Tarush Vig

Tarush Vig - |-| linkedin.com/in/tarush-vig/ SOFTWARE ENGINEER Resilient and adaptable full stack software engineer with 5+ years of experience across government and enterprise systems. Proven success designing scalable services, optimizing legacy architectures, and contributing to high-traffic platforms under aggressive performance demands. Strong foundation in Java ecosystems, cloud fundamentals (Azure certified, AWS in progress), microservice architecture, and backend-to-cloud transitions. Quick to onboard unfamiliar stacks and deliver clean, production-grade solutions. CORE COMPETENCIES Backend System Design  Microservices  API Development  Solutioning  Best Practices  Reporting  Performance Development  Research  Documentation  Polyglot  Scalable Architecture  REST Principles  CI/CD  Agile  Collaboration  Cloud Fundamentals  Data & Logistics TECHNICAL PROFICIENCIES C / C++ | Kotlin | Java | Groovy | Python | Javascript (React.js, Node.js, jQuery, AJAX) | HTML / CSS | SQL | C# | R EXPERIENCE Harmonia Holdings Group, LLC, 8180 Greensboro Drive Suite 1000, McLean, VA 22102March 2023 – May 2025 Backend development – Python/Django, Java, Hibernate, PostgreSQL, Struts, Maven Frontend development – HTML/CSS, Javascript Engage in the software development lifecycle (SDLC) while collaborating with government personnel to enhance and deliver software tools necessary for agency operations of the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service Leverage Python Django and Java technologies to build new user experiences for government personnel needs Programmatically design, build, modify, and optimize government data models using SQL and related technologies, supporting critical FSIS applications Demonstrate and clarify updated software features with government clients to ensure transparency and ease of understanding Engaging in test-driven development to ensure strengthened code quality and identify obscure edge cases to be resolved Lead end-to-end investigation and resolution of long-standing functional bugs impacting evidence/user management, owner data retrieval, and dynamic page behavior Identify core architectural limitations in the legacy system and collaborate with internal and government personnel to design sustainable workarounds without disrupting dependent systems Contributing to OpenLiberty configuration initiatives to transition FSIS Java applications toward modern cloud infrastructure Best Buy Headquarters, 7601 Penn Avenue S, Richfield, MN 55423September 2019 – February 2023 Backend development – Java/Groovy, Spring, Kotlin, Python, Node.js, Ktor, Spock, Mockito, Build Tools (Gradle, Maven), Memcached (noSQL cache store) Frontend development – React.js, Jest, Cypress, Yarn Engaged in the software development lifecycle (SDLC) in a collaborative, paired programming environment with cross-functional teams to optimize the caching mechanisms, data/content retrieval, and customer experience of the bestbuy.com web platform Contributed to the story writing, collaboration, and delivery of a diverse ecosystem of platform applications on AWS Leveraged Java Spring Boot/REST API to structure and enhance (faster) webpage resource delivery for internal (i. e. component-specific data) and external (i. e. customer experiences) use Led initiatives with site component teams to optimize, validate, and deliver microservices that meet defined performance criteria, ensuring readiness for high-volume traffic periods such as Black Friday and other sale events Black Friday 2022 – 5.1 billion max requests with no incident across all systems Engaged in test-driven development with Spock (Groovy framework) to ensure strengthened code quality and behavior-driven development with Serenity (automated framework) to analyze site configuration data and metrics Utilized sophisticated investigative tools such as Splunk and Kibana to aggregate a wide array of data across all applications to document in-depth performance/functionality incidents that occur on bestbuy.com with presentable visuals and literature, as well as improve data governance and logging practices Facilitated CI/CD pipeline (Jenkins) and containerization (Docker) to ensure timely, efficient build and release of platform applications Supported development of event-driven cache invalidation systems, utilizing RabbitMQ for platform data consistency EDUCATION University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), 1200 W Harrison St, Chicago, IL 60607 September 2015 – May 2019 Bachelor of Science, Computer Science CERTIFICATIONS Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900) (Completed: March 2025) AWS Certified: Cloud Practitioner (In Progress, Expected Completion: May 2025) CLEARANCES Public Trust Clearance Active: May 2023