**Karthick Gunasekar**
Binghamton, NY
(607) 235-8698 | kgunase37@gmail.com
linkedin.com/in/karthick-gunasekar | github.com/kgunase1

### EDUCATION
**Binghamton University, State University of New York**
*Thomas J. Watson College of Engineering and Applied Science*
Master of Science in Computer Science | GPA: 3.5/4.0 | May 2024

**PSNA College of Engineering and Technology, Dindigul, Tamil Nadu, India**
Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science and Engineering | GPA: 3.5/4.0 | May 2017

### SKILLS
**Technical Skills:** C, C++, Java, JavaScript, React, Python, XML, CSS, SQL, MySQL, NoSQL, PL/SQL
**Frameworks & Libraries:** Spring, Spring MVC, Spring Boot, JPA, JDBC, Hibernate, REST API, Microservices, AWS, Kafka
**Development Tools:** VS Code, MongoDB, Postman, Jasper, Git, Maven, Jenkins, Splunk, Kibana, SonarQube, CI/CD
**Additional:** Multithreading, Concurrency, Scrum, Functional/Unit Testing, Docker, Kubernetes, Google Cloud Platform
**Relevant Coursework:** Data Structures, Algorithms, OOP, Database Systems, Cloud Computing, Design Patterns

### PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
**PayPal (Payments-SWITCH) | Chennai, India**
*Product and Platform Engineer | August 2020 – August 2022*
- Integrated APIs with vendor applications to seamlessly convert transaction data into vendor-specific formats.
- Implemented PII masking and validation to enhance data security for customers and merchants.
- Developed a real-time application simulator to mimic vendor interactions using Simulator rules and port configurations.
- Automated health checks via Python scripts, generating daily reports for Unit/Functional Testing, PMD, and FindBugs.
- Managed discrepancies in Early CI/CD phases across Development, Testing, and Release stages.
- Upgraded internal frameworks and dependencies, optimizing performance and modernizing the codebase.

**IVTL Infoview Technologies | Chennai, India**
*Software Engineer | July 2017 – July 2020*
- Designed ERP products (Asset Management, Sales Plan Management) for efficient product and profit/loss tracking.
- Orchestrated end-to-end database connectivity, ensuring data integrity and relational coherence in RDBMS.
- Optimized SQL workflows, reducing bulk data import/validation response time by 70%.
- Improved loading efficiency by 80% for ERP products handling millions of records using Elastic Search.
- Owned product release lifecycle, conducting code reviews via SonarQube and SonarLint.

### PROJECTS
**Pixtract: Searchable Image Storage Database**
- Cloud-based image storage with auto-tagging, recognition, categorization, and digital note extraction.
- Enabled global text-search for uploaded media using AWS Extract, Rekognition, and DynamoDB.

### AWARDS
- **Critical Resource Award** (2018–2020) – IVTL Infoview Technologies
- **GEM Award for Best Performer** (2022) – PayPal

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