Senior .NET Software Engineer with API & Microservices Expertise

SUMMARY

Sri Teja Valusa Software Engineer

+1-763-***-**** ***********@*****.*** LinkedIn GitHub Software Engineer (.NET) with 3+ years of experience delivering scalable API-driven solutions using C#, .NET Core, ASP.NET Core Web API, SQL Server, EF Core, Azure, and microservices architecture. Proven ability to design modular backend systems, optimize data-access layers, strengthen API security, and improve application performance across financial, insurance, and engineering environments. Experienced integrating CI/CD pipelines, implementing observability with Serilog and Azure tooling, resolving production issues, and reducing incident resolution time. Adept collaborating in Agile/Scrum teams, clarifying requirements with stakeholders, mentoring junior developers, and delivering secure, maintainable, and high-reliability .NET services that support enterprise-scale workloads.

SKILLS

• Programming & Core Engineering: C#, .NET Core, .NET 6, LINQ, ADO.NET, OOP, SOLID principles, design patterns, clean architecture

• API & Microservices Development: ASP.NET Core Web API, REST APIs, microservices, middleware, dependency injection, repository pattern, API versioning, Swagger

• Databases & Data Access: SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Entity Framework Core, stored procedures, indexing, query optimization, data modeling

• Cloud & DevOps: Microsoft Azure (App Services, Functions, SQL, Storage, Key Vault), Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, YAML pipelines

• Testing & Observability: xUnit, NUnit, Moq, Postman, Serilog, Application Insights, logging pipelines, distributed tracing

• Software Delivery & Collaboration: Agile/Scrum, user story refinement, sprint planning, peer code reviews, stakeholder communication, production support, root-cause analysis

• Frontend (Basic): HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, React, Angular EXPERIENCE

Software Engineer (.NET) PNC Financial USA Feb 2025 – Present

• Engineered ASP.NET Core Web API modules using C#, middleware, and dependency injection, improving request reliability and reducing API response variance by 18% across enterprise financial workflows.

• Optimized ADO.NET + SQL Server data-access layers by refining indexing, joins, and transactional logic, decreasing query latency by 27% and improving throughput for high-volume financial operations.

• Strengthened platform security by implementing JWT authorization, role-based access, and compliance checks, reducing unauthorized access attempts by 40% while meeting internal audit requirements.

• Enhanced production stability by integrating Serilog, Application Insights, and distributed tracing, accelerating root-cause analysis by 35% and reducing incident resolution time across mission-critical services. Software Engineer (.NET) Tata Consultancy Services India Apr 2021 – Aug 2023

• Built scalable ASP.NET Core REST APIs with repository/service patterns, improving feature extensibility and reducing defect rates in insurance processing systems by 22% through cleaner modular design.

• Enhanced SQL Server performance by restructuring stored procedures, optimizing indexes, and refining schema interactions, reducing report-generation time by 33% across underwriting and claims analytics.

• Improved insurance operations through refined LINQ and EF Core mappings, reducing ORM overhead by 19% and improving service reliability across distributed policy-management modules.

• Mentored 3 junior developers on API conventions, C# best practices, Git workflows, and code review standards, increasing team delivery consistency by 25% while supporting Scrum planning and stakeholder discussions. Software Engineer (.NET) Hexagon Capability Center India Nov 2020 – Mar 2021

• Developed modular .NET Core components with layered abstractions, improving code maintainability and reducing onboarding time for new developers by 15% across engineering platforms.

• Integrated MySQL through optimized ORM mappings and refined queries, increasing data-access stability by 20% and improving workflow responsiveness for concurrent analytical workloads.

• Strengthened observability by configuring Serilog with Azure telemetry, improving diagnostic accuracy and reducing time-to- isolate production issues by 30% for engineering support teams.

• Created automated xUnit + Moq test suites, increasing test coverage by 35%, preventing regression defects, and supporting stable deployments across iterative development cycles. EDUCATION

• MS, Information Systems Dec 2024

University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg, Missouri, USA

• B.Tech, Computer Science Engineering May 2021

Sumathi Reddy Institute of Technology, Warangal, Telangana, India

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