Senior Java Backend Engineer with Cloud & API Expertise

Venkata Thotakura

WEBSITES, PORTFOLIOS, PROFILES

https://www.linkedin.com/in/venkat-thotakura/

PERSONAL SUMMARY

Certified Oracle Java SE 8 Programmer and AWS Developer Associate with 6 years of experience in Java backend development using Java 8/11/17 and Spring Boot. Experienced in building scalable RESTful and GraphQL APIs, microservices, and event-driven systems across telecom, healthcare, and aviation domains including Aircraft Maintenance Planning Systems (AMPS). Skilled in AWS and Azure cloud platforms, CI/CD automation (Azure DevOps, Jenkins, GitHub Actions), database design

(PostgreSQL, Oracle, MongoDB), and secure application development using Spring Security. Strong Agile team contributor focused on delivering high-performance, cloud-native enterprise applications. Experience

American Airlines – Senior Engineer

02/2025 – 02/2026

Designed and developed scalable RESTful APIs using Spring Boot to support aircraft maintenance scheduling, work-order management, and compliance tracking.

Implemented GraphQL APIs to enable flexible querying of aircraft components, maintenance history, inspection records, and service logs.

Built backend microservices for tracking aircraft flight hours, flight cycles, and maintenance intervals.

Developed maintenance forecasting logic to trigger inspections based on usage thresholds and regulatory requirements.

Designed and optimized PostgreSQL database schemas for aircraft assets, service history, and compliance tracking.

Implemented role-based access control using Spring Security to support engineers, planners, and quality auditors.

Automated CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps, managing build, test, and multi-environment deployments.

Containerized backend services using Docker and deployed applications to Azure cloud environments.

Participated in Agile/Scrum ceremonies and peer code reviews. CONTACT

venkata.thotakura3579@gmail.c

om

+1-469-***-****

Farmers Branch, 11 75234

WWW: Personal Website

SKILLS

Core Java and JavaScript

RESTful API design

GraphQL API Development

Microservices architecture

Database management

HTML5 and CSS3

React.js and Spring Boot

Containerization (Docker)

Version control (GitHub)

CI/CD Pipelines

Continuous integration

(Jenkins)

Cloud services (AWS, GCP,

Azure)

JUnit testing

Web services

NoSQL databases

Kubernetes orchestration

Automation expertise

Spring framework

EDUCATION

Master's degree: Information

Reliance Jio - Java Software Developer

01/2022 - 11/2023

Led end-to-end development of core application modules using Java 8/11 for improved code readability and performance.

Architected modular, scalable systems with Spring Boot, leveraging auto-configuration for expedited development and deployment cycles.

Integrated Hibernate ORM for efficient data persistence, implementing second-level caching to enhance application performance.

Designed RESTful microservices with Spring Boot to facilitate seamless communication in a microservices architecture.

Contributed to event-driven architectures using Kafka, enabling efficient inter-service messaging and real-time data flow.

Managed Oracle and PostgreSQL databases by writing complex queries for optimized data access and updates.

Developed REST API integrations for features such as live tracking, estimated delivery, and package status updates.

Created responsive UI components with HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, and SCSS for consistent performance across devices. United Health Group - Java Developer

01/2019 - 12/2021

Contributed throughout Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) using Agile (SCRUM) methodology.

Developed robust applications in Java 8, utilizing lambda expressions and Stream API for efficiency.

Designed and implemented RESTful APIs with secure access via Spring Security.

Built reusable Java components with Spring JDBC and Spring Transaction Management for data reliability.

Created microservices with Spring Boot, exposing REST endpoints for scalable service interactions.

Developed data integration applications using Spring Batch, connecting to MySQL and MongoDB.

Utilized AWS services like EC2 and S3 for scalable infrastructure management.

Applied parameterized testing techniques to enhance test flexibility and increase code coverage.

Technology

Wilmington University

New Castle: 320 N. DuPont

Highway, New Castle, DE •

04/2025

GPA: 3.86

Bachelor of Technology -

BTech: Computer Software

Engineering

Lovely Professional University

Punjab, IND • 05/2019

GPA: 8.5

LICENSES &

CERTIFICATIONS

Oracle Certified Associate,

Java SE 8 Programmer,

Oracle, 03/23, 03/33

Amazon Web Services

Developer - Associate,

Amazon Web Services

(AWS), 03/23, 03/26

Software engineer,

HackerRank, D1C8E6E53C01

Programming using Java,

HackerRank, 7CA914F53E11

Developing SQL databases,

HackerRank, 733ef0261400

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

2025 Certified Generative AI

Professional

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