Irfan Ahmed
Full Stack Developer
Chennai
Summary
Dynamic software developer with over 6 years of experience in designing and building scalable, high-performance applications using .NET technologies. Expertise includes C#, .NET 8, ASP.NET Core, Entity Framework, and Angular, along with hands-on experience in RESTful APIs, microservices, and event-driven architectures with Kafka. Proficient in performance optimization through Redis caching, SQL tuning, and Azure PostgreSQL, with a strong foundation in DevOps practices and cloud-native development, including CI/CD automation and container orchestration with Docker and Kubernetes. Contributes to system design discussions and architecture planning, consistently delivering enterprise-grade solutions while leveraging tools like GitHub Copilot to enhance development efficiency and code quality.
Overview
2
2
Languages
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Software Developer
Hitachi Energy
06.2023 - Current
- Designed and developed 5+ scalable, high-performance applications using C#, .NET 8, ASP.NET Core, and Entity Framework, serving thousands of concurrent users.
- Built and maintained 10+ RESTful APIs and microservices for enterprise-grade systems, improving system responsiveness by 30% on average.
- Implemented event-driven architectures using Apache Kafka, enabling asynchronous communication across 15+ services and improving system reliability.
- Leveraged Redis caching to reduce database load by 40% and improve application response times for 500+ daily active users.
- Actively contributed to technical and system design discussions, influencing architecture decisions and scalability planning, resulting in a 25% improvement in system throughput.
- Utilized GitHub Copilot to accelerate development, improve code quality, and generate 100+ automated tests, reducing manual coding effort by 20 hours per week.
- Implemented Copilot-based automation agents to streamline repetitive development and operational tasks, boosting team productivity by 15–20%.
- Designed and optimized Azure PostgreSQL queries and data models, improving analytics and reporting performance by up to 40%.
- Supported CI/CD pipelines and containerized deployments using Docker and Kubernetes, ensuring 99.9% uptime across production environments.
Software Developer
Syncfusion
11.2019 - 05.2023
- Developed and enhanced 5+ web-based dashboard applications using .NET (C#) and Angular, supporting over 1,000 daily active users.
- Designed and optimized 50+ Azure PostgreSQL queries, improving data retrieval speed by up to 40%, resulting in faster dashboard responsiveness.
- Performed query optimization and performance tuning across 10+ SQL data sources, reducing the average query execution time by 35%.
- Implemented advanced SQL expressions and data transformations to support real-time dashboards, enabling interactive analytics for over 500 users.
- Extracted and processed data from multiple relational databases to build analytics and reporting features that supported weekly executive decision-making.
- Implemented CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps, automating builds and releases for 8+ applications, reducing deployment time by 50%.
- Containerized applications using Docker and deployed to Kubernetes clusters (AKS, EKS, and GKE), supporting high-availability deployments for production environments with 99.9% uptime.
- Contributed to building scalable, high-performance applications, following best coding and DevOps practices, and improving overall system efficiency by 30%.
Education
B.Tech - Computer Science
Dr MGR Educational And Research Institute
Chennai06-2019
12th -
Chennai High School
Chennai, India03-2015
10th -
Chennai High School
Chennai, India03-2013
Skills
Microsoft ASPNET, MVC, C#, NET Core
Docker & Kubernetes
Azure DevOps, CI & CD
AKS, GKE and EKS
DevOps Principles
Accomplishments
- Participated in system design discussions in Poland.
- Represented Hitachi Energy at a Microsoft AI workshop (1 week).
- Served as a Junior Architect contributing to system design and technical decisions.
- Analyzed project requirements and implemented the end-to-end design flow.
- Applied GitHub Copilot and AI agents to assist code generation, refactoring, and workflow automation.
- Skilled in DevOps and cloud infrastructure, including CI/CD automation, multi-cloud deployments (Azure, AWS, GCP), and container orchestration with Docker and Kubernetes (AKS, GKE).
Timeline
Software Developer
Hitachi Energy
06.2023 - Current
Software Developer
Syncfusion
11.2019 - 05.2023
B.Tech - Computer Science
Dr MGR Educational And Research Institute
12th -
Chennai High School
10th -
Chennai High School
LANGUAGES
English
Tamil