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👋 Hello, I'm

Sharon KK

Senior Java Backend Developer

I stop shots on the pitch the same way I stop bugs in production — nothing gets past me.

Technologies I Work With

The tools I use to build scalable, high-performance systems

Java Java
Spring Boot Spring Boot
WebFlux
Microservices
Kafka Kafka
MongoDB MongoDB
PostgreSQL PostgreSQL
AWS AWS
Docker Docker
Kubernetes Kubernetes
Cassandra Cassandra
Redis Redis

About Me

Sharon KK — Senior Java Developer from Kerala

I'm a passionate backend developer who loves solving complex problems and building efficient systems. I enjoy working with modern technologies and continuously learning new things.

  • 🧤 Saving Goals on Weekends.
  • 💻 Building APIs on Weekdays.
  • 🛸 Wondering What's Out There.
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Experience

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Nov 2024 – Present

Cognizant

Senior Software Engineer

Working on Mercedes-Benz & Schneider Electric projects involving microservices, Apache Spark, Kafka, Cassandra and AWS.

Mar 2022 – Nov 2024

Happiest Minds Technologies

Senior Software Engineer

Developed scalable microservices, REST & GraphQL APIs for Happiest Health and Wiley Ed Pub Convergence platforms.

Nov 2018 – Feb 2022

Atos Syntel

Associate Consultant

Worked on FedEx Common Data Service building CRUD endpoints on Cassandra & Oracle, gaining strong backend foundations.

6+ Years Exp
10+ Projects
3 Companies
10+ Technologies

My Projects

Some of the things I've built

Java 17/19 · Apache Spark · Cassandra · Kafka · AWS

Mercedes-Benz Enterprise Platform

Designed and enhanced microservices for Mercedes-Benz MBRDI enterprise platforms. Built Apache Spark ETL pipelines processing millions of records for large-scale data transformation and developed high-availability Cassandra query solutions.

Java 17 · Spring Boot 3 · WebFlux · Amazon S3 · SQS · ECS

Happiest Health — Health Champion

Built a microservices-based health-stories community platform with an S3 file-transfer API. Implemented Liquibase migrations, OpenAPI specs, and collaborated with the front-end team on REST API design.

Java 16 · Spring Boot · WebFlux · PostgreSQL · GraphQL

Wiley Ed Pub Convergence

Developed REST and GraphQL APIs across Scoring Engine, Outcomes, and Learning Resources modules for a globally used education platform. Partnered with stakeholders to gather requirements and deliver reliable, testable APIs.

Java 17 · WebFlux · MongoDB · InfluxDB · JUnit

Data API — Schneider Electric

Built and maintained multiple microservices with end-to-end JUnit test coverage. Reviewed incoming change requests and coordinated directly with business stakeholders on requirements and delivery timelines.

Java 8 · Spring Boot · Cassandra · Microservices · JUnit

Common Data Service — FedEx

Built CRUD and query endpoints (insert, delete, key/index query) across Oracle and Cassandra for FedEx's Common Data Service. Owned DAO/service-layer development and supported QA for release cycles.

AWS · HP ALM · Linux · Shell Scripting

COVBLDS — Coventry Building Society

Worked on infrastructure and automation tasks for Coventry Building Society using AWS and HP ALM. Gained strong foundational experience in cloud infrastructure and enterprise-level deployment pipelines.

Skills & Proficiency

Technologies I work with daily

Backend

Java95%
Spring Boot92%
WebFlux / Reactive85%
Microservices90%
REST APIs95%

Data & Messaging

Kafka88%
PostgreSQL85%
MongoDB80%
Redis78%
Elasticsearch72%

Cloud & DevOps

AWS87%
Docker88%
Kubernetes80%
CI/CD (Jenkins)82%
Terraform68%