Shazia Kausar

• Java
• Spring Boot
• Hibernate
• Python
• Angular
• JUnit
• PostgreSQL
• MySQL
• Oracle
• MongoDB
• Redis
• Elasticsearch
• Apache Kafka
• RabbitMQ
• Docker
• Kubernetes
• AWS
• Azure
• Terraform
• GitHub Actions
• Maven
• Grafana
• Prometheus
• OpenTelemetry

Practices

Architecture

• Distributed systems
• Event-driven
• Fault tolerance
• Resilience patterns
• Concurrency
• Idempotency
• Retry strategies
• Async processing

Data

• Database design
• SQL optimization
• Query tuning
• Indexing
• Transactions
• Migrations
• Data consistency

Quality

• Unit testing
• Integration testing
• TDD
• Regression testing
• Code review
• Refactoring
• Clean code
• Engineering standards

Security

• OWASP principles
• OAuth 2.0 / OIDC
• Secure API design
• Authentication
• Authorization
• Access control
• Privacy by design

Working with others

• Technical ownership
• Architectural decisions
• Mentoring
• Knowledge sharing
• Agile / Scrum
• Cross-functional delivery

1. UK Uptime Compliance

   Monta

   Uptime export built to satisfy the UK public charge point regulations, giving operators the availability evidence the rules require. Deployed 23 November 2024.

   • Java
   • Spring Boot
   • PostgreSQL
   • Scheduled jobs

2. Reports Revamp

   Monta

   Led the conversion of underused reports into a streamlined alerts-based system, so the information reaches large clients when it is worth acting on instead of sitting in a report nobody opens.

   • Java
   • Spring Boot
   • Apache Kafka
   • Event-driven

3. Portal to HUB Migration

   Monta

   Migrated core functionality from Portal to HUB for improved performance, scalability and technical alignment, without interrupting the operators depending on it.

   • Microservices
   • PostgreSQL
   • Kubernetes
   • Docker

4. Data Exports

   Monta

   Export APIs that let customers download their own operational data in XLSX format, replacing the support requests that used to stand between them and their numbers.

   • REST APIs
   • Spring Boot
   • XLSX
   • Async jobs

5. Ramana Learning Center

   Live

   A production learning platform delivered and maintained end to end: the backend services, the frontend, the deployment and the operations that keep it running.

   • Java
   • Spring Boot
   • Angular
   • CI/CD

1. 2026 — Present

   Full Stack Developer · Freelance

   Design, develop and maintain backend services in Java and Spring Boot, taking features from requirements analysis through design, testing, deployment and maintenance. Build REST APIs and third-party integrations with input validation, error handling and secure data-processing practice.

   • Java
   • Spring Boot
   • REST APIs
   • PostgreSQL

2. 2023 — 2025

   Senior Java Backend Engineer · Monta

   Built and maintained Java and Spring Boot microservices supporting business-critical distributed workflows. Developed event-driven services on Apache Kafka with failure handling, retries and concurrency accounted for. Optimised PostgreSQL and MySQL schemas, indexes and transaction workflows, deployed on Docker and Kubernetes, and improved observability through Grafana dashboards. Mentored engineers through code review.

   • Java
   • Spring Boot
   • Apache Kafka
   • PostgreSQL
   • Kubernetes
   • Grafana

3. 2021 — 2023

   Senior Backend Engineer · MODIFI

   Java and Spring Boot microservices for fintech and payment-processing applications, weighted toward transaction integrity and maintainable business logic. Implemented Kafka event processing for asynchronous integration between services, investigated production incidents and carried out root cause analysis.

   • Java
   • Spring Boot
   • Apache Kafka
   • MySQL
   • Docker

4. 2019 — 2021

   Advisory Software Engineer · Etisalat

   Enterprise-scale backend applications and distributed systems supporting large-scale telecom transaction and integration workloads. Asynchronous processing and event-driven workflows, AWS and Docker deployments, and monitoring practice built on Grafana, logging, telemetry and alerting.

   • Java
   • Spring Boot
   • AWS
   • Docker
   • Grafana

5. 2018 — 2019

   Principal Software Engineer · InfoTech Pvt. LTD

   Led full-stack delivery of regulatory-compliant financial systems aligned to State Bank of Pakistan guidelines. Architected transaction-processing features including JPOS message formats for secure, standards-compliant financial integrations. Java and Spring with JSF and JPA, on Tomcat and Oracle, verified with JUnit.

   • Java
   • Spring
   • JPOS
   • JPA
   • Oracle
   • JUnit

6. 2018

   Lead Software Engineer · INFOGISTIC Pvt. LTD

   Led technical architecture and full-stack development for property listing and transaction platforms covering sales, purchase and back-office operations. Defined the stack, automated back-office processes with the Activiti framework, and added search and indexing with Apache Solr.

   • Java
   • Spring
   • Activiti
   • Apache Solr
   • MySQL

7. 2011 — 2017

   Principal Software Engineer · NETSOL Technologies Inc

   Progressed from Software Engineer to Principal, leading Agile delivery of financial and insurance platforms for clients across the UK, USA and Australia. Architected 5+ large-scale insurance systems, improving transaction processing efficiency by up to 30% and reducing claims resolution time by 25%. Led migration of legacy platforms to Java, J2EE and Spring, reducing technical debt by 40%.

   • Java
   • J2EE
   • Spring
   • JUnit
   • Agile

• Education

  Bachelor of Computer Science

  Punjab University College of Information Technology

• Certification

  Oracle Certified Professional, Java Programmer

  Java SE 6 · Oracle Corporation

• Conference

  KotlinConf 2024

  JetBrains · Copenhagen, Denmark