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Niveus

Cloud Specialist - Full Stack Lead - GCP​

🏢 Company: Niveus — service-based IT company specializing in Google Cloud Platform
📍 Location: Mangaluru, Karnataka 575001
📅 Duration: 16-Oct-2023 – Present

Core Tech Stack​

Node.js Express.js NestJS MySQL PostgreSQL Redis Google Cloud Docker Jenkins GitLab CI/CD REST APIs JWT Grafana Bitbucket

Key Responsibilities​

  • Conduct thorough code reviews to ensure adherence to coding standards, best practices, and project requirements, while providing Git approvals and feedback for team members.
  • Manage and oversee the merging process to maintain a stable, conflict-free codebase in a multi-developer environment.
  • Lead the development of RESTful APIs consumed by mobile applications, ensuring secure, scalable, and high-performance endpoints.
  • Implement SSO (Single Sign-On) and token-based authentication mechanisms to enforce secure access across mobile and web platforms.
  • Deploy Node.js applications on Linux-based VMs, configure services for high availability, and manage rollouts using manual deployment strategies and shell scripts.
  • Participate in daily scrums, share progress updates, identify blockers, and align with sprint goals and timelines.
  • Collaborate with UI/UX, mobile, and QA teams to ensure seamless integration between backend services and frontend/mobile apps.
  • Create and maintain technical documentation, including API specs and architecture diagrams, to facilitate development and onboarding.
  • Work closely with the client IT team during release calls to deploy builds, verify production readiness, and address post-deployment issues.

Projects​

Chairman App — Aditya Birla Group (Mobile App)​

Tech Stack: Node.js, Express.js, SSO, MySQL, GitLab CI/CD, GCP (App Engine, Cloud SQL, Cloud Storage), REST APIs, Docker

  • Lead the development of RESTful APIs consumed by the mobile application.
  • Implement SSO and token-based authentication for secure access across mobile and web platforms.
  • Deploy Node.js applications on Linux-based VMs and manage rollouts using shell scripts.
  • Collaborate with UI/UX, mobile, and QA teams for seamless integrations.
  • Maintain technical documentation, API specs, and architecture diagrams.

Birla Opus — Aditya Birla Group (Web)​

Tech Stack: Node.js, Express.js, MySQL, Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, GCP (App Engine, Cloud SQL, Cloud Storage), REST APIs, Docker

  • Develop and maintain RESTful APIs to support mobile and web applications using Node.js and Express.js.
  • Integrate AI image generation endpoints; handle API calls, response parsing, and error management.
  • Fetch generated image data from AI services and serve it efficiently to the frontend.
  • Implement token-based authentication to secure endpoints across mobile and web clients.
  • Participate in daily standups and conduct code reviews for quality and consistency.
  • Deploy Node.js services on virtual machines and monitor uptime and availability.
  • Write API documentation and maintain technical design notes for cross-team clarity.

ICICI Mutual Funds Loans — ICICI Bank Ltd (Web)​

Tech Stack: Node.js, Express.js (Microservices Architecture), RESTful APIs, JWT Auth Middleware, AES-256 Data Encryption, Jenkins (CI/CD), Grafana, Google Cloud Operations Suite (Stackdriver), GCP, Cloud SQL, Cloud Storage, MySQL, Docker, GitLab CI/CD

Key Achievements:

  • Optimized backend performance, reducing API response times by ~20% through efficient microservices architecture and caching.
  • Successfully migrated legacy financial workflows to a secure, GCP-native cloud environment, ensuring 99.9% uptime.

Responsibilities:

  • Led a team of backend developers in architecting secure, scalable Node.js microservices, directly supporting ICICI's digital banking modernization.
  • Implemented JWT-based authentication and AES-256 encryption across all microservices, strengthening data security for critical financial transactions.
  • Orchestrated CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and GitLab, improving deployment reliability and reducing manual intervention.
  • Collaborated with Infosec teams to validate encryption protocols, ensuring full compliance with banking security standards.
  • Mentored junior developers through code reviews and knowledge-sharing sessions, significantly improving code quality and team velocity.

HDFC SELF HELP — HDFC (Web)​

Tech Stack: Nest.js, Next.js, Postgres, Redis, Jenkins, BitBucket, CI/CD, GCP (App Engine, Cloud SQL, Cloud Storage), REST APIs, Docker

  • Developed and maintained RESTful APIs to support mobile and web applications using Nest.js and Next.js.
  • Implemented token-based authentication to secure endpoints and ensure safe access across mobile and web clients.
  • Participated in daily standups, collaborated with cross-functional teams (mobile, frontend, and QA), and ensured timely feature delivery.
  • Conducted code reviews for peer contributions to maintain code quality, readability, and consistency.
  • Deployed Node.js services on virtual machines and performed basic server configuration and monitoring for uptime and availability.
  • Wrote API documentation and maintained technical design notes for consistent handoffs and cross-team clarity.