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Aman Ghrera — Senior Software Engineer
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Professional Summary

Staff+ Engineer & Architect with over 20 years of experience designing, building, and scaling mission-critical identity platforms, distributed services, and cloud-native ecosystems. Deep expertise in Customer Identity & Access Management (CIAM), modern authentication/authorization protocols, and high-throughput architecture serving 10B+ daily requests at major technology companies including eBay, PayPal, and GM.

Experience

eBay Inc.
Senior Staff Software Engineer
San Jose, CA
  • Architecting enterprise-grade customer identity, passwordless authentication, and login security solutions utilizing OAuth 2.0, OIDC, and AWS Cognito.
  • Designed and implemented step-up MFA and SSO identity federation architectures for eBay and its newly integrated subsidiaries, Goldin and Tise.
  • Engineered and deployed POCs for Digital Identity Wallets, Passkeys, and a config-driven Identity Platform across business domains.
  • Evangelizing and driving internal adoption of agentic AI technologies (Claude Code, Cline) to optimize engineering velocity.
Java Python Spring Boot AWS Cognito AWS Lambda DynamoDB React Oracle OAuth 2.0 OIDC Claude Code Cline
General Motors
Staff Software Engineer
Mountain View, CA
  • Designed and developed high-availability, cloud-native backend services supporting digital vehicle keys and real-time in-vehicle notifications.
  • Managed architecture, deployment, and identity integration strategies on Azure cloud infrastructure, leveraging Azure B2C for secure user management.
  • Partnered closely with UX, product management, frontend, and embedded systems teams to establish end-to-end feature designs.
Java Kotlin Spring Boot Azure Azure B2C CosmosDB REST APIs
PayPal Inc.
Member of Technical Staff 2 (MTS 2)
San Jose, CA
  • Architected core distributed identity and platform services capable of processing over 10 billion requests per day with high reliability.
  • Designed and implemented security and identity fabrics across PayPal domains based on OAuth 2.0, OIDC, SCIM, RBAC, JWT, and global SSO.
  • Directed the technical identity integration of major acquired subsidiaries — including Venmo, Xoom, Zettle, and Braintree — into the core PayPal ecosystem.
  • Spearheaded the architectural migration of a legacy C++ monolith into a modular, reactive Java REST microservices framework using Spring and RxJava.
  • Guided and mentored multiple cross-functional engineering teams ranging from 5 to 15 developers, consistently ensuring high-quality, timely product releases.
Java Node.js Spring RxJava Kafka GraphQL REST SCIM OAuth 2.0 Terraform Oracle BigQuery Jenkins
Gigamon Inc.
Senior Staff Software Engineer
Santa Clara, CA
  • Spearheaded the design and architecture of critical components within Gigamon's high-performance network device management interface.
  • Engineered an enterprise search and indexing solution using Elasticsearch; built a high-volume network traffic capture, storage, and analysis engine utilizing Postgres and custom nfcapd extensions.
  • Built and launched an AWS-based cloud solution tailored for real-time network visibility and traffic monitoring.
AWS Java Spring Boot REST APIs Elasticsearch MongoDB Postgres OpenTSDB Netflow C
eBay Inc.
Member of Technical Staff (MTS)
San Jose, CA
  • Co-designed and built a highly automated, self-service private cloud platform used internally by thousands of eBay developers.
  • Created robust REST APIs, command-line interfaces (CLIs), and web applications to automate underlying cloud infrastructure provisioning.
  • Acted as technical lead for a team of 5–10 software engineers.
Java Spring Python OpenStack RabbitMQ Oracle MySQL REST Docker CI/CD
Cognizant Technology Solutions
Senior Associate (Software Engineer)
Minneapolis, MN
  • Developed Java/Spring enterprise healthcare applications for a client in the health insurance domain.
  • Worked on services to integrate data from multiple insurance providers.
  • Led a team of engineers; responsible for design, development, and delivery of features to the client.
Java Spring CORBA REST SQL Swing
Zolon Tech Solutions
Senior Software Engineer
Fairfax, VA & Ann Arbor, MI
  • Designed Java/Spring medical document management and storage solutions integrated with FileNet and Oracle.
  • Developed SOAP and REST services, batch processes, Java applets, stored procedures, and image processing with VBScript and Inputaccel.
  • Improved the reliability of processing faxed documents from 70% to over 97%.
Java Spring REST JSF JSP Oracle Filenet HL7 JMS
Mastek Ltd
Senior Software Engineer
India & UK
  • Built Java and C#.NET business applications for public benefits and healthcare domains.
  • Built a web-based platform for UK NHS using Java, JSP, EJB, and Oracle.
  • Worked as onsite coordinator for the team in the UK; managed project deliveries, gathered customer requirements, and coordinated with the offshore team.
C#.NET Java JSP EJB Websphere Oracle SQL Server

Skills

Identity & Security

CIAM OAuth 2.0 OpenID Connect SAML SCIM MFA SSO RBAC JWT Passkeys Digital Identity Wallets

Languages & Frameworks

Java Kotlin Python JavaScript TypeScript Node.js Spring Boot RxJava C#.NET Go C

Cloud & Infrastructure

AWS AWS Cognito AWS Lambda DynamoDB Azure Azure B2C CosmosDB Docker Terraform CI/CD

Data & Messaging

Kafka RabbitMQ Oracle PostgreSQL MySQL MongoDB Elasticsearch Google BigQuery Redis

Engineering Leadership

Technical Strategy Roadmaps Cross-Functional Alignment Team Mentoring (5–15) AI-Assisted Engineering Claude Code Cline

Education

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras, India
Master of Technology (M.Tech.)
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras, India
Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.)