Seasoned Software Engineer for Scalable Microservices

Srikar Reddy Gundam

+1-845-***-**** *******************@*****.*** linkedin.com/in/srikar-reddyg/ New York, NY Professional Summary

Full Stack Java Developer with 5+ years of experience building scalable microservices and high-volume enterprise platforms. Expertise in Spring Boot, Kafka, REST APIs, and distributed systems. Proven ability to optimize performance, improve reliability, and deliver customer-facing solutions in Agile environments.

Professional Experience

Software Engineer, State of New York, New York, NY Sep 2023 – Present

● Delivered 10+ Spring Boot and Java EE microservices for mission-critical tax processing platforms handling millions of transactions daily.

● Architected and optimized event-driven pipelines using Apache Kafka and IBM MQ, improving asynchronous processing throughput by 35% and enabling scalable, decoupled service communication.

● Optimized 50+ DB2 SQL queries and database schemas for tax validation and reporting workflows, reducing average query execution time by 30%.

● Built and consumed REST and SOAP APIs, integrating 5+ legacy and modern systems, enabling seamless cross-platform data exchange across the enterprise.

● Implemented Spring Batch workflows for large-scale XML, JSON, and CSV dataset processing; deployed applications on Kubernetes and Open Liberty, improving deployment reliability and scalability.

● Improved development velocity and code quality through AI-assisted code reviews and automation.

● Mentored junior developers through structured code reviews and technical walkthroughs, fostering engineering best practices and continuous improvement across the team.

● Maintained JSP and Empire2 UI components; performed production support, defect resolution, and Elasticsearch indexing for large tax data repositories.

Software Engineer, Tech Mahindra (Client: GE Healthcare), Hyderabad, India Jun 2019 – Jul 2021

● Built a multi-screen Regulatory Affairs order management platform for GE Healthcare, enabling global users to create, assign, review, and approve regulatory cases with region-specific product rules enforced at every workflow step.

● Designed a Java Spring rules engine to dynamically enforce region-based regulatory constraints — covering product scale, quantity, chemical composition, and machinery specifications — across 10+ global markets.

● Developed customer-facing ReactJS screens for the full case lifecycle (region selection, product details, team assignment, approvals, and reviewer sign-off), delivering an intuitive workflow that increased user engagement by 65%.

● Built an SLA-aware email notification system using SendGrid API, automatically alerting users and reviewers at each workflow stage and triggering reviewer reassignment on SLA breach to ensure uninterrupted case progression.

● Designed role-based access control (RBAC) for dashboards and reports, ensuring users only accessed cases and workflows permitted by their access level; built filtering, viewing, and export capabilities across all case data.

● Maintained CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and Docker, enabling consistent and reliable releases 2 weeks ahead of schedule; improved management visibility by 17% and operational efficiency by 22%. Software Engineer Intern, Tech Mahindra, Hyderabad, India Apr 2019 – Jun 2019

● Assisted in developing and debugging Java-based workflow modules, reducing debugging time by 15% and supporting production-ready deployments.

● Implemented role-based access control and workflow configurations aligned with enterprise access policies.

● Supported POC development and workflow enhancements, improving overall development efficiency by ~20%. Technical Skills

Languages & Frameworks : Java, JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, ReactJS, NodeJS, Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Spring Batch, Nimbus, Pega

Databases : SQL, PL/SQL, Oracle 11g, MySQL, MS SQL Server, DB2, Elasticsearch, Redis Cloud & DevOps : AWS, Azure (App Service, Functions, SQL DB), Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins, CI/CD, WebSphere, Open Liberty

Messaging & Integration : Apache Kafka, IBM MQ, JMS, REST APIs, SOAP APIs, XML, JSON, SendGrid API Tools & Methodologies : GitHub Copilot, Git, Maven, Jira, JUnit, BDD, TDD, Agile, Scrum, Code Reviews Education

Stevens Institute of Technology,

Hoboken, NJ

Master of Science in Computer Science May 2023

Vasavi College of Engineering, India Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science May 2019

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