Vikeer Jaichand

Leading technical initiatives and driving innovation in a fast-paced software development environment, focusing on high-quality deliverables and team excellence.

• Collaborating effectively with technical leads, managers, and various stakeholders to achieve organizational goals
• Conducted and led multiple proof-of-concepts (POCs) utilizing cutting-edge technologies and frameworks
• Provided strategic technical guidance aligned with business objectives and product roadmaps
• Fostered team collaboration and maintaining high morale through effective leadership and communication
• Orchestrated end-to-end feature delivery, including comprehensive testing and deployment strategies
• Championed coding best practices and conducted thorough code reviews to ensure quality standards
• Implemented robust CI/CD pipelines and optimized deployment processes
• Demonstrated adaptability and resilience by effectively managing change, pressure, and complexity
• Identified skill gaps within the team and provided targeted coaching and mentorship
• Verified successful knowledge transfer through continuous assessment and follow-up actions
• Mentored junior to senior-level team members, enhancing overall technical competencies
• Developed and delivered comprehensive training sessions and materials for end-users and technical team members

Progressed through two roles over 5+ years, advancing from Senior Developer to Technical Lead. Spearheaded technical transformation initiatives, leading the migration from legacy systems to modern cloud-native architectures while ensuring adherence to security and compliance standards.

Gained specialized experience in fintech domain, leading the transformation of monolithic payment processing systems into scalable microservices architecture. This strategic role provided expertise in microservices and containerization before returning to lead larger-scale initiatives.

• Transformed monolithic applications into microservices for improved scalability
• Mentored junior and intermediate developers in best practices
• Guided design decisions and system architecture for payment systems
• Utilized PHP 7.2 as primary development language
• Implemented Docker for microservice containerization and deployment

Developed high-performance gaming software solutions using modern web technologies and CI/CD practices. Established foundational expertise in full-stack development and DevOps practices that became core competencies throughout career progression.

• Developed features using C# and .NET framework for gaming software
• Built responsive frontend interfaces using Angular, Angular 2, gulp, node and npm
• Implemented CI/CD pipelines using JetBrains TeamCity
• Managed deployments using Octopus Deploy for seamless releases

Developed and integrated comprehensive eCommerce solutions utilizing modern PHP technologies. Optimized database performance and implemented advanced caching strategies to ensure scalable platform infrastructure.

• Developed and integrated projects for the eCommerce platform using PHP
• Modeled databases, optimized queries and utilized MySQL databases
• Used Git as version control
• Used ticketing tools such as Jira
• Used Vagrant and puppet for CI/CD
• Full stack LNMP development (Linux, Nginx, MySQL, PHP)
• Configured frontend caching with Varnish
• Used queues to process jobs with RabbitMQ
• Experience with Memcached
• Used Solr for DB Indexing and searching
• Used deployment scripts to push code to production
• Performed code reviews
• Applied object oriented design patterns to solve complex PHP problems

Designed and optimized enterprise solutions with focus on RESTful web services, database architecture, and full-stack development. Managed complex server configurations and implemented social media integrations for large-scale applications.

• Produced job specifications and scopes of work for prospective projects
• Designed, maintained, deployed, developed and optimized MySQL databases
• Setup crons on servers using sh, bash in Linux based environments
• Used Subversion as version control
• Used Capistrano and Webistrano for deployment
• Developed full functioning RESTful web services and APIs
• Setup and managed LAMP stacks (Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP)
• Used APIs for social networks such as Twitter, Facebook, Google+
• Applied CSS and OOP JavaScript and frameworks such as jQuery
• Used CMS systems such as Wordpress, Drupal, CodeIgniter and Silverstripe
• Used frameworks such Laravel, CakePHP, and Symfony2

Led field service operations, providing technical support and maintenance for instrumentation systems while developing problem-solving, leadership, and client interaction skills that translated into technical leadership capabilities.

Transitioned into software development, contributing to enterprise software projects and building foundational skills in professional software development practices.

Started career in automation and electrical engineering, gaining hands-on experience with industrial automation systems and technical troubleshooting. Developed core technical foundation and problem-solving skills.