Kaustav Das
Woluwe-Saint-Lambert,Brussels
Summary
Skilled technical lead successful at marrying technology and business needs in order to meet changing demands and solve diverse problems. Prepared to leverage several years of experience to take on new role with long-term potential and room for professional growth.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
5
5
Certifications
7
7
Awards from Organizations like Wipro, PwC
Work History
Technical Lead & Architect
Euroclear
Brussels
09.2023 - Current
- Low-level and high-level design.
- Development of .NET Core and Angular-based applications.
- Delivery coordination through multiple teams.
- Created detailed project plans with timelines, deliverables, and resources needed.
- Provided technical guidance on development projects as well as implementation of new technologies.
- Collaborated with other team members to troubleshoot complex issues and develop solutions.
- Mentored junior developers on coding best practices and standards.
- Conducted code reviews to ensure high-quality code was produced that adhered to coding standards.
- Performed root cause analysis for production incidents and identified permanent fixes.
- Worked on performance tuning and modularity of the codebase - built reusable components.
- Upgraded codebase with the latest offering of .NET and Angular.
Technical Lead
Ziaz
- Built SAAS B2C product from scratch with Angular, .NET Core, and Azure.
- Built responsive UI - Used Bootstrap and Media Queries to generate different layouts based on screen sizes.
- Used Material UI for complex forms.
- Used location and weather APIs to track customers' location and offer them a local feel, along with local subscription prices.
- Implemented authentication with LinkedIn three-legged OAuth.
- Implemented bearer token-based authorization to authorize different layers of the application.
- Built a microservice architecture with a multi-node gateway to enhance modularity as well as the performance of the application.
- Implemented exception handling with IExceptionFilter introduced in .NET 8.
- Implemented caching with IMemoryCache for .NET Core API requests
- Implemented caching, logging, and error handling with interceptors in Angular.
- Adopted Dapper after initial use of Entity Framework for database management.
- Established transaction with payment Gateway (Stripe) - implemented webhooks for event-based actions.
Product Architect
Onespan
Brussels
- Developed high-level and low-level design of online configurator.
- Built Sequence Diagrams, State Machines, and Action Workflows with Lucid.App.
- Designed engineering wireframes with Figma.
- Built minimal viable product with Angular and .NET Core.
- Led the delivery cycle - Requirement grooming - Feasibility Analysis and implications - Professional Wireframe delivery with other team - Scope and Schedule Management (PBI creation - High Level Estimation - Walkthrough to supplier team) - Code Review - Coordination for Deployment - Update to Stakeholders).
UI Lead
Almaviva
Brussels
03.2020 - 08.2021
- Analyzed operations in the classic SharePoint portal and proposed enhancements for building dashboards with different UI visualizations.
- Built UI components with separate themes to manage events on calendar controls, and built bar charts based on different KPIs.
- Upgraded the entire SharePoint portal from SharePoint 2013 to SharePoint 2019.
- Built UI components using Angular, React, and jQuery.
- Proposed modular estimations on different solution approaches and branches.
Technical Lead
Genisys
07.2017 - 12.2019
- Joined Genisys as a Technical Lead and worked on multiple US engagements, leading development with C#, Angular, and .NET Core.
- Conducted code reviews to ensure high-quality code was produced that adhered to coding standards.
- Performed root cause analysis for production incidents and identified permanent fixes.
- Assisted in the design and development of application architecture components.
- Created detailed project plans with timelines, deliverables, and resources needed.
Senior Consultant
PricewaterhouseCoopers
05.2012 - 08.2017
- Worked as a .NET developer delivering solutions with ASP.NET & MVC, Web API
- Led multiple teams for Web solutions delivery
- Worked in Client side in PwC US and Australia for over 3 years - as a delivery manager leading requirement grooming, solution proposal, Estimation, Development and Demonstration
- As a part of Analytics practice, took part in multiple solution design as co-architect
- Provided strategic guidance to clients on best practices for business operations.
- Developed detailed project plans and timelines to ensure successful completion of projects.
- Created reports, presentations and other documents to share findings with management team.
- Performed cost and benefit analysis on proposed solutions to determine effectiveness.
Project Engineer
Wipro Technologies
09.2009 - 05.2012
- I started my career in Wipro as a project engineer, got trained in .NET, and worked on multiple .NET engagements.
Education
Bachelors of Computer Engineering -
Neotia Institute of Technology, Mgmt & Science
06-2008
Skills
NET skills
- Web API Core
- Entity Framework
- Dapper
- Authentication and authorization
- Caching and logging
Architectural skills
- Service-Oriented Architecture
- Low-level and high-level design
- Feasibility Analysis and Cost-Benefit Analysis
- Solution scalability and performance improvement
- Sequence diagrams, workflow diagrams, with different tools
- Engineering Wireframe design
UI skills
- Updated with the latest features of Angular 18
- High-end responsive UI with Bootstrap, media query, and Material UI
- JavaScript, TypeScript, and jQuery
Team Leading and Mentorship Skills
- Train resources on upgrading the codebase of new features of NET, Angular, and Azure
- Code review and tailor best practice ruleset
Accomplishments
- Received Award of Excellence from Wipro
- 4 PwC Experience awards from PwC for Stakeholder Management, leading to more business and Continuously Delivering values and proposing solutions for betterment
- 3 Client Appreciation Awards from PwC
Certification
- Certified C# developer from Microsoft
- Certified Project Management Professional from Project Management Insitute(PMI)
- Certifications on .NET Core, Enterprise Agile from Udemy
Languages
English
First Language
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Quote
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Tony Robbins
References
References available upon request.
Work Preference
Work Type
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Career advancementTimeline
Technical Lead & Architect
Euroclear
09.2023 - Current
UI Lead
Almaviva
03.2020 - 08.2021
Technical Lead
Genisys
07.2017 - 12.2019
Senior Consultant
PricewaterhouseCoopers
05.2012 - 08.2017
Project Engineer
Wipro Technologies
09.2009 - 05.2012
Technical Lead
Ziaz
Product Architect
Onespan
Bachelors of Computer Engineering -
Neotia Institute of Technology, Mgmt & Science
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