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Luqman Samad

@luqmansamad

Lead Full Stack Software Engineer at MetLife modernizing its Employer Digital Platform with Spring Boot microservices and React Micro Frontends.

United States

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At MetLife, I’m orchestrating the modernization of the Employer Digital Platform, replacing legacy J2EE and React architectures with Spring Boot microservices and React Micro Frontends. I’m also helping separate large monolithic codebases into independent service clusters, reducing deployment build times by 40%.

At Fidelity Investments, I architected solutions for Enrollment, Distributions, and Tax Elections platforms in the Non-Qualified retirement space. I led the migration of legacy Spring MVC applications to containerized microservices and introduced Redis caching that increased API throughput by 35%.

At ERPInternational LLC, I designed a cloud-agnostic microservice platform on Azure Kubernetes Service and led the migration from AngularJS to React. I also optimized PostgreSQL procedures and execution plans, improving query execution times by 50%.

Earlier, I worked across financial services, federal systems, and enterprise platforms, including merchant onboarding for Clover payment systems and a FedRAMP-compliant HR SaaS product at Monster.com. I also created and solo-developed Quantwyse, an AI-powered quantitative risk analysis terminal.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Lead Full Stack Software Engineer

Current

MetLife

Nov 2024 - Present (1 year 11 months)

Orchestrating modernization of MetLife's Employer Digital Platform, leading architectural transformation to Spring Boot microservices and React Micro Frontends. Guiding 5 tech leads and 40+ engineers, enforcing quality gates, and driving AI-assisted code translation.

Java 17 21 Spring Boot 3 NodeJS Python 3 React Webpack Azure AKS Kubernetes GitHub Enterprise ADO GitHub Co Pilot MetID Splunk Redis AEM

Principal Software Engineer

Fidelity Investments

Mar 2022 - Oct 2024 (2 years 7 months)

Architected high-throughput microservices for Enrollment, Distributions, and Tax Elections platforms. Led legacy migration to Spring Boot and Node.js on AWS EKS, implemented Redis caching, and increased API throughput by 35%.

Java 17 21 Spring Boot NodeJS Angular Apache Camel Amazon EKS Kubernetes GitHub Jenkins Splunk Redis AEM

Senior Application Architect

ERPInternational LLC

Dec 2020 - Mar 2022 (1 year 3 months)

Designed and implemented a cloud-agnostic microservice platform using Java 8/Spring Boot on AKS. Led migration from AngularJS to React, authored Terraform scripts, and optimized PostgreSQL queries improving execution times by 50%.

Java 8 Spring Boot Azure AKS Kubernetes Terraform Git PostgreSQL Maven Gradle Jenkins React AngularJS Kafka Keycloak Kong Puppet Logstash Elasticsearch

Senior Java Full-Stack Engineer

Bank of America Merchant Services

Aug 2019 - Dec 2020 (1 year 4 months)

Architected Spring Boot microservices for Clover payment systems, including digital storefront and merchant onboarding. Built OAuth2 identity framework and full-stack Angular administration suite.

Java Spring Boot Angular Azure AKS Azure AD OAuth JWT Azure Functions Python 3 REST APIs Spring Security

Java Developer / DevOps Engineer

Federal Reserve Bank

Mar 2019 - Jun 2019 (3 months)

Executed migration of artifact repositories from Nexus to JFrog Artifactory with zero downtime. Architected CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, Groovy, and Shell scripts for high-security applications.

Java Groovy Jenkins JFrog Artifactory Sonatype Nexus GitHub Fortify LDAP Shell Scripting Linux

Senior Java Engineer

Audible (Amazon)

Sep 2018 - Mar 2019 (6 months)

Led database decoupling for the 'Amazon Rolling Stone' initiative, migrating Oracle to PostgreSQL on AWS RDS. Engineered Java batch synchronization services ensuring 100% record integrity.

AWS RDS EC2 Java 8 Oracle Spring Framework PostgreSQL Hibernate EasyMock Mockito Power Mock Amazon Native Tooling

Application Architect / Senior Developer

Monster.com

Mar 2012 - Sep 2018 (6 years 6 months)

Led full-stack development of a global HR SaaS product for 45+ US Federal Agencies. Directed migration from Struts to Spring Boot and Angular, deployed AWS infrastructure, and integrated SAML security.

AWS Solr Tomcat WSO2 Angular 2+Struts 1.2 Spring Boot JDBC JPA MyBatis Oracle Jenkins Maven CXF Java Groovy Freemarker jQuery Bootstrap CSS HTML REST SOAP JAX WS RS Terracotta

Solutions Consultant & Architect

Red Hat

Jul 2009 - Mar 2012 (2 years 8 months)

Delivered architectural consulting for federal and commercial clients specializing in JBoss EAP and SOA-P migrations. Architected next-generation stack for USPTO Revenue Accounting and Management System.

Red Hat JBoss EAP RHEL Spring Framework GWT JPA RESTEasy Maven Apache Velocity CXF SQL Server IIS JMeter RichFaces Seam Drools EJB 3 SOAP JAX WS RS RPC Ant SVN Oracle DB2 JSF Hibernate AXI Selenium Hudson

Solutions Architect

Lockheed Martin

Jan 2008 - Jul 2009 (1 year 6 months)

Provided technical leadership for analyzing and refactoring legacy Java applications and Oracle stored procedures. Designed SOA web services and optimized CI/CD pipelines.

Windows XP RHEL Tomcat Oc4j Oracle 10g JDeveloper Hibernate JPA JSF Struts Junit Ant Maven 2 Java 4 6 Eclipse CVS SVN Hudson Toad Cognos ColdFusion .NET

Staff Consultant

Actuate

Apr 2007 - Jan 2008 (9 months)

Designed security extensions for GEICO integrating PeopleSoft and SharePoint for SSO. Re-engineered Marriott Hotels Report Server security extension and maintained iPortal J2EE application.

Windows 2000 XP SVN Actuate E.Report E.Spreadsheet Designer Actuate IServer IPortal Peoplesoft Oracle 9i 10g Informix

Senior Systems Analyst

BearingPoint

Apr 2006 - Apr 2007 (1 year)

Key developer for PCARSS, leading development of two major modules for government property redistribution. Utilized Hibernate for data modeling and JSF for user interfaces.

Windows XP Tomcat Oracle Application Server 10g Oracle 10g Hibernate JSF JUnit4 Ant Java 4 5 Eclipse SVN Adaptive Cruise Control

Java Programmer

Iogen Technologies

Jan 2006 - Apr 2006 (3 months)

Scaled User Administration module of a Grants Management application for NIH using Struts, EJB, and JDBC. Optimized database interactions in Oracle 9i environment.