punit kumar

Software Engineer Trainee

Hyderabad, Telangana 1+ yrs exp 82 · Excellent

About

Software Engineer Trainee at Cisco with 1 year of experience in Java backend development, event-driven systems, REST APIs, cloud automation, and observability. Skilled in Spring Boot, Apache Kafka, AWS, SQL, Docker, CI/CD, and AI-assisted development tools.

Skills & Expertise (32)

JavaScript Intermediate

7.4/10

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Java Intermediate

7.4/10

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Python Intermediate

6.4/10

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Spring Boot Intermediate

6.4/10

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REST APIs Intermediate

6.4/10

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Apache Kafka Intermediate

6.4/10

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Microservices Intermediate

6.4/10

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CSS Intermediate

6.0/10

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Docker Intermediate

6.0/10

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MySql Intermediate

6.0/10

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Postgresql Intermediate

6.0/10

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Git Intermediate

6.0/10

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Agile Intermediate

6.0/10

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HTML Intermediate

6.0/10

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Postman Intermediate

6.0/10

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IntelliJ IDEA Angular OpenSearch RAG OpenAI Codex Claude Serverless Workflows SDLC Jenkins AWS (SNS AWS (Lambda AWS (S3 AWS (EC2 OOP STOMP WebSocket Kafka Streams

Work Experience

Software Engineer Trainee

Cisco Systems – Webex CPaaS

Aug 2025 - Present

Designed and developed a distributed observability platform using Java, Spring Boot, Apache Kafka, Kafka Streams, Angular, and WebSocket/STOMP to ingest, process, and visualize real-time application logs for 10 simulated customers across 4 Kafka topics, enabling live monitoring and event-driven log analysis. Implemented customer-specific dashboards with advanced filtering by customer ID, service, severity, and time range, delivering real-time log streaming, WebSocket-based notifications, and enhanced observability through interactive visualizations and error-rate monitoring. Developed, unit tested, and optimized REST APIs, Kafka consumers, and WebSocket integrations using Postman and end-to-end testing, resolving integration issues to improve application reliability and real-time communication. Built engineering automation solutions, including a Release Builder using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript to generate standardized deployment artifacts, and Python-based AWS Lambda automation leveraging Amazon S3, SNS, and MySQL to streamline onboarding/offboarding workflows, automate database backups, and reduce manual operational effort.

Frontend Intern

RG2 IT Solutions India Pvt. Ltd

Present - Present

Contributed to frontend development using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript to implement client-requested enhancements for web applications. Developed and refined user interface components based on client feedback while ensuring responsive and consistent user experiences. Collaborated with developers and stakeholders to translate business requirements into functional UI improvements and iterative feature deliveries.