# Rohit Pillai > πŸ’» Software Developer | .NET Core | Azure ☁️ | Full-Stack (C#, React, Angular) | Microservices & APIs | Cloud & CI/CD πŸš€ Location: Westwood, New Jersey, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/rohitpillai πŸ‘‹ Hi, I’m Rohit Pillai β€” a passionate Software Developer with 5+ years of experience building scalable web apps, enterprise systems, and cloud-based solutions. ✨ What I bring: πŸ–₯️ Full-Stack Development: ASP.NET Core, MVC, C#, React, Angular πŸ› οΈ Back-End Expertise: Microservices, Secure APIs, gRPC, SignalR, Entity Framework ☁️ Cloud & DevOps: Azure, AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, GitHub Actions CI/CD πŸ“Š Data & Storage: SQL Server, Cosmos DB, Redis Cache βœ… Quality First: TDD, xUnit, Moq, Agile collaboration πŸ’‘ In my recent roles, I’ve: ● Improved system reliability by 25% through optimized .NET Core microservices ● Automated deployments via CI/CD pipelines, reducing release times from hours to minutes ● Enhanced performance of data-heavy modules by up to 60% with query optimization ● Mentored junior engineers and drove code quality through testing and reviews πŸš€ I love turning complex technical challenges into simple, reliable, and scalable solutions. Open to opportunities where I can grow, innovate, and contribute to impactful projects. πŸ“© Let’s connect! ## Work Experience ### Software Developer @ Halvik Jan 2024 – Present | Virginia, United States β€’ Architected scalable microservices using Domain-Driven Design (DDD) with C#, .NET 8, ASP.NET Core APIs, and gRPC-based internal communication, supporting enterprise government platforms serving 10,000+ users while increasing system scalability by 35% and reducing service latency by 20%. β€’ Built secure RESTful and Minimal APIs leveraging dependency injection, custom middleware pipelines, API Gateway integration, and optimized request handling, raising API throughput by 30% and reducing average response time from 450ms to 300ms. β€’ Orchestrated event-driven processing pipelines with Azure Service Bus and background job workers, enabling asynchronous communication between distributed components and cutting data processing delays by 40%. β€’ Managed cloud-native infrastructure on Microsoft Azure, including App Service, Azure Functions, Azure Storage, and Azure SQL, using Infrastructure as Code with Bicep and Terraform, increasing platform availability from 97% to 99.9% uptime and enhancing overall reliability by 25%. β€’ Automated build and deployment workflows with GitHub Actions and Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines, minimizing manual deployment errors by 40% and accelerating release delivery by 50%. β€’ Packaged and deployed microservices in Docker containers and coordinated workloads across Kubernetes clusters, integrating Redis distributed caching and enabling horizontal scaling while increasing environment consistency across development and production by 60%. β€’ Established centralized observability and telemetry through Serilog and Azure Application Insights, strengthening monitoring capabilities and shortening production troubleshooting time by 35%. β€’ Partnered with cross-functional Agile teams including product managers, QA engineers, and DevOps specialists using Jira for sprint planning and backlog management, contributing to architecture reviews and sprint execution that defined 15+ successful releases annually. ### Software Developer @ ZI Systech Jan 2019 – Jan 2022 | Mumbai β€’ Delivered and supported multi-tenant SaaS platforms created with ASP.NET MVC, .NET Core, Entity Framework, and SQL Server, serving 5,000+ enterprise users while increasing application performance by 30%. β€’ Created scalable backend services and REST APIs enabling integrations with 10+ enterprise systems and external vendor platforms, eliminating manual data handling and improving workflow efficiency by 45%. β€’ Implemented Domain-Driven Design (DDD) across microservices and integrated services through an API Gateway, using gRPC for efficient service-to-service communication and improved API routing and security. β€’ Modernized legacy VB.NET systems by transitioning them to ASP.NET MVC architecture, lowering technical debt and boosting application maintainability by 40% while enabling future cloud deployments. β€’ Enhanced database performance through advanced SQL tuning, stored procedure optimization, and indexing strategies, decreasing data retrieval latency by 60% and accelerating reporting operations. β€’ Introduced real-time communication features with SignalR to power live dashboards and notification services, improving operational visibility and increasing user engagement by 35%. β€’ Guided peer code reviews and coached junior developers, promoting best practices and raising team development productivity by 25%. β€’ Strengthened application reliability by introducing automated unit and integration testing frameworks using xUnit, NUnit, MSTest, and Moq, expanding test coverage from 45% to 80% and lowering production defects by 30%. β€’ Collaborated with backend teams to design end-to-end full-stack features using React.js, Angular, and TypeScript with SASS, jQuery, and responsive UI design integrated with .NET Core APIs, enabling real-time dashboards and interactive workflows that increased user productivity by 30%. ### Junior Software Engineer @ Zensar Technologies Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Pune City β€’ Generated backend components and REST APIs with C#, ASP.NET Core, and Entity Framework, validated using Postman for API testing, supporting enterprise applications used by multiple internal departments and improving processing efficiency by 25. β€’ Automated batch operations through asynchronous processing pipelines and scheduled tasks with Quartz.NET, reducing manual operational workload by 40%. β€’ Constructed responsive user interface modules with Razor Pages, Bootstrap, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, increasing application usability and raising internal satisfaction ratings by 20%. β€’ Provisioned and maintained Azure-based deployments and integrated supporting AWS services alongside App Service and Azure SQL Database, achieving 99% service uptime and improving scalability for internal tools. β€’ Contributed to Agile Scrum delivery cycles, collaborating with developers, QA teams, and product stakeholders to deliver 10+ iterative product releases. ## Education ### Master of Science - MS in Software Engineering Systems Northeastern University ### Bachelor of Engineering - BE in Computer Science Pillai College of Engineering ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/rohit-pillai98 --- Source: https://flows.cv/rohitpillai JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/rohitpillai/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-13