Sharaaf Nazeer

Sharaaf Nazeer is an experienced Software Engineer with around 9 years of expertise in full-stack development, enterprise software engineering, and cross-functional team leadership. He has delivered scalable, secure solutions across fintech, e-commerce, content management & publishing, banking, telecom, and enterprise systems — collaborating with globally distributed teams across Asia, Europe, and North America. Passionate about building high-quality systems, AI applications, mentoring engineers, and aligning technology delivery with business goals.

1. Dec 2025 — Present

   Lead Software Engineer — TI&M Singapore · Singapore

   Leading backend engineering on Bank Julius Baer's CLM/CRM platform — designing onboarding services in Java + Spring Boot, modernising legacy modules, and shipping features aligned with APAC regulatory requirements.

   • Bank Julius Baer — CLM / CRM — Client relationship management platform powering client onboarding and lifecycle management for Asia operations. Streamlines KYC, regulatory compliance, and client data across jurisdictions.
2. Sep 2023 — Dec 2025

   Technical Lead — KYC — Crédit Agricole CIB · Singapore

   Led design and delivery for the KYC team — Java/Spring/Hibernate services, Spring Batch extraction jobs, GitLab CI migration, and Kubernetes-deployed REST APIs consumed across the bank. Ran AI proof-of-concepts for the customer KYC flow and contributed to the on-prem → GCP migration study.

3. May 2022 — Aug 2023

   Associate Technical Lead — ConceptVines / Verdentra

   Technical lead across two parallel platforms — a multi-custodian fintech middleware for Inveniam (USA) and Cowrie's AI-powered knowledge platform — owning architecture, AWS infrastructure-as-code, and GenAI chatbot delivery.

   • Inveniam USA — CHUB Multi-Custodian — Generic interface to communicate with multiple custodians (Anchorage Digital) and clients (OPM). Refactored microservices, built CodePipeline CI/CD, and provisioned AWS infra (VPC, Route 53, Lambda, DynamoDB) via CloudFormation.
   • Cowrie SA — Cowrie — Single secure source-of-truth platform combining tradition with AI chatbots/agents. Led microservices in Java + Spring Boot + GoLang, integrated Keycloak auth, and shipped a GenAI chatbot using Python/Flask, OpenAI, LangChain and Pinecone Vector DB.
4. Dec 2021 — May 2022

   Associate Technical Lead — Axiata Digital Labs

   Co-led the Chatbot CX platform for Axiata clients (Celcom, Dialog Axiata, Ncell) during COVID-19. Designed backend in Java/Spring Boot + GoLang, integrated Dialogflow, Zendesk and Yellow Messenger, and deployed on Kubernetes / GCP.

5. Aug 2019 — Dec 2021

   Senior Software Engineer — Full Stack — Just In Time Technologies

   Built and shipped four large platforms across content authoring, telco analytics, data anonymisation and enterprise ERP — full-stack work spanning Java/Spring, C#/.NET, Angular, React and GCP.

   • Author-it Software — Author-it — CCMS authoring tool for documentation + eLearning. Built backend modules in Java/Spring Boot and C#/.NET, a new Angular frontend, and contributed to the monolith → microservices study.
   • Axiata Digital Labs — Consumer Insights Explorer — Audience-building tool built on XACT (ADA's DMP). Designed reusable React + Redux UI components, integrated REST APIs and managed deployment on GCP.
   • Axiata Digital Labs — Inkognito — Data anonymisation platform with near real-time + batch pipelines. Built GoLang/Spring Boot microservices, Apache NiFi integration, and a React/Redux/Material UI front-end secured with Keycloak.
   • Hayleys Advantis — Logiventures ERP & AMUS — Two enterprise systems for Hayleys Group subsidiaries: an ERP/workflow platform (Java/Spring + Angular) and an asset maintenance & utilisation system (C#/.NET + Angular) with custom auth.
6. Jan 2017 — Jul 2019

   Software Engineer — Full Stack — Findmyfare

   Built the booking flow and B2B platform for one of Sri Lanka's leading OTAs, plus the RetailGenius e-commerce marketplace — full-stack work across Laravel/PHP, Java/Spring Boot, Node.js and Angular.

   • RetailGenius — Marketplace, EPOS, CRM — Online marketplace connecting vendors and customers with cart, reviews and island-wide delivery. Built the loyalty module, admin panel and CRM in Laravel/CodeIgniter + Node.js + Angular, plus the EPOS POS system and Node.js APIs for mobile.
   • Findmyfare — Flights, Hotels, Buses — Online travel partner for flights, hotels and bus bookings. Implemented core modules in Laravel/PHP, Java/Spring Boot, Node.js and Angular, integrated multiple flight scheduling systems, and built bus booking + admin portals.

1. 2019 — 2021

   Master of Computer Science

   University of Colombo School of Computing, Sri Lanka

2. 2014 — 2017

   BSc in Information Technology

   Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology

   Second Class Upper Division · GPA 3.52

1. May 2025 — Present

   GCP Certified Professional Cloud Architect

   Google Cloud

2. Dec 2024 — Present

   AWS Certified Developer — Associate

   Amazon Web Services