Sharad Babar.
Software Engineer.
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I Build Things
That Matter.
I'm a Software Engineer with 4+ years of experience building full-stack systems across healthcare, fintech, and supply chain. Passionate about building tech that makes a real impact.
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Experience.
Johnson & Johnson
Apr 2025 – PresentSoftware Engineer
- Engineered an AI-driven Clinical Knowledge Retrieval Platform using Spring Boot microservices, PostgreSQL, and Redis.
- Semantic search over 8M+ records via Hugging Face, LangChain & Pinecone — 40% improvement in knowledge discovery.
- Developed secure GraphQL and REST APIs integrated with OAuth2/OIDC authentication.
- Ensured reliability with OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana, and Resilience4j circuit breakers.
- Enforced code quality through Cypress, Playwright, and JMeter test suites.
Barclays
Feb 2022 – Jul 2023Software Development Engineer
- Architected backend services for digital wallet systems using Spring Boot, Kafka, Redis, and PostgreSQL.
- Optimized performance to achieve sub-250ms APIs and maintained a 98% SLA.
- Contributed to a cross-platform React Native mobile application.
- Deployed scalable AWS infrastructure (EKS, Lambda, API Gateway) via Terraform.
- Streamlined CI/CD with GitHub Actions — contributing to 99.99% uptime.
Accenture
Mar 2020 – Jan 2022Software Engineer
- Built and maintained a robust supply chain & logistics platform using Node.js and Express.js.
- Spearheaded MongoDB query optimizations achieving 42% faster queries.
- Developed interactive, responsive data dashboards using React.
- Designed and executed complex ETL pipelines and large-scale data migrations.
- Orchestrated containerized deployments using Jenkins, Docker, and Kubernetes.
Technical Skills.
9 categories of hard-won engineering expertise.
Programming & Scripting Languages
Backend & Service Frameworks
Distributed Systems & Messaging
Databases & Storage Solutions
Cloud Infrastructure & DevOps
AI & LLMs
Frontend & UI Development
Testing & QA
Monitoring & Observability
Selected Works.
A curated list of impactful engineering projects.
Tomato: MERN Food Delivery Application
High-performance MERN food delivery platform supporting real-time order tracking, secure payments, and scalable microservices handling thousands of concurrent users with low-latency responses
Horizon Banking: Real-Time Banking & Payments Platform
Premium banking dashboard with secure user authentication, account aggregation, transaction tracking, spending analytics, card management, and fund transfers.
Let's Build Something.
Open to full-time roles and compelling freelance opportunities.