Bilal Azam
Senior Software Engineer
Escondido,CA
Summary
Accomplished Senior Software Developer with 18+ years of experience leading projects by acting as architect, developer and programmer analyst. Proficient in supporting project deliverables and maintaining releases. Strong leader in guiding support teams and solving complex issues. Steadfast in planning and implementing effective development strategies based on industry best practices. Developed software projects through the entire lifecycle in a team environment. Strong communication and interpersonal skills
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
Work History
Lead Software Engineer
Elikser
Toronto, Canada
2020.04 - 2023.07
- Translated customer and system requirements into robust software design with test-driven approach.
- Developed code using C# and other programming languages to support digital repository frameworks and integrate systems.
- Wrote relational database queries for stored procedures, query optimization and performance tuning.
- Worked collaboratively with stakeholders to resolve technical roadblocks.
Senior Software Developer, Senior Database Developer
Renovate America
San Diego
10.2011 - 03.2020
- Design and developed an automated underwriting system that pulls Credit reports, Property Details report, Voluntary liens report, Property Values, Property Tax history and then runs rules engine to make a decision to approve or decline a HERO loan within 30 seconds
- Came up with a creative solution to resolve addresses and determine if an address lies with the boundary of HERO program using SmartyStreets API and County data
- Created a process to import more than a million eligible products (Air conditioners, Solar panels etc.) automatically every week
- Developed Admin Utility that allows our Customer service representatives to add and manage contractors and products to a loan, and generate documents
- Developed Process Queue and allows our underwriter to review loans that need additional documents, and allow funders to fund a loan for a property
- Created a process to bundle our loans into a bond that we can sell in secondary market
- Data warehouse: Helped our Business intelligence team to create a star-schema data warehouse
- ETL process updates this database every half an hour
- Tableau Reporting: Created visual reports for our executive team using Tableau that shows loan originations, and all the other critical data across all departments.
Software Consultant
Fish & Richardson
San Diego
02.2011 - 10.2011
- Worked on various projects related to Outlook integration, Patent Management and Document Management.
- Developed complex solutions to all business problems along with customer engagements by detailed analysis, negotiation and coordination with main decision makers.
Senior .Net Developer
Media Services
Los Angeles
08.2009 - 02.2011
- Lead developer and architect on a browser based Timecard application using Silverlight 4.0
- Designed and implemented a scalable rules engine using Workflow Foundation to accommodate complex Union and Non-Union rules for both exempt and hourly employees
- Wrote unit tests for the rules engine
- Used RIA services to communicate between the client and the server
- Created several Silverlight User Controls for the project
- Extensively worked on improving performance, including some memory leaks problems with Silverlight.
Net Consultant
Sony Pictures Studios
Culver City
03.2009 - 08.2009
- Developed part of an in-house digital asset management software (called AMANDA) for handling Visual Effects (for Roland Emmerich's Movie“2012” with 1315 visual effects shots)
- Developed a utility that would read a media file and generate a thumbnail that can be used with in AMANDA
- Used a WPF based graph control to show scenes and shots as nodes, and then each node having tasks
- Each node comprised of one or more tasks (assigned to an artist with current status) and the media files, and a thumbnail of that media file
- Worked on improving the performance and load time of the WPF graph control (for example: by introducing on-demand loading of objects)
- Extensively used design patterns to minimize the complexity of code and enhance performance.
Senior Software Engineer/ Team Lead
Spot Runner Corporation
Los Angeles
03.2008 - 03.2009
- Lead developed on a media portal (Creative Asset Exchange) project where users could upload media files
- Developed dashboard solution that gives advertisers (clients) rich insights into their media campaign, website traffic and marketing effectiveness
- Developed a refund utility for in-house users so that they can process refunds faster and error-free (for both credit card and Bank account transactions)
- Integrated the refund utility with accounting system (based on Microsoft Great Plains)
- Engineering Excellence Award – November 2008 (for being an outstanding developer)
- Each node comprised of one or more tasks (assigned to an artist with current status) and the media files, and a thumbnail of that media file
- Remained actively involved in entire life cycle of the projects using agile software development methodology.
Senior Software Engineer
Rapattoni Corporation
Simi Valley
03.2007 - 03.2008
- Lead developer on a smart client application (NetMagic) for real-estate offices
- NetMagic included a full range of functionality (including Membership, Events & Education, and Account Receivables etc.)
- Built enterprise level applications for Realtor Associations using Microsoft .Net framework 2.0, C#, N-tier Architecture, .Net web services, SAML, ASP.NET, JQuery, AJAX, Javascript, and SQL server 2005
- Developed unit tests and integration tests
- Developed NAnt based custom deployment classes in C#.
Software Engineer
MOVE Inc
Westlake Village
04.2006 - 03.2007
- Integrated and reengineered various legacy software applications in .Net framework using ASP.NET, ADO.NET, Visual Studio .NET, Web Services, Custom Controls, Crystal Reports, Javascript, and SQL server 2000
- Also developed unit tests and integration tests
- Participated in a Microsoft's case study for Team Foundation Server 2005, and Agile Methodology with SCRUM meetings for some projects
- Some of the main projects were: Network Saved Items (NSI), Homestore Messaging System (HMS), and Application Events.
Software Engineer
Astera Software
Westlake Village
09.2004 - 04.2006
- Designed and implemented software for the mortgage industry, with special focus on subprime mortgage and secondary market using .Net framework, C#, Windows Forms, Crystal Reports, algorithms, and design patterns
- Remained actively involved in entire life cycle of the projects
- Some of the main projects were: Astera Secondary Manager (ASM), Astera Collateral Analyzer (ACA), and Delivery workflow.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Information And Computer Science
University of California
Irvine 01.2000 - 09.2004
Skills
Software Development Life Cycle
undefinedCertification
MCSA: SQL 2016 Database Development
Timeline
Lead Software Engineer
Elikser
2020.04 - 2023.07
MCSA: SQL 2016 Database Development
06-2018
Senior Software Developer, Senior Database Developer
Renovate America
10.2011 - 03.2020
Software Consultant
Fish & Richardson
02.2011 - 10.2011
Senior .Net Developer
Media Services
08.2009 - 02.2011
Net Consultant
Sony Pictures Studios
03.2009 - 08.2009
Senior Software Engineer/ Team Lead
Spot Runner Corporation
03.2008 - 03.2009
Senior Software Engineer
Rapattoni Corporation
03.2007 - 03.2008
Software Engineer
MOVE Inc
04.2006 - 03.2007
Software Engineer
Astera Software
09.2004 - 04.2006
Bachelor of Science - Information And Computer Science
University of California
01.2000 - 09.2004
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