Rakesh Kumar Rakesh9439

Hi 👋, I'm Rakesh Kumar

🧑‍💻 3.5+ years of professional experience as a Java Full Stack Developer with strong Cloud & DevOps expertise
🚀 Currently working at Airbnb Inc. building scalable microservices & enterprise-grade applications
🔐 Specialized in Spring Boot, Spring Security, JWT Authentication,Role-Based Authentication
🛠️ Proficient in REST APIs, Microservices Architecture, CI/CD Pipelines, and Database Optimization
🎨 Frontend expertise in Angular (TypeScript, JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3, Bootstrap, Tailwind CSS)
☁️ Cloud & DevOps: AWS (EC2, RDS, S3, CloudWatch), Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins, Terraform
💳 Experience with Payment Gateways (Stripe, PayPal) & Notification Services (SMS, Email)
📊 Agile Practitioner: Skilled in Scrum, JIRA, GitHub, Postman, Swagger
💬 Ask me about: Java | Spring Boot | Angular | AWS | Microservices | DevOps | Database Design
📫 Reach me at: rakesh726102@gmail.com
⚡ Fun Fact: I love solving system design challenges & exploring cloud-native technologies

Java Full Stack Developer at Airbnb, Inc. (2022 — Present)
- Built scalable REST APIs using Spring Boot & Hibernate
- Developed responsive Angular (TypeScript, JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3) UIs integrated with secure backend services
- Designed Microservices with JWT + Spring Security for authentication & authorization
- Implemented Role-Based Authentication for Admin/User roles
- Optimized complex SQL Queries and database schema for high-performance transaction systems
- Integrated Stripe Payment Gateway for secure and seamless online payments
- Integrated AWS S3 Buckets for file management (property images, PDFs)
- Automated CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins + Docker + Kubernetes for microservices deployment
- Provisioned infrastructure using Terraform (IaC) for AWS services (EC2, RDS, S3, CloudWatch)
- Configured AWS EC2, RDS, S3, CloudWatch for hosting and monitoring applications
- Worked with JIRA, GitHub, Postman, Swagger in Agile Scrum environment
- Awarded Best Employer of the Year – 2023