I'm Bharadwaj Bulley McLean, a software engineer based in McLean, VA, with 3+ years of hands-on experience building and scaling cloud-native, event-driven applications for high-traffic enterprise platforms. I specialize in Java, Spring Boot, microservices, Kafka, and AWS, and I design low-latency APIs and resilient distributed systems that power real-time data pipelines. I enjoy collaborating on system design, performance optimization, and reliability improvements that matter for business-critical applications. I've contributed across backend and CI/CD pipelines, and I'm continually growing in areas like data modeling, observability, and secure software delivery.

Bharadwaj Bulley McLean

I'm Bharadwaj Bulley McLean, a software engineer based in McLean, VA, with 3+ years of hands-on experience building and scaling cloud-native, event-driven applications for high-traffic enterprise platforms. I specialize in Java, Spring Boot, microservices, Kafka, and AWS, and I design low-latency APIs and resilient distributed systems that power real-time data pipelines. I enjoy collaborating on system design, performance optimization, and reliability improvements that matter for business-critical applications. I've contributed across backend and CI/CD pipelines, and I'm continually growing in areas like data modeling, observability, and secure software delivery.

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I’m Bharadwaj Bulley McLean, a software engineer based in McLean, VA, with 3+ years of hands-on experience building and scaling cloud-native, event-driven applications for high-traffic enterprise platforms. I specialize in Java, Spring Boot, microservices, Kafka, and AWS, and I design low-latency APIs and resilient distributed systems that power real-time data pipelines.

I enjoy collaborating on system design, performance optimization, and reliability improvements that matter for business-critical applications. I’ve contributed across backend and CI/CD pipelines, and I’m continually growing in areas like data modeling, observability, and secure software delivery.

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Language

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Work Experience

Software Engineer at Restaurant Brands International
March 1, 2023 - Present
Delivered backend engineering for Restaurant Brands International's digital ordering and store operation platforms, focusing on Burger King’s Mobile Ordering & Loyalty Platform and Store Inventory & Real-Time Sales Reconciliation. Built and scaled backend services using Java, Spring Boot, and Kafka; designed RESTful APIs, integrated external payment gateways, CRM systems, and notification services; implemented event-driven workflows, improved observability, and contributed to CI/CD pipelines to support high-traffic channels across mobile, web, and delivery partners.
Software Engineer at 3F Oil Palm Industries
July 1, 2021 - July 1, 2022
Vendor Invoice Automation & Inventory Reconciliation backend: developed backend microservices that automate invoice ingestion, rule-based validation, and reconciliation across suppliers, plants, and warehouses; built event-driven flows and data pipelines to improve processing reliability and throughput; used Java, PostgreSQL, Kafka, and Redis caching to ensure data integrity and low latency.

Education

Master of Science in Computer Science at University of Maryland, Baltimore County
August 1, 2022 - May 1, 2024
Bachelor of Technology in Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Technology
July 1, 2018 - June 1, 2022
MS in Computer Science at University of Maryland, Baltimore County
August 1, 2022 - May 1, 2024
B.Tech in Electrical and Electronics Engineering at MAHATMA GANDHI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
July 1, 2018 - June 1, 2022

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Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Retail