# Nilay Chheda > Lead Software Architect at Apple Location: Sunnyvale, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/nilaychheda Parent, Inventor, Software/Cloud Architect, Photographer ## Work Experience ### Principal Software Engineer @ Apple Jan 2016 – Present | Sunnyvale, CA Lead the architecture of complex, high-scale enterprise platforms, delivering measurable improvements in system performance, throughput, and latency. Drive modular system design by building reusable architectural components and frameworks that enhance cohesion, scalability, consistency, and long-term maintainability while improving developer productivity. ### Sr Java Developer @ eTrigue Corp. Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | San Jose Responsible for integrating Suite CRM into Etrigue application. ### Principal Software Engineer @ VCE, the Virtual Computing Environment Company Jan 2012 – Jan 2016 | Santa Clara, CA I utilized the following: Java, Spring, Hibernate, REST, ESXi, KVM, PXE, VMware Tech stack to develop Disaster Recovery product. • Lead, architected, and developed Disaster Recovery product. • Develop VBlock Services Library (VSL) and wrote automation for configuration • Pioneer vRO development process improvement • Develop workflows for EMC Hybrid Cloud using VMware vRealize Orchestrator for managing infrastructure. ### Sr. Software Engineer @ RSA The Security Division of EMC Jan 2010 – Jan 2012 | Santa Clara • Contributed to the development of the Data Loss Prevention suite for virtual computing environment. • Researched and analyzed application solutions for a secured cloud computing environment. • Architected and developed key components for cloud security. • Integrate DLP with cloud platform using Hadoop • Leverage VMware’s VSphere Management SDK to integrate it with Archer Solutions. • Develop RESTful webservices for DLP application • Develop database schemas. • Implement the GUI using JSP, HTML, JavaScript and Ajax. • Write design documents. I utilized the following: Java 1.6, Hadoop, VMware VSphere SDK, VCenter, Unix, JSP, Servlets, Spring, Hibernate, MySql, JUnit, XML, Tomcat, Ant, Ajax. C++ ### Sr. Software Engineer @ Eminent Technology Solutions Jan 2009 – Jan 2010 • Architected and developed security subsystems for the Healthline.com website. • Interacted with the AARP and Clinical Informatics team to gather requirements. • Managed United HealthGroup, Yahoo! Inc., and MedHelp websites and customized licensed content. • Contributed to the development of Drug-Search, Drug-Interaction and Treatment-Search functionality. • Mentored junior members of the team on technical and process oriented education. I utilized the following: Java, Unix, JSP, Servlets, Spring, Hibernate, Oracle, JUnit, XML, Tomcat, Ant, JSON, Ajax ### Sr. Software Engineer @ Dreamwave Consulting Services, Inc Jan 2008 – Jan 2009 | Sunnyvale, CA • Developed web services for St. Jude’s Merlin.net product using Spring • Code migration from .Net and VB to Java. • Designed and developed database schemas, and migrated extensive database content. • Mentored junior members of the team on technical and process oriented education. • Authored interface specification design documents, diagrams, flow charts, etc. I utilized the following: Java, Spring, Hibernate, Unix, JSP, Servlets, JSF, Ajax, Oracle, PL/SQL, Python, JUnit, XML, Tomcat, Ant ### Sr. Product Developer @ BMC Software Jan 2008 – Jan 2008 • Researched and Developed interfaces between BMC Configuration Automation Network engine and devices • Wrote device adapters and their XML configurations. • Wrote Web Service, and Service Endpoint Interfaces utilizing the REST architecture. • Improved the performance by 28% by performance tuning. I utilized the following: Java, Unix, Hibernate, Ajax, Web Services, REST, Oracle SQL, JSP, Servlets, XML ### Java Engineer @ Dreamwave Consulting Services, Inc Jan 2007 – Jan 2008 • Developed REST API Web Services for Application Pipeline Integration product for Monsanto Company. • Implemented ‘Export’ functionality, and convert reports from Jasper to DOC, PDF and CSV formats. • Involved in Database Design, SQL Query tuning and dynamic SQL query generation. I utilized the following: Java, Unix, Spring, Hibernate, Web Services, SOAP, JAXB, JSF, Oracle SQL, JSP, Servlets, Jasper, JUnit, WebSphere, Maven, JProfiler, Clover ### Web Developer @ Lamar University Jan 2005 – Jan 2006 Maintained Lamar University website. Added features to facilitate new student application queuing, calculating application processing times and email notifications Lead a team of 7 web developers from each of the departments of the college. ### Software Engineer @ Amrita Consultancy Services Jan 2004 – Jan 2004 Created a bulletin board service for the company ## Education ### Master of Science in Computer Science Lamar University ### Bachelors in Computer Engineering Annasaheb CP College of Engineering ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/nilaychheda --- Source: https://flows.cv/nilaychheda JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/nilaychheda/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-12