Basith Abdul

Experience

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  Research Center Imaarat(RCI)

  Dec 2019 - Jan 2020

  Software Engineering Intern

  Engineered a software that enabled dynamic geospatial visualization of missile trajectories on Google Maps using C++ and the QT software framework.

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  StudentCode-in

  Jun 2020 - Aug 2020

  Project Admin

  Mentored the team in acquiring proficiency in a wide array of technologies, including Python Django, MySQL, Stripe API, and Google Drive API, empowering them to collaboratively contribute to the open-source project.

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  LetsUpgrade

  Jul 2020 - Aug 2020

  Mentor

  -Effectively mentored and coached a team of 10 members, adhering to agile methodologies and guiding the development of a specialized search engine tailored for programmers.-This comprehensive search tool utilizes web scraping techniques on websites such as StackOverflow, Wikipedia, and Quora to deliver the most relevant search results, catering to the specific needs of the developer community.

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  Microsoft Learn Student Ambassadors CEE

  Aug 2020 - Nov 2021

  Microsoft Learn Student Ambassador
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  NCR Voyix

  Mar 2021 - Aug 2024

  -Led the development of multiple microservices for the Next-Gen Self-Checkout system, employing Adapter, Decorator, Factory, and Observer Design Patterns, and leveraging React, Redux, NestJS, Redis, MongoDB, SQL, RxJS, GoLang, Docker, Kubernetes, Helm Charts, Github Workflows, Jenkins, Groovy, Bash and GCP.-Played a pivotal role in all phases of software development, including coding, code reviews, resolving bugs, project planning, management, testing, and deployment.-Assisted with GitHub workflows and bash scripting for the automated execution of end-to-end (E2E) tests, deploying entire cluster on Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) upon each pull request merge. Wrote multiple test cases in Cypress, Gherkin, CucumberJS.-Designed and implemented an end-to-end monitoring and self-healing system for our server using Google Cloud Functions, Pub/Sub, Google Cloud Uptime Checks, Scheduler, and Alerts.-Designed an end-to-end approach for processing and printing of logs within multiple log files leveraging a Fluentbit sidecar container and a lua script for filtering. Show less -Led the development of a comprehensive emulator from scratch, simulating a pinpad device for EFT payments and facilitating the automated execution of end-to-end tests on CI/CD pipelines across diverse scenarios.-Devised Dockerfiles for multiple microservices, integrating them into our kubernetes cluster defining the corresponding manifests within our helm umbrella chart.-Architected robust CI/CD pipelines that automate the building and deployment of Docker images, RPM packages, and Debian packages, on Google Artifactory Registry and JFrog Artifactory.-Implemented and managed a Jenkins job responsible for secure SSH access to our self-serve checkout lanes, facilitating the upgrading of microservices running as daemon processes.-Guided and mentored team members, ultimately enhancing team performance and project outcomes.-Engineered GitHub workflows that periodically facilitate the upgrade to the latest Kubernetes cluster chart.-Optimized cloud infrastructure costs by reducing the disk usage based on capacity reports. Show less

  • Software Engineer II

    Apr 2023 - Aug 2024

  • Software Engineer

    Aug 2021 - Jun 2024

  • Software Engineer Intern

    Mar 2021 - Aug 2021
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  Georgia State University

  Aug 2024 - now

  Graduate Teaching Assistant

  -Conducted lab sessions on complete software development lifecycle (Agile principles), with a focus on Java including Adapter, Factory, and Decorator design patterns.-Instructed students on best coding practices through SOLID principles, and guided them in OOPS concepts, system documentation using Javadoc and testing with JUnit.