Alexander Ballester

Led a major Gradle upgrade initiative, improving build performance and compatibility across multiple sub-projects. Enhanced application security by isolating JSESSIONID cookies, reducing the risk of session hijacking and cross-site vulnerabilities. Spearheading the integration of a hotel insurance product into the core travel and hotel booking flow, aimed at enhancing customer confidence and drivi

Introduced Test-Driven Development (TDD) and Behavior Driven-Development (BDD) approach by incorporating Cucumber/Gherkin and PACT Framework to enhance collaboration between stakeholders and developers. Enhanced the application's monitoring capabilities by developing custom metrics collection using open-source solutions Prometheus and Grafana to track performance indicators, system health and issu

Reviewed project specifications and worked in designing solutions for the new Delivery Service. Actively participated with the development of additional features and requirements for the Withdrawal Service and Delivery Service using Java, Kotlin and Spring Framework. Implemented automation testing using Python and PyTorch for Delivery Service.

Developed new back-end features for Disney Visa Credit services using Java 11 and Spring Boot in collaboration with Product Owners and QA. Implemented a feature that employs publishing to Amazon Web Service S3 Bucket, reducing the turn-around time in deployment to UAT and Prod environments. Led the dockerization and maintenance of Bolt Service (Trade).

Took charge in leading the Software Products (Manila) and pioneered ground-up web development work for new web application services overseeing the backend development and the UI/UX. Acted as a Junior Software Architect and worked in designing new applications architecture. In charge of the development of new change requests features in legacy applications and also the point person for fixing show-

In charge of the maintenance of legacy applications and development of new functionalities. Developed new features under Finance Supply Chain Management (FSCM) service and collaborated in designing technical solutions based on customer requirements. Led developer in migrating fixes from lower version to latest FusionBanking Trade Innovation version as part of being the roll-ups team lead.

Grade: Dean's Lister

Activities and societies: Dean's Lister 2008 to 2011

Studied Software Engineering, focusing on Java and Visual Basic. Gained expertise in Data Structures and Algorithms, Oracle Database Administration, and Web Development and Design. Was a Dean's Lister from 2008 to 2011.