Himanshu Karnalkar
Brussel
Summary
Overall 18 years of experience with 12 years experience of Development / Application Support / Production Support/ Test Driven Development experience in C, C++ Programming in Windows and Linux Platforms.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Lead Senior C++ Software Engineer
Tata Consultancy Services
08.2019 - Current
- Company Overview: Client - Belgium Railways, Brussels, Belgium | Brussels Belgium
- Actively worked on the C++ backend (on linux and Windows using gsoap web services) of the transport card (mobib card in belgium railways). using the features of C++11 and C++14.
- Implemented the STL, Boost , SOCI (C++ Database Access Library) and pugixml libraries in the C++ codebase.
- Optimized the throughput of the backend process by 20% by Analyzing and optimizing existing C++ code for better maintainability and performance.
- Implemented the low level windows smartcard api,the winscard library to read/write to the pcsc cards using the calypso mechanism.
- Implemented the C# Client Applications/Java Client Application with the C++ backend using Platform Invocation Services(for C#/JNI Interface(for Java)
- Designed / Implemented the Unit Test cases using the google´s gtest/gmock framework.
- Ported the C++ Windows application from Visual Studio 2013 (Build Tools 120) to Visual Studio 2017 (Build Tools 141).
- Designed / Implemented the FrontEnd in C++ Win32 API to interact with the C++ Windows code.
- Implemented Batch commands in Windows Desktop environment to automate tasks of Application startups and Logs monitoring.
- Implemented the batch scripts in the linux environment to automated and monitor server process workflows.
- Analyzed and optimized existing C++ code for better maintainability and performance.
- Maintained and enhanced large-scale C++ codebases in acceptance/production environments and quickly familiarized with unfamiliar C++ codebases to diagnose and fix issues.
- Used Bitbucket for version control, Jenkins for automated builds, and Git commands for effective codebase management and maintainability.
Senior C++ Software Engineer
Tata Consultancy Services
02.2015 - 12.2017
- Company Overview: Client - National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange
- Functional understanding of the FIX protocol used in Commodity Exchange domain.
- Designed / Implemented the Parser Component which converts from legacy to FIX protocol and vice-versa.
- Developed a parser module in C++98 for Linux systems, leveraging STL and Boost libraries within a legacy codebase.
- Delivered extensive technical support for functional and technical issues in acceptance and production environments.
- Implemented unit test code in legacy C++ 98 to verify the FIX protocol application.
- Worked with pugixml (C++ XML parser) for efficient parsing and manipulation of XML configuration files in a Linux-based system.
- This xml files were input to the FIX protocol application.
Senior C++ Symbian Developer
Noema India Pvt. Ltd
01.2006 - 04.2009
- Designed / Implemented Velocity Mobile app in Symbian C++ which is a text prediction engine.
- The core text prediction engine is implemented using the Binary tree structure in C.
- The Load Component in C, reads the words from the csv file and upload into the Binary tree structure.
- Implemented the Dictionary Module in various languages using the File System component API of the Symbian OS C++
- The Application was tested on Symbian OS mobile phones and the Emulator.
Education
Bachelors - Computer Science, Computers
Fergusson College Pune
04.2000
Skills
- C, C, Python, Makefile / CMake Cross Platform Development in C
- Linux Shell Scripting / Windows Batch programming, C Debugging / Profiling / Test Driven Development in C
Certification
- DelftX Railway Engineering DelftX Nov 2014
- Generative AI for Beginners Udemy Aug 2025
Languages
English
Timeline
Lead Senior C++ Software Engineer
Tata Consultancy Services
08.2019 - Current
Senior C++ Software Engineer
Tata Consultancy Services
02.2015 - 12.2017
Senior C++ Symbian Developer
Noema India Pvt. Ltd
01.2006 - 04.2009
Bachelors - Computer Science, Computers
Fergusson College Pune