I'm Alam, a software engineer for cloud & AI

I build backend systems, cloud automation, and AI tools that people rely on every day. Currently working on document management at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota.

About me

Ten years across Java, Spring Boot, AWS, and enterprise content platforms, with a growing focus on RAG and LLM applications.

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Currently

Software Engineer at BCBS MN, working on document management with IBM Datacap.

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Reliable systems. Real problems. Now with AI.

I've spent a decade building software that businesses depend on, from order entry and payroll to CMS platforms and search. Today I bring that same reliability to healthcare document processing and AI-powered tools.

Where I am now

Working on the systems that capture and process incoming documents.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota

Software Engineer

2025 – Present · Minneapolis–St. Paul

IBM DatacapTaskmasterDocument management

Build and maintain IBM Datacap (Taskmaster) rulesets for document capture and processing
Work with incoming document sources so documents are received and processed correctly

10+years building production software

40%less CMS downtime from an automated notification API

13Minnesota dams covered by an emergency alert system I built

3AWS certifications, including Developer Associate

Take a closer look at the work

A few projects I've designed, built, and kept running.

RAG document assistant

A web app that lets staff ask questions about internal content and get answers grounded in the source documents, using retrieval-augmented generation with LLMs.

Spring Boot · AWS Bedrock · Claude · Pinecone

Notification API

Automated email alerts to users and admins the moment a CMS or internal app throws an error. Cut CMS downtime by 40%.

Java · Spring · Email integration

Solr outage recovery

Traced recurring Apache Solr outages through log analysis to JVM memory limits, then tuned memory so search stayed up.

Apache Solr · JVM tuning · Log analysis

Secure document portal

A portal where staff upload, manage, and share business documents securely, replacing scattered manual processes.

Spring Boot · AWS S3 · MySQL

EC2 monitoring alerts

CPU alarms that email the dev team when usage passes 80%, so problems get fixed before users notice.

AWS EC2 · CloudWatch · SNS

Dam emergency alerts

An emergency alert system for 13 dams across Minnesota, plus a secured SharePoint site for Xcel Energy's Enterprise Continuity group.

Mission Mode · SharePoint

Order Entry application

Designed and built SUPERVALU's Order Entry app using functional analysis to predict and measure customer delivery outcomes.

Java · SSRS · IBM DB2

Experience

From IT intern to engineering in healthcare.

2025 – Present

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota

Software Engineer

Build and maintain IBM Datacap (Taskmaster) rulesets for document processing
Work with incoming document sources

Oct 2019 – Jul 2025

Society of Corporate Compliance & Ethics

Software Engineer

Built a RAG web application for content-specific questions using LLMs
Built and maintained Java CMS and internal apps with Spring Boot and Solr
Created a notification API that reduced CMS downtime by 40%
Enhanced the Drupal frontend with dynamic forms and optimized workflows

May 2016 – Sep 2019

SUPERVALU Inc.

Software Engineer

Designed and built the Order Entry application
Upgraded the payroll system with the payroll team
Maintained Java apps for inventory tracking and customer data
Trained teammates in SSRS report creation

Jul 2015 – Apr 2016

SUPERVALU Inc.

Technology Intern

Gathered reporting needs and built SSRS reports
Fixed bugs and improved readability of existing applications

Jan 2014 – Jun 2015

Xcel Energy

IT Intern

Built an emergency alert system for 13 Minnesota dams
Created a secured SharePoint site for Enterprise Continuity

What I build with

Languages

Java, PowerShell, HTML, JavaScript, XML, SQL

Frameworks

Spring, Spring Boot, Hibernate

Cloud

AWS EC2, S3, Lambda, Amplify, API Gateway

AI

RAG, LLMs, AWS Bedrock, Pinecone

Document & content

IBM Datacap, Drupal, Acquia, Apache Solr, SharePoint

Data & tools

MySQL, IBM DB2, SSRS, Git, Maven, IntelliJ, Selenium

Credentials

B.S. in Information Systems

St. Cloud State University, 2016

AWS Certified Developer – Associate

Aug 2026

AWS Certified AI Practitioner

Feb 2025Validation 9638285463a545349701b5d3864d2bdc

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner

Oct 2024Validation 68765ab3f1fc4c1e80f1deb5a52b8f25

APIs in Java: Call and Integrate an API

Dec 2023Credential ZW4BHTBVDW86

Spring Boot Inversion of Control and Dependency Injection

Nov 2023Credential Z2SBEA4WBW85

Building Scalable Java Microservices with Spring Boot and Spring Cloud

Nov 2023Credential AML7XHPAAEN9

Programming Foundations with JavaScript, HTML and CSS

Jun 2019

Let's build something.

Open to conversations about cloud, AI integration, and backend engineering.

alammahmood03@gmail.com