Virtual Experiences
Job Simulations
Hands-on experience through industry-leading virtual job simulations on the Forage platform.
JPMorgan Chase
Software Engineering Job Simulation
- Integrated Kafka into a Spring Boot microservice to consume and deserialize high-volume transaction messages using a configurable topic and embedded Kafka test framework.
- Implemented transaction validation and persistence logic with Spring Data JPA and an H2 SQL database, including entity modeling and balance updates across relational User records.
- Connected the service to an external REST Incentive API using RestTemplate, processing incentive responses and incorporating them into transactional workflows.
- Developed a REST endpoint for querying user balances, returning JSON responses through a Spring controller while maintaining clean architectural boundaries.
- Verified system behavior using Maven test suites and debugger-driven inspection, ensuring reliability across message ingestion, database operations, and external API interactions.
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
APAC Solutions Architecture Virtual Experience
- Designed a simple and scalable hosting architecture based on Elastic Beanstalk for a client experiencing significant growth and slow response times.
- Described the proposed architecture in plain language ensuring the client understood how it works and how costs are calculated.
Walmart Global Tech USA
Advanced Software Engineering Virtual Experience
- Completed the Advanced Software Engineering Job Simulation solving difficult technical projects for a variety of teams at Walmart.
- Developed a novel version of a heap data structure in Java for Walmart's shipping department, showcasing strong problem-solving and algorithmic skills.
- Designed a UML class diagram for a data processor, considering different operating modes and database connections.
- Created an entity relationship diagram to design a new database accounting for all requirements provided by Walmart's pet department.
Datacom
Introduction to Cloud Job Simulation
- Completed a simulation focused on understanding the DevOps engineering role at Datacom.
- Registered an application on the cloud for a hypothetical client, WCD Bank.
- Created a GitHub Actions workflow for automated deployment pipelines.
Electronic Arts
Product Management Job Simulation
- Developed a solid understanding of different KPIs, and selected the most appropriate KPIs for measuring and assessing specific business problems related to a strategy RPG mobile game.
- Demonstrated knowledge of key performance indicators within the video game industry.
- Broke down tasks for creating a data-driven video game presentation.