About

Visal Rao is a highly skilled software engineer with over 4 years of experience in designing and developing cost-efficient scalable systems. He is currently working as a Software Engineer at Hewlett Packard, where he builds systems that compute usage, predict servicing, and create customers for HP. He is responsible for analyzing and acting on usage data from 2M+ printers across the globe to provide an uninterrupted customer experience. Visal has a proven track record of reengineering and retiring legacy systems, vastly improving scalability, cost, and extensibility. He has improved stream processing capability from 2M req/day to 40M+ req/day with minimal cost increase. He has also redesigned the synchronous monolithic API to an event-based distributed system. Visal has created a well-crafted codebase with a focus on concurrency, design patterns, SOA, and TDD. Visal has redesigned the legacy Java-based monolithic system into an asynchronous microservices architecture. He has implemented the core computation engine using Java 8 & Spring Web with a special focus on multithreading, distributed parallel processing alongside the usage of advanced language and framework features such as lambda expressions, completable Futures, java streams, dependency injection, etc. He has adhered to best practices like usage of appropriate design patterns, test-driven development, SOLID, etc. Visal has a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Vignan Institute of Technology and Management, Berhampur. He has worked with IBM as an Application Developer and with Infosys as a Technology Analyst. He has experience in working with technologies like Spring, Java, AWS, Backend, Javascript, Microservices, Terraform, Web, Amazon Athena, Typescript, Spring Boot, Redux, infra, Frontend, NodeJS, Mobile, Bamboo, ECS, New Relic, Kubernetes, Docker, MySQL, NoSQL, MongoDB, and UI. Visal is a highly motivated individual with a passion for learning and keeping up-to-date with the latest technologies. He is an excellent team player and has experience in conducting code reviews, adhering to well-documented SDLC guidelines, and managing infrastructure through Terraform to manage service seamlessly across different stacks. With 6.78 years of relevant experience, Visal is a valuable addition to any team.