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Vijayamurugan D, also known as Vijay, is a seasoned technology professional with over 15 years of experience in software engineering, mobile and web development, and data engineering. He is currently serving as the VP of Engineering at Zapartments, Inc, where he oversees the development of cutting-edge technology solutions for the real estate industry. Vijay is a firm believer in fundamental principles and common sense, which he applies to his work to ensure that the technology stack and domain are always well-aligned. He has a strong track record of building high-performance teams and delivering innovative solutions that meet business requirements. Prior to joining Zapartments, Vijay worked at Cognizant as a Technical Architect and Development Manager, where he was responsible for researching, architecting, and developing web, mobile, and IoT-based applications for the product solution group. He was instrumental in introducing modern technologies like Node.js, NoSQL, Real-Time Analysis, Distributed Architecture, and Material Design to the team, which helped to bring in rapid and agile development. Vijay is also a co-founder, architect, and programmer at Purplista Technologies Pvt. Ltd, where he built a pioneering hyper-local marketplace platform that enabled consumers to access their favorite local store product catalogs, best prices, and deals. He also improvised organic search to manage high traffic to the site, which brought in huge traffic to the business without any major product advertisement. Vijay holds an M.Sc. in Software Engineering from Periyar University and has a diverse skill set that includes Senior Software Engineering, Mobile, iOS, Web, AWS, Javascript, Android, Big Data, AI, Data Engineering, Integration, ML, Research Scientist, NoSQL, Java, CI/CD, Salesforce, SQL, Spring, Microservices, Search, ETL, Azure, Terraform, Parts-of-speech, Python, Spark, Apache Airflow, test, designer, Redis, RabbitMQ, Kubernetes, Docker, MySQL, MongoDB, Cassandra, Kafka, Spring Boot, Flask, Postgres, ui, Frontend, and Backend. Overall, Vijay is a highly skilled and experienced technology leader with a passion for innovation and a strong focus on delivering business value through technology solutions.