Shekhar Maharaj

Senior Software Engineer

SunBlessedPictures • Selbstständig

May 2020 - Present • 6 yrs 5 mos

● Founded and led a software consultancy delivering custom web applications, enterprise software, AI-powered solutions, and digital products for businesses across multiple industries. ● Architected, designed, and developed scalable full-stack applications using React, Node.js, Python, PHP, GraphQL, REST APIs, Docker, and cloud technologies. ● Led multiple concurrent software projects from discovery through architecture, development, testing, deployment, production support, and long-term maintenance. ● Communicated directly with clients and stakeholders to gather requirements, define technical roadmaps, provide project estimates, and translate business objectives into scalable software solutions. ● Built OneAPI, a no-code API generation platform that dynamically creates secure database endpoints from a single configuration file, significantly accelerating backend development. ● Designed and implemented AI-powered solutions and workflow automation to improve business processes and accelerate software delivery. ● Refactored SQL-based business logic into maintainable application-layer services, improving scalability, portability, and long-term maintainability. ● Implemented monitoring, logging, observability, and distributed tracing to improve production visibility, operational resilience, and rapid incident response. ● Performed root-cause analysis for production issues, delivering permanent corrective solutions while conducting production readiness reviews before client deployments. ● Mentored collaborating engineers, established engineering standards through code reviews, and promoted best practices in software architecture, maintainability, and continuous improvement.

Software Engineer

Doxim • Vollzeit

Jul 2024 - Apr 2026 • 1 yr 9 mos

● Architected, designed, and developed enterprise integrations connecting security platforms, IT infrastructure, and internal systems using PHP, Symfony, Python, JavaScript, Docker, and REST APIs. ● Led end-to-end delivery of integration projects, from requirements gathering and solution architecture through development, testing, deployment, production support, and long-term maintenance. ● Built the first version of the Asset Management Platform and developed the Asset Enrichment Engine, improving enterprise asset discovery accuracy by approximately 30%. ● Led the successful migration of more than 900 enterprise assets while maintaining system integrity and minimizing operational disruption. ● Architected and developed the Audit Management platform using PHP 8, Symfony, Docker, and modern software engineering practices to deliver scalable, maintainable enterprise solutions. ● Refactored SQL Server stored-procedure-heavy business logic into maintainable application-layer services, improving scalability, portability, and long-term maintainability. ● Implemented monitoring, logging, observability, and distributed tracing using Datadog, Carbon Black, Wazuh, and Lansweeper to improve production visibility and accelerate incident resolution. ● Investigated production issues through structured incident response, on-call support, severity assessment, and root-cause analysis, delivering long-term corrective solutions. ● Authored operational runbooks, automation procedures, and production documentation while conducting production readiness reviews to improve deployment quality and operational resilience. ● Communicated technical solutions, implementation strategies, risks, and project progress with engineers, product stakeholders, and infrastructure teams to deliver secure, scalable, high-accuracy enterprise software aligned with business objectives.

Learning Specialist

2U • Teilzeit

Jun 2023 - Aug 2024 • 1 yr 2 mos

● Mentored aspiring software engineers in React, Node.js, Python, PHP, MongoDB, and modern web development through remote learning environments. ● Communicated complex technical concepts in a clear, engaging, and accessible manner, adapting teaching approaches to suit different learning styles and technical backgrounds. ● Led technical discussions, code reviews, and problem-solving sessions, helping students develop strong software engineering fundamentals and best practices. ● Evaluated assignments and resolved more than 200 technical support requests while maintaining a 100% student satisfaction rate and earning a 4.8-star instructor rating. ● Guided students through debugging, software architecture, API development, and full-stack application design while encouraging analytical thinking and independent problem-solving. ● Optimized grading and review workflows, improving operational efficiency by approximately 60% while maintaining consistent feedback quality and technical accuracy. ● Collaborated with instructional teams to continuously improve learning materials, student engagement, and overall course delivery.