Kushal S Gowda
Engineering Manager
Tokyo
Summary
Experienced and accomplished professional with a proven track record in developing and implementing operational strategies to drive organizational growth. Successfully managed a team of 20 engineers across Japan, Vietnam, and India, ensuring seamless collaboration and efficient project delivery. Skilled in leveraging emerging technologies and managing technical architecture, full stack web development, project management, cloud operations, programming, and team management. Demonstrated expertise in designing and delivering secure cloud solutions for renowned organizations such as Societe Generale GSC, Bangalore, Fixer Inc., Tokyo, and Rakuten Inc., Tokyo, Money Forward Inc., Tokyo. Proficient in end-to-end software product development, from inception to closure, including requirement specifications, planning, designing, implementation, configuration, and documentation. Possess extensive knowledge of equity, bonds, FUTOPS, OTC derivatives. Hands-on experience working on multiple projects such as Everest (Rakuten), Current Stage (Rakuten), HOX (Fixer), Monet PJ (Fixer), JGB Self Clearing (Societe Generale), JGB Custody, and SGSNP Simplification for JGB (PnL and AI). Expertise in web development using Core Java, Spring Boot, Oracle, MySQL, React, JavaScript, CSS, and other front-end JS frameworks and HTML. Proficient in Agile Methodology with experience in TDD, BDD, quality testing, Jenkins, Kubernetes, Docker, and deploying in Azure Cloud.
Overview
2025
2025
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Languages
Work History
Engineering Manager
Money Forward Inc
Tokyo, Tokyo
09.2023 - Current
- Enhanced overall team productivity with continuous training and mentoring of team leaders and junior engineers.
- Improved engineering processes by streamlining workflows and implementing efficient project management techniques.
- Identified areas of improvement in existing systems, providing recommendations that resulted in significant cost savings over time.
- Implemented quality control measures to reduce errors, resulting in increased customer satisfaction and repeat business.
- Checked design compliance with product specifications and standards requirements.
- Managed risk assessments during project planning phases, proactively mitigating potential issues before they arose during execution stages.
- Optimized resource allocation, effectively managing budgets and manpower for multiple simultaneous projects.
- Presented progress reports to executive leadership, demonstrating success in meeting project milestones on time and within budget constraints.
- Fostered culture of continuous improvement, encouraging feedback and implementing strategic changes to enhance operations.
- Supported more than 20 engineers to align with the Department goal and achieve it without any issues
Senior Application Engineer (Tech Lead)
Rakuten
1 2020 - 07.2023
- The Onsen project is about helping travelers browse the Onsen areas and book Onsen hotels on Rakuten Travel.
- Designing the implementation of multiple APIs, interacting with stakeholders for exposing these APIs.
- Solely responsible for coding and unit testing the entire project.
- Followed TDD and BDD approach for the entire project
- Designed database schema using DbSchema to maintain the reservation-related details.
- Coordinated the team by splitting the tasks into milestones and managing it effectively.
- Followed the Agile Scrum methodology for the entire project.
- Technical Environment: Java, Springboot, JavaScript, Apache Maven, Oracle, MongoDB, Jenkins, Bitbucket, Confluence, Jira.
- Developed efficient code for high-traffic applications, resulting in reduced server load and faster response times.
- Mentored junior developers by providing constructive feedback during code reviews, fostering personal growth and professional development within the team.
- Improved application performance by identifying and resolving bottlenecks in software systems.
Cloud Solutions Engineer
Fixer
06.2018 - 12.2019
- HOX PROJECT: This project is to create a website of Internet Banking for a Regional Japanese Bank.
- Designing the architecture and creating technical specifications based on the business specifications.
- Handling outsourced engineers and peer review of code.
- Followed TDD and DDD approach for the entire project.
- Deploying and supporting test cases, and creating a CI/CD pipeline in AWS.
- Technical Environment: React, TypeScript, MySQL, AWS.
- Managed multiple projects simultaneously while maintaining strict deadlines and adhering to budget constraints.
- Designed and prepared technical presentations and recommended solutions for client issues.
- Maintained communication with internal stakeholders and provided mentorship to processes.
Senior Software Engineer
Societe Generale
08.2011 - 05.2018
- JGB Self Clearing.
- External back office for JGB custody changed from BOJ to I-star.
- Integrated the new BO to SOW.
- Adjusted the trade data feed to be able to interface with I-STAR packages (Japan back office system) and develop new function in JGB custody module in SOW.
- Designing the implementation of the project, interacting with Tokyo counterparts, and acting as a quasi business analyst.
- Solely responsible for coding and unit testing the entire project.
- Followed TDD approach for the entire project.
- Worked as a quasi-BA to gather the functional requirements.
- Worked closely with Japanese clients for creating the Functional requirement.
- Written database procedure and functions.
- Worked on designing JSP pages.
- Coordinated the team by splitting the tasks into milestones and managing it effectively.
- JGB Custody.
- External back office to integrate the custodian services for JGB and to provide the settlements and confirmation instructions between SG Paris and SG Tokyo.
- Implementing UI for different screens.
- Worked on JGB (Japanese Government Bonds), SELF Clearing feature.
- Worked on DAOs and their implementations
- Worked on database procedure and functions.
- Taken ownership of merging SVN code.
- Implementation of unit test cases to test the functionality and correctness of the code.
- Followed the Agile Scrum methodology for the entire project
- Technical Environment: Java, Spring, Apache Maven, UNIX, Oracle.
Education
Bachelor - Telecommunication
Visvesvaraiah Institue of Technology
Bengaluru 06.2007 - 06.2011
Skills
Java (Spring Framework), Kotlin
JavaScript (ReactJS)
CSS
Oracle
MySQL
Git
Bitbucket
Maven
Technology Integration
Strategic Planning
Project Management
Stakeholder Communication
AWS
Azure
RoR
Personal Information
Date of Birth: 08/26/89
Timeline
Engineering Manager
Money Forward Inc
09.2023 - Current
Cloud Solutions Engineer
Fixer
06.2018 - 12.2019
Senior Software Engineer
Societe Generale
08.2011 - 05.2018
Bachelor - Telecommunication
Visvesvaraiah Institue of Technology
06.2007 - 06.2011
Senior Application Engineer (Tech Lead)
Rakuten
1 2020 - 07.2023
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