Aman Pratap

Java backend engineer with hands-on experience building and supporting Spring Boot microservices and RESTful APIs for high-

traffic enterprise publishing and e-commerce platforms. Skilled in AWS, Docker, CI/CD (Jenkins), and production support,

including root cause analysis, performance tuning, and incident resolution. Proven track record of improving reliability, reducing regression defects, and collaborating with cross-functional teams in Agile environments.

Software Engineer at Cognizant Technology Solutions (2025-07 – Present)

Client: Oxford University Press, UK

• Engineered and refactored Java 11 backend enhancements and microservices for high-traffic *.oup.com academic publishing platforms, reducing production regression defects by 15%.
• Orchestrated automated deployments via Jenkins CI/CD pipelines into Docker and AWS ECS environments, streamlining UAT validations and accelerating release velocity.
• Spearheaded complex root cause analysis (RCA) for critical production incidents on AWS-hosted applications using advanced log monitoring, maintaining an application SLA of 99.9%.
• Optimized content discovery architectures by integrating Apache SOLR search engines and managing automated workflows within Multiple Server environments.

Junior Software Engineer at Cognizant Technology Solutions (2022-10 – 2025-06)

Client: Oxford University Press, UK

• Designed and developed scalable Java Spring Boot microservices, optimizing system modularity and reducing code duplication across distributed components by 20%.
• Implemented decoupling patterns for inter-service communication using Feign Client, eliminating point-to-point dependencies across application networks.
• Boosted system uptime by 30% through proactive profiling, memory leak detection, index tuning in MySQL/MongoDB, and targeted defect resolution.
• Integrated secure, third-party RESTful APIs to ingest dynamic e-commerce processing data, cutting order-dependency evaluation bottlenecks by 12%.
• Translated vague business requirements into clear, verifiable technical blueprints (Requirement Understanding Documents) for engineering delivery.

Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) in Computer Science and Engineering – Academy of Technology (2018 – 2022)