About

Kumar Chirram is a driven and passionate Associate Software Engineer at Goldman Sachs with over 6 years of industry experience. He is capable of leading engineering teams to achieve set goals on a given time-frame, coming up with innovative solutions. Kumar has experience working for a diverse clientele with strong database management and Java-related technologies. He has designed and developed systems with best architectural practices at scale with no compromise on quality. Kumar has a good background in Algorithms, Data structures, Object-Oriented Programming, Java, Spring, Spring Boot, MySQL, Cassandra, MongoDB, Apache Kafka, Storm, Git, Maven, and Python. He is passionate about building products that give lasting impact on people. Currently, Kumar is working at Goldman Sachs where he has designed and built automation for issuing financial instruments to stock exchanges and over-the-counter routes. He has developed and deployed distributed microservices for seamless integration and parallel processing for custom tools at the firm. Kumar has increased the productivity of Structuring and Middle Office teams by automating internal operations like client exercises, New Issue Adverts, etc. He has revamped some of the existing business logic and increased the coding standards. Kumar has worked on Java, Python, Slang(Firm’s internal Language), SecDB(Firm’s internal object-oriented database), Sybase SQL Server, Git, CVS, MongoDB, Kubernetes, Kafka, and Rabbit MQ. He has also gained good knowledge in designing horizontally scalable systems and has exposure to financial concepts. Previously, Kumar worked as a Technical Lead at Vassar Labs where he explored various technologies and gained good knowledge in designing scalable systems that can handle a large amount of real-time data and perform very heavy computations. He has developed several innovative models and lead multiple teams to successfully deliver many products. Kumar has worked on various technologies such as Apache Storm, Kafka, Spring and Play Frameworks, Cassandra, MySQL, MongoDB, Nginx, Git, Maven, AWS/DO/Azure. Kumar has built various decision support systems for Reservoir operational and planning optimizations, Crop Stress, Fertilizer recommendation, etc. These systems were designed and developed in a scalable manner as they involve heavy computations and huge data processing. Kumar holds an Integrated Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and Engineering from RGUKT IIIT Basar and an SSC in Maths from ZPHS Ramaiahpally. He is skilled in Software Engineering, Java, Spring, MySQL, MongoDB, Cassandra, Kafka, AWS, SQL, Python, Azure, Kubernetes