Java Backend Developer - Microservices & Event-Driven Systems

Varsha Bondugula

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Software Developer

Java backend developer with hands-on experience building microservices, event-driven applications at Kroger. Strong background across implementation engineering, production support, client integrations, and payment-platform at Fiserv and JPMorgan Chase. Brings 7 years of combined experience in development, system support, debugging, and delivering stable enterprise systems. Strong background in Agile/Scrum methodologies, cross-functional collaboration, technical leadership, and delivering scalable solutions. TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Languages/Frameworks: Java, Spring Boot, Spring MVC, REST, SQL Tools/Platforms: Git, Maven, Gradle, Jenkins, Harness, IntelliJ, Eclipse Cloud/Data: Azure PostgreSQL Flexible Server, Databricks Messaging/Monitoring: Kafka, Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, Dynatrace Other: Docker, Rancher, JUnit, Mockito, XML, JSON, Jira, Confluence EXPERIENCE:

Premier IT Solutions Software developer Remote Contract November 2022 – Present Client: Kroger Digital & Technology

“Criteria Domain” is a core merchandising service at Kroger that enables dynamic item and location targeting across business functions like Offers, Pricing, and Loyalty by using rule-based criteria instead of static lists.

• Build and enhance microservices using Java, Spring Boot, REST, improving criteria-processing performance by 30%.

• Develop distributed event-driven features using Kafka supporting real-time business rules and merchandising workflows.

• Streamlined CI/CD pipelines using Harness and GitHub Actions, enabling weekly production deployments and reducing release overhead by 40%.

• Migrated data infrastructure from PostgreSQL to Cosmos DB to Azure Flex Server, ensuring zero downtime and boosting query performance by 25% for high-throughput systems.

• Led multiple Scrum sprints while managing Jira boards and authoring technical documentation in Confluence, ensuring delivery through efficient standups, planning, and retrospectives.

• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to define requirements, write Confluence documentation, and support on-call rotations every 3 weeks, resolving production issues with less than 2-hour MTTR (Mean Time to Resolution). Tech: Java, Spring Boot, Kafka, Gradle, Azure PostgreSQL, Cosmos DB, Databricks, Prometheus, Docker. Fiserv Java Implementation Engineer Remote Full-time August 2019 - November 2022

“EPP”, Enterprise Payment Platform is a real time payment system used by various banks across the world.

• Acted as technical contact for banks including HSBC, Capital One, and Citizens Bank.

• Supported configuration, triage, troubleshooting, log analysis, SQL debugging, and integration testing.

• Managed release coordination, authored implementation plans and documented feature changes (for multi-team visibility), support client UAT testing, and issue resolution across payment systems.

• Contributed to $6M in revenue by delivering timely, high-quality code releases as part of a high-performing development team.

Tech: Java, Maven, XML, JSON, Jira, Confluence, SQL. Pioneer Consulting LLC Java Developer Tampa, FL Contract December 2018 - August 2019 Client: JP Morgan Chase

“SEPA”, Single Euro Payment System is an instant credit system used for euro denominated transactions used in various countries within the European Union as well as countries like Norway, Iceland.

• Supported SEPA payment engine, monitoring reliability and analyzing issues in international payment flows.

• Investigated production incidents using SQL queries, logs, and internal monitoring tools.

• Planned releases for SEPA, work closely with release management to track the features developed, tested and wrote internal documentation to support long-term maintenance and cross-team collaboration. Tech: Java, XML, JSON, Graphite (Chase’s internal Framework), SQL, Confluence, SQL. EDUCATION:

Master of Science in Computer Science University of Houston - Clear Lake Houston, Texas Graduated in 2018. CERTIFICATION: Google Project Management Professional Certificate, Coursera.

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