Muhammad Salman Farooq
Software Engineer & Software Architect
Islamabad
Summary
I am an Oracle Certified Professional Java Programmer and Application Architect with 13+ years of professional experience in the software industry. I specialize in designing, developing, and delivering scalable, enterprise-grade solutions that bridge business requirements with technical implementation.
With a proven track record as both a hands-on developer and team leader, I bring strong expertise in crafting modular, clean, and object-oriented code that meets high standards of quality, performance, and maintainability. My passion lies in innovation, distributed systems, and AI-driven applications, including recent work building AI Agents by exposing tools to LLMs.
🔑 Core Competencies & Technical Expertise
Languages & Frameworks
✓ Java (8, 11, 17, 21+)
✓ Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Spring Data
✓ Apache Struts, JSP, JSF
Architectures & Methodologies
✓ Microservices
✓ REST APIs
✓ Event-Driven Systems
✓ Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server Development
AI & Emerging Tech
✓ RAG-based AI applications
✓ AI Agent development (exposing tools to LLMs for intelligent workflows)
✓ Prompt Engineering for CodeGen applications
✓ AI application development with OpenAI, Claude, Google Gemini
Persistence & Concurrency
✓ JPA, Hibernate ORM
✓ Java Concurrency
Databases
✓ MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, PG Vector Store
✓ IBM DB2, MS SQL Server
Cloud & Containerization
✓ AWS (EC2, Elastic Beanstalk)
✓ GCP (Compute Engine, App Engine)
✓ Kubernetes, Docker, Helm Charts, VMware Tanzu
Tools & Build Systems
✓ Apache Maven
✓ Eclipse IDE
✓ Jetbrains IntelliJ IDEA
Front-End Technologies
✓ JavaScript, jQuery, React.js
✓ HTML, CSS
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
8
8
Certifications
Work History
Senior Software Engineer
Contour Software
10.2024 - Current
- Architected and designed enterprise-grade solutions, including preparation of comprehensive design and technical documentation to support scalable system development and future enhancements.
- Designed and implemented a real-time data synchronization system leveraging Apache Kafka and Spring Boot to seamlessly sync data between two systems hosted on different cloud providers, ensuring 100% data accuracy and robust backpressure handling.
- Collaborated cross-functionally with product, DevOps, and QA teams to drive end-to-end delivery of mission-critical projects, ensuring timely execution and alignment with business objectives.
- Applied best practices in distributed systems, event-driven architecture, and microservices to deliver highly available, fault-tolerant solutions.
Managing Consultant
Systems Limited
06.2024 - 10.2024
- As a Managing Consultant at Systems Limited, I specialize in delivering innovative solutions within the Banking domain, leveraging my expertise in leading technologies and platforms. I play a pivotal role in our projects, with a primary focus on implementing and optimizing the Temenos Kony banking solution.
- My responsibilities include:
- Temenos Kony Expertise: Active development in integration and deployment of the Temenos Kony platform to empower our clients with cutting-edge digital banking experiences.
- Technology Leadership: Leveraging Java and JavaScript proficiency to develop robust, scalable, and secure banking solutions tailored to our clients' unique requirements.
- Database Management: Utilizing my skills in MongoDB and MySQL to design and manage data solutions that underpin critical banking operations, ensuring data integrity and performance.
- Solution Delivery: Ensuring successful project delivery by adhering to best practices, industry standards, and project timelines.
Principal Consultant
Systems Limited
09.2023 - 06.2024
- As a Principal Consultant at Systems Limited, I specialize in delivering innovative solutions within the Banking domain, leveraging my expertise in leading technologies and platforms. I play a pivotal role in our projects, with a primary focus on implementing and optimizing the Temenos Kony banking solution.
- My responsibilities include:
- Temenos Kony Expertise: Active development in integration and deployment of the Temenos Kony platform to empower our clients with cutting-edge digital banking experiences.
- Technology Leadership: Leveraging Java and JavaScript proficiency to develop robust, scalable, and secure banking solutions tailored to our clients' unique requirements.
- Database Management: Utilizing my skills in MongoDB and MySQL to design and manage data solutions that underpin critical banking operations, ensuring data integrity and performance.
- Solution Delivery: Ensuring successful project delivery by adhering to best practices, industry standards, and project timelines.
Lead JAVA/J2EE/RedHat Ansible Developer at Kyndryl
Kyndryl
09.2021 - 09.2023
- This job role involves Leading a team of highly professional Java developers to meet business requirements. Being myself an Oracle Certified Java 8 Professional Programmer, It is a very great experience working at Kyndryl specifically in Lead role taking on the challenges based on customer requirements/projects and delivering them on time and with utmost quality.
Lead JAVA/J2EE Developer
IBM
09.2016 - 08.2021
- This job role involves Leading a team of highly professional Java developers to meet business requirements. Being myself an Oracle Certified Java 8 Professional Programmer, It is a very great experience working at IBM specifically in Lead role taking on the challenges based on customer requirements/projects and delivering them on time and with utmost quality.
Java Developer
Digital Processing Systems
03.2014 - 08.2016
- My Responsibilities as Java Developer at Digital Processing Systems is to perform software development on Java/J2EE platforms and applications.
Java Developer
Ibex Group of Companies
09.2013 - 03.2014
- Software development on java platform, asterisk and web.
Team Lead (Java)
06.2012 - 09.2013
Software Engineer (Team lead)
Iterative Technologies pvt.ltd
06.2012 - 09.2013
- Software development on java EE applications.
Education
BS - Computer Science
Comsats Institute of Information Technology
01.2013
Intermediate/Matric - undefined
Islamabad Collage for Boys G-6/3
01.2008
Skills
AI
Microservices
RAG
Java
Spring Boot
Kubernetes
Certification
Oracle Certified Professional, Java SE 8 Programmer II
HONORS & AWARDS
- Star of the Quarter 2024 - Systems Limited
- Top Performer 2022 - Kyndryl Pakistan
- Top Performer 2021 - Kyndryl Pakistan
- Top Performer 2021 - IBM Pakistan
- Top Performer 2020 - IBM Pakistan
- Top Performer 2019 - IBM Pakistan
Timeline
Senior Software Engineer
Contour Software
10.2024 - Current
Managing Consultant
Systems Limited
06.2024 - 10.2024
Principal Consultant
Systems Limited
09.2023 - 06.2024
Lead JAVA/J2EE/RedHat Ansible Developer at Kyndryl
Kyndryl
09.2021 - 09.2023
IBM Enterprise Design Thinking Practitioner
11-2020
IBM Architectural Thinking
06-2020
IBM Mentor
02-2020
Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals Microsoft
02-2020
Docker Essentials: A Developer Introduction IBM
01-2020
Oracle Certified Professional, Java SE 8 Programmer II
12-2019
IBM Recognized Teacher/Educator
12-2019
Oracle Certified Associate, Java SE 7 Programmer
10-2016
Lead JAVA/J2EE Developer
IBM
09.2016 - 08.2021
Java Developer
Digital Processing Systems
03.2014 - 08.2016
Java Developer
Ibex Group of Companies
09.2013 - 03.2014
Team Lead (Java)
06.2012 - 09.2013
Software Engineer (Team lead)
Iterative Technologies pvt.ltd
06.2012 - 09.2013
Intermediate/Matric - undefined
Islamabad Collage for Boys G-6/3
BS - Computer Science
Comsats Institute of Information Technology