# Azam Jamal > Senior Software Engineer @ Hunt Club Location: Greater Chicago Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/azam ## Work Experience ### Senior Software Engineer @ Hunt Club Jan 2022 – Present | Chicago, Illinois, United States ### Software Engineer @ JPMorgan Chase & Co. Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Chicago, Illinois, United States • Utilized Spring framework and various Spring projects ranging from Spring Data JPA to Spring Security to develop micro-services • Used test driven development, pair programming, and clean coding principles to consistently deliver software solutions • Deployed various microservices to production and lower environments to both internal cloud and on-prem servers • Coordinated application release schedules to ensure smooth and proper delivery to production environments • Analyzed and monitor application logs using profiling tools like Splunk and in UNIX environments • Utilized Jenkins variants, Kubernetes, and SonarQube to improve CI/CD processes • Made appropriate recommendations to tune cache, cpu memory, and JVMs to optimize application performance • Utilized performance testing tool to identify important metrics and critical points in app flow • Collaborated with performance engineering teams to improve application performance for back-end REST APIs ### Associate Developer @ Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois, Montana, New Mexico, Oklahoma & Texas Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | Chicago, Illinois • Developed, designed and architected a multitude of products for enterprise web applications using eXtreme Programming (XP)/Agile methodologies including pair programming and test-driven development (TDD) • Migrated legacy, monolithic SOAP application to RESTful cloud-native microservice solutions using Java Spring MVC Framework • Created Concourse CI build and deploy pipelines utilizing Docker images • Wrote, tested, and deployed code safely to staging and production environments • Automated routine tasks in order to minimize risk and deployment time, and to improve analysis quality • Tested functionality of third party APIs using Swagger, Postman, and Insomnia • Wrote JUnit and integration tests for back end services to increase code coverage by 80% • Utilized JWT to implement application security • Refactored codebase to implement functional programming interfaces and caching to optimize performance by 53% • Planned, architected, and created React components for micro-frontend UI architecture • Provided programming estimates, identified potential problems, and recommended alternative solutions ### Solutions Developer @ Avanade Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Chicago, Illinois • Developed and designed Microsoft PowerApp business applications to create dashboard highlighting specific data points from Microsoft Dynamics 365 (D365) CRM • Configured CRM Solution in D365 by customizing solutions, entities, and view components to provide data for D365 dashboards using the XRM Toolbox • Collaborated with team to create a web-based, data-driven application using Angular 7 and assisted in managing Azure DevOps •Organized and led a Microsoft PowerApp initiative by presenting introductory follow-along demos and provided assistance to a team creating apps to showcase to the CRM Talent Community ### Application Developer @ University of Illinois at Chicago Jan 2015 – Jan 2018 | Chicago, IL • Develop and design dynamic, bootstrapped, mobile-friendly applications and web pages for ACCC User Services users • Integrate backend technologies such as PHP, MySQL and AJAX to deploy applications used for tracking customer interactions with managers and employees • Perform data analysis to provide statistical reports for senior management ### Computer Specialist @ University of Illinois at Chicago Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Chicago, IL -Packaged and deployed numerous applications used by ACCC. Used the Windows MSI Packager program -Wrote PowerShell scripts to virtually package applications -Fixed a multitude of computer lab issues around the UIC campus (networking, accounts, imaging, etc) -Primarily worked with the Windows OS ### Enterprise IT Intern - Corporate Applications @ Blue Cross Blue Shield Association Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Chicago, IL • Designed various webpage portlets displaying different fields and managed core content by utilizing Liferay DXP open source enterprise portal • Created structures, templates, and application display templates while acquiring experience using Liferay’s application and content management framework • Developed portlets using Apache Velocity, HTML, CSS and JavaScript • Assisted with development on the BlueWeb Upgrade to DXP project to enhance BCBSA’s corporate intranet and extranet ### Enterprise IT Intern - Product Verification @ Blue Cross Blue Shield Association Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Chicago, IL • Developed scripts in C# using the .NET framework and JSON to automate and retrieve data from business intelligence software (IBM Cognos); increased efficiency by 15-25% • Generated test cases and reports detailing KPI statistics for management to review • Implemented Selenium WebDriver API to automate Cognos, Excel spreadsheets, Vertica DB • Conducted product verification by parsing through HTML tables in Cognos and tested for validity against SQL queries with data from Vertica DB ## Education ### Bachelor of Science - BS in Computer Science University of Illinois Chicago Jan 2014 – Jan 2018 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/azamjamal --- Source: https://flows.cv/azam JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/azam/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-23