Likitha Gurjala
SOFTWARE DEVELOPER
609-***-**** ***************@*****.*** LinkedIn Colorado, USA SUMMARY
Software Developer with 4+ years of experience in building scalable web applications using Java, Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Spring Security, and Hibernate, with strong backend architecture and API development skills.
Proficient in creating responsive and dynamic user interfaces using React.js and JavaScript, ensuring smooth user experiences in modern web applications.
Skilled in working with databases including MySQL, MongoDB, and Oracle, implementing efficient data access patterns using JPA/Hibernate and optimizing queries for performance.
Experienced in deploying applications on AWS and utilizing Docker and Kubernetes for containerization, orchestration, and scalable cloud infrastructure.
Hands-on expertise with CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, and well-versed in Agile methodologies and writing API documentation with Swagger to support efficient, collaborative development.
Leveraged Postman for API testing and validation, ensuring reliable and secure RESTful services; implemented Prometheus for real-time monitoring of application health and Grafana for visualizing performance metrics and system behavior. SKILLS
Java Technologies J2EE, JPA, Java Server Pages, Servlets, JDBC, Java Beans, Python, Multi- threading, Event Handling, Swing Web Services
Web Technologies HTML, CSS, JSP, JavaScript, jQuery, Bootstrap, React.js Methodology SDLC, Waterfall, Agile
Frameworks Spring Framework, Spring MVC, Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, Spring ORM, Spring Security, Hibernate, JDBC, Struts, Microservices Build Tools & IDEs Maven, Gradle, Jenkins, NetBeans, IntelliJ IDEA, Eclipse Application Servers Web Logic, Apache Tomcat
Cloud & Deployment AWS, Docker
API Development RESTful services, SOAP, WSDL, Django REST Framework Databases MySQL, SQL Plus, Oracle, DB2, MongoDB
CI/CD & Tools Jenkins, Code Ship
Testing tools Junit, Mockito
Version Control/Tracking Tools Git, GitHub, Jira, SVN Operating Systems Windows, LINUX, Mac OS
EXPERIENCE
Software Developer Deloitte, IL Aug 2024 – Present Project : Healthcare Appointment Management Platform
Designed and optimized a Patient Appointment Scheduling System handling 500K+ monthly appointments using Java, Spring MVC, Spring Boot, Hibernate, and React.js, ensuring scalability and high performance.
Developed and integrated RESTful APIs with Spring Boot to connect React.js front-end and backend services, improving real-time scheduling efficiency by 25%.
Managed healthcare data with PostgreSQL and Oracle SQL, applying query optimization, indexing, and caching to ensure high availability and faster data retrieval.
Implemented authentication and authorization using Spring Security and JWT, strengthening security and ensuring compliance with HIPAA regulations.
Built responsive user interfaces with React.js and Redux, reducing page load times by 20% and improving patient and provider experience.
Architected and deployed microservices using Spring Boot and Spring Cloud, enabling scalability, service discovery, and fault tolerance, reducing downtime by 30%.
Automated CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins, integrating unit and regression tests to reduce manual errors by 25% and accelerate feature releases.
Followed Agile/Scrum methodologies, contributing to sprint planning, daily stand-ups, retrospectives, and using Jira for issue tracking and timely delivery.
Improved system performance with code refactoring, JVM tuning, and database query optimization, reducing load times for patient and doctor profiles by 30%.
Software Developer HCL Tech, India Sep 2019 – Jun 2023 Project : E-Commerce Platform Modernization and Personalization System
Developed and optimized backend APIs and microservices using Java, Spring Boot, and Hibernate, ensuring compliance with SDLC best practices, CI/CD pipelines, and agile methodologies in collaboration with QA and DevOps teams.
Built cross-platform mobile app modules using React Native, Node.js, and RESTful APIs, implementing real-time product filtering, AI/ML-based personalized search, and dynamic promotional banners to enhance user engagement.
Deployed scalable, cloud-native applications on Azure Cloud with AKS (Azure Kubernetes Service), Azure Blob Storage, Azure Functions, and App Services, achieving improved system resilience, scalability, and high availability.
Designed real-time recommendation systems and analytics pipelines leveraging Apache Spark, Hadoop, and distributed data processing, reducing query latency by 30% and improving customer purchase history insights.
Performed performance through JVM profiling, log analysis, thread/memory management, and application tuning, resolving bottlenecks in e-commerce workflows (search, cart, checkout) to ensure stable performance during peak loads.
Applied advanced object-oriented programming (OOP), design patterns (Singleton, Factory, Observer), domain-driven design (DDD), and core data structures to deliver scalable, reusable, and maintainable architectures for catalog, cart, and user session management.
Project : Financial Loan Origination and EMI Tracking Platform
Developed a loan processing system using Java, Spring Boot, JSP, and Thymeleaf, enabling real-time tracking of credit status, EMI schedules, and approval workflows.
Built and secured RESTful APIs with Spring Boot and Spring Security, implementing JWT/OAuth2 authentication, input validation, and rate limiting to ensure reliable and secure transactions.
Designed and optimized MySQL and Oracle databases, creating stored procedures, indexes, and partitions; used Hibernate ORM to streamline data access and improve query performance.
Implemented microservices architecture with Spring Boot deployed on AWS (EC2, Lambda, S3) and Kubernetes (GKE), improving scalability and reducing downtime.
Automated CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins and Maven, integrating JUnit and Mockito for testing and SonarQube for code quality checks, ensuring smooth and reliable deployments.
Optimized application performance through Java code refactoring, database tuning, and caching strategies, reducing system latency and improving transaction throughput. EDUCATION
Master of Science in Computer Technology
Eastern Illinois University, USA.
Bachelor’s in technology in Electronics and Communication Engineering Bhoj Reddy Engineering College for Women, India.
CERTIFICATION
AWS Developer Associate certification