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Saba Malik

@sabamalik2

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I build reliable Kafka and Spring Boot microservices that reduce latency, failures, and operational load.

India

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What I'm looking for

I'm looking to build reliable, scalable backend systems where I can improve latency, production resilience, and developer workflows while growing through system design and mentoring opportunities.

At Tesco, I've built real-time Kafka microservices in Java and Spring Boot that replaced slow batch processing, reduced data latency by 24 hours, and delivered zero failures across 300K+ batch executions.

I've improved production reliability by resolving 100+ issues, cutting repeat incidents by 20%, false alerts by 50%, and triage time by 35%. I also modernized legacy services from Java 8 to Java 17, resolved 128 Snyk vulnerabilities, and reduced application CPU and memory use on Azure AKS.

I enjoy improving systems end to end—from Kafka throughput, PostgreSQL concurrency, and Couchbase document design to CI/CD, testing, and observability. I've also mentored junior developers on deployments, testing practices, and system design trade-offs.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Software Developer 2 (SDE2)

Current

Tesco

Feb 2025 - Present (1 year 7 months)

Reduced data latency by 24 hours by replacing a batch job with a real-time Kafka microservice. Achieved 100% process continuity across 300K+ batch executions and cut JDBC connection load by 90%.

Java Spring Boot Kafka PostgreSQL Kubernetes Docker Helm Jenkins CI CD Junit Gatling SonarQube Snyk Gradle Maven Confluence

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

Dr. B. R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology

Bachelor of Technology, Electronics and Communication

2019 - 2023

Pursued a Bachelor of Technology in Electronics and Communication from Dr. B. R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar, from 2019 to 2023.