About

Raj Kumar M is a highly skilled Senior Software Engineer currently working at Shopify. With over 11 years of experience in the industry, he has built an impressive skill set in technologies such as Java, Spring, Hibernate, MySQL, and Kafka. Raj is a software engineer with a passion for building scalable backend systems that can handle high traffic loads. Prior to his current role, Raj worked as a Senior Software Engineer at Walmart, where he was part of the Returns Management team responsible for building core APIs for returns, refunds, and replacement functionalities on Walmart.com. He was responsible for designing and developing scalable services that powered various flavors of returns for orders placed on Walmart.com. His experience at Walmart gave him exposure to Java, Spring, Camel, Kafka, Java messaging, and Hibernate. Raj is also a blogger and shares his knowledge and experience on his blog, SoberKoder. His blog is an informational resource for fellow developers where he shares things he learned as part of his day-to-day job and side projects. Raj holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Computer Science from PSG College of Technology. He has a wide range of technical skills, including Software Engineering, Java, Spring, Kafka, Spring Boot, Backend, MySQL, Search, SDET, Parts-of-speech, Selenium, Jenkins, Mobile, and Frontend. Overall, Raj is a highly skilled and experienced software engineer with a passion for building scalable backend systems. His experience at Walmart and Shopify has given him exposure to a variety of technologies and has honed his skills in building robust systems.