, facilitating One Compare onboarding for additional enterprise applications.
- Mentored engineers in architecture and code reviews, implementing engineering best practices and removing delivery blockers across global teams.
- Applied GitHub Copilot and Copilot Agents for AI-assisted code generation, documentation, unit test creation, troubleshooting, and prompt engineering to improve engineering productivity.
- Resolved critical production defects and delivered multiple production hotfixes with minimal business disruption.
Software Engineer / Team Lead
8 Years 6 Months- Modernized enterprise retirement payment applications using Java and Unix to enhance functionality and user experience.
- Implemented SQL validation processes, Selenium automation, and SOAP service testing solutions to ensure system reliability and performance.
- Led migration releases, mentored engineers, and collaborated with business stakeholders to align technical solutions with business needs.
Software Engineer / QA Engineer
4 Years 11 Months- Automated regression testing with Selenium WebDriver to enhance test coverage.
- Validated merchant payment processing, reconciliation, and settlement calculations to ensure accuracy.
- Streamlined QA processes through automation, increasing overall testing efficiency.
Education
Bachelor's Degree
Skills
Java
Spring Boot
REST APIs
Apache Spark
Cassandra
Yugabyte
SQL
DB2
Oracle
MySQL
Kafka
GridGain
Git
GitHub Copilot
Prompt Engineering
AI-assisted Development
Selenium
Linux/Unix
IntelliJ
DevOps
React
Accomplishments
- Led merchant settlement platform initiatives processing $4B+ daily.
- Delivered Illinois Tips & Taxes modernization and Yugabyte design implementation.
- Led GMAS Cassandra Migration initiative.
- Led GMAS Payment Journey UI initiative.
- Led Apache Spark comparator modernization and Comparator Dashboard development.
- Recognized SME for merchant payments, platform modernization, and comparator validation.
- Expanded expertise in cloud-native architecture, React, Spring Boot, and AI-assisted development.
Timeline
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