Sharad Kumar

I am a Vice President / Lead Software Engineer and Solution Architect with 17+ years of experience designing and delivering enterprise-scale, highly available distributed systems across banking, financial services and government sectors. My core expertise is in Java, Spring Boot, Microservices, AWS, Apache Kafka, event-driven architecture and distributed systems. I have strong experience designing scalable backend platforms, cloud-native architectures, REST APIs and enterprise integration solutions. At JPMorgan Chase, I worked as a Vice President / Lead Software Engineer, leading the design and delivery of enterprise fraud detection and payment platforms. My responsibilities included solution and system architecture, designing Java/Spring Boot microservices, AWS cloud solutions, Kafka-based event-driven systems, CI/CD automation, performance and scalability improvements, and mentoring engineers across global teams. My broader technology experience includes Java, Python, Spring Boot, AWS, Kafka, Cassandra, DynamoDB, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Jenkins and ReactJS. I am also expanding my expertise into Generative AI and AI architecture, including LLMs, RAG, AI Agents, MCP and Prompt Engineering, with hands-on projects involving deepfake detection and LLM evaluation/hallucination detection. I combine hands-on engineering depth with architecture and technical leadership, allowing me to work from system design and technology strategy through to implementation and production delivery. I am particularly suited to roles such as Principal Engineer, Staff/Lead Engineer, Solution Architect, Enterprise/Solution Architecture Lead, Engineering Manager or Principal Backend Engineer, especially within large-scale cloud and distributed-system environments.