About

Bala Chandran is a Senior Software Engineer with over 9 years of experience in the IT industry. He is currently working with JPMorgan Chase & Co as a Software Developer, where he actively develops wholesale real-time payments clearing applications and integrates external applications with partnered clearing banks through Open Banking API. Bala has expertise in a wide range of technologies, including Java/J2EE, JPA, Microservices, Kafka, NoSQL Databases, Spring Boot, Hibernate, Angular, Node.js, Jasper Reports, Oracle, Jenkins CI/CD, Groovy pipelines, and Docker. He is also proficient in various testing frameworks, such as JUnit, TestNG, Mockito, JMeter, Jasmine & Karma, and Cucumber. Bala has a strong understanding of design patterns, SOLID design principles, TDD, BDD, OOP, requirement gathering, application architecture & design, web app scalability, and automation basics. He has worked on several ecommerce product development projects for B2B customers in European markets during his time at VWR, part of Avantor, where he served as a Software Engineer-2. He also worked as a Software Engineer at Payoda, where he provided software-derived network (AppViewX) product development, re-engineering, and support to business solutions. Bala is a proactive developer with a passion for learning and staying up-to-date with the latest technologies. He has excellent communication and interpersonal skills and works well in a team environment. His technical skills, combined with his experience and expertise, make him a valuable asset to any organization.