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Hi, I'm Aakash Baskaran 👋

Java developer in Toronto, ON, working across Adobe Experience Manager (AEM), Spring Boot, Android/Kotlin and streaming data pipelines.

  • 24 months of industry experience: Android Developer at Zoho (communication app, 100,000+ active users) and Associate Software Developer (AEM Platform) at Accenture for client Chubb Insurance
  • Canadian post-graduate diplomas in Big Data Solutions Architecture (Conestoga College) and Data Analytics (Durham College)
  • Preparing for Adobe Certified Expert, AEM Sites Developer Professional (AD0-E123)
  • Open work permit, so I can work for any Canadian employer without sponsorship

🛠 Tech stack

Area Tools
Languages Java · Kotlin · Python · SQL · JavaScript · HTML · CSS · HTL
AEM / Sling AEM 6.x Sites · AEM DAM · HTL · Sling Models · OSGi Declarative Services · JCR · FileVault packages · Apache httpd (Dispatcher-style)
Backend Spring Boot · Spring MVC · Spring Data JPA · REST APIs · Thymeleaf · Maven · MySQL · PostgreSQL
Android Android SDK · Jetpack Compose · MVVM · Clean Architecture · Retrofit · OkHttp · WebRTC · Gradle
Data Kafka · Apache Beam · Spark / PySpark · Hadoop/HDFS · pandas
Tools Git · Docker Compose · IntelliJ IDEA · Android Studio · VS Code · JIRA · Confluence

📌 Featured projects

Project What it is Stack
cheesecake-site-headless Headless website for my Japanese cheesecake business on a stack that mirrors AEM headless: OSGi servlets serve JCR content as JSON to a Next.js frontend, behind a Dispatcher-style httpd cache, all in Docker Compose Java · Apache Sling · OSGi · JCR · Next.js · httpd · Docker
aem-component-library 7 reusable HTL components backed by 4 Sling Models, with clientlibs and a multi-module Maven build (core, ui.apps, ui.content) Java · HTL · Sling Models · OSGi · Maven
BigStarCollectibles Spring Boot e-commerce app: JPA repositories, validated registration, searchable catalog, session cart, REST API with custom exception handling, English/Tamil i18n Java 17 · Spring Boot · Spring Data JPA · Thymeleaf · MySQL
wikimedia-pipeline Lambda-architecture pipeline: live Wikimedia edits → Kafka (KRaft) → 60-second Apache Beam windows → PostgreSQL → PySpark batch analytics Python · Kafka · Apache Beam · PySpark · PostgreSQL · Docker
GitHub-Trending-Repositories Android app listing trending GitHub repos, with offline cache and search Kotlin · MVVM · Room · LiveData
Bigdata-Final-Project News articles streamed through Kafka to HDFS, then Spark Structured Streaming aggregations in 10-second watermarked windows (Conestoga College) Python · Kafka · HDFS · Spark Streaming

📫 Contact

I'm open to Software Developer, Java Developer, AEM Developer and Android Developer roles in Canada.

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  1. cheesecake-site-headless cheesecake-site-headless Public

    Headless AEM-style site on Apache Sling: OSGi servlets serve JCR content as JSON to Next.js via a Dispatcher-style httpd cache, in Docker Compose

    Java

  2. aem-component-library aem-component-library Public

    7 reusable AEM HTL components backed by 4 Sling Models, with clientlibs and a multi-module Maven build (core, ui.apps, ui.content)

    CSS

  3. BigStarCollectibles BigStarCollectibles Public

    Spring Boot e-commerce app: Spring Data JPA + MySQL, validated registration, searchable catalog, session cart, REST API, English/Tamil i18n

    Java

  4. wikimedia-pipeline wikimedia-pipeline Public

    Lambda-architecture pipeline: Wikimedia SSE → Kafka (KRaft) → Apache Beam 60s windows → PostgreSQL → PySpark analytics

    Python

  5. GitHub-Trending-Repositories GitHub-Trending-Repositories Public

    Android app (Kotlin, MVVM, Room) showing trending GitHub repos, with offline cache and search

    Kotlin 1

  6. Bigdata-Final-Project Bigdata-Final-Project Public

    Kafka → HDFS → Spark Structured Streaming pipeline aggregating news articles by author and source (Conestoga College capstone)

    Python 1