Senior Backend Engineer with 9+ years of experience building scalable, cloud-native backend systems for the financial services domain. Strong expertise in Java 21 and modern API development with Spring Boot/Micronaut, REST and GraphQL, and event-driven architectures using Apache Kafka. Proven track record modernizing legacy systems, improving production reliability and observability, and delivering secure, high-performance services on AWS with Docker and Kubernetes. Experienced collaborating across cross-functional teams to build resilient distributed systems.

Himaja Pallamreddy

Senior Backend Engineer with 9+ years of experience building scalable, cloud-native backend systems for the financial services domain. Strong expertise in Java 21 and modern API development with Spring Boot/Micronaut, REST and GraphQL, and event-driven architectures using Apache Kafka. Proven track record modernizing legacy systems, improving production reliability and observability, and delivering secure, high-performance services on AWS with Docker and Kubernetes. Experienced collaborating across cross-functional teams to build resilient distributed systems.

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Senior Backend Engineer with 9+ years of experience building scalable, cloud-native backend systems for the financial services domain. Strong expertise in Java 21 and modern API development with Spring Boot/Micronaut, REST and GraphQL, and event-driven architectures using Apache Kafka.

Proven track record modernizing legacy systems, improving production reliability and observability, and delivering secure, high-performance services on AWS with Docker and Kubernetes. Experienced collaborating across cross-functional teams to build resilient distributed systems.

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Work Experience

Senior Software Engineer at Fidelity Investments, USA
November 1, 2023 - June 30, 2026
Designed scalable cloud-native backend APIs for customer portfolio and profile workflows, achieving 99.9% application availability. Improved observability with structured logging, reducing production incident MTTR by 60%. Built GraphQL schemas and resolvers to reduce API over-fetching by ~50%. Developed event-driven services using Apache Kafka for linked-account processing and built AWS DynamoDB + Redis-based highly available brokerage/crypto-linked account services. Contributed to migration from Java 11/Dropwizard to Java 21/Micronaut. Maintained quality using CI/CD, GitOps, and SonarQube, delivering in an Agile environment.
Senior Software Engineer at Temenos, India
November 1, 2018 - December 31, 2021
Developed Java Spring Boot microservices for enterprise banking platforms. Implemented JWT-based authentication and authorization for secure API access. Deployed containerized services using Docker and Kubernetes on AWS. Built scalable distributed backend services supporting financial application workloads.
IT Analyst at Tata Consultancy Services, India
June 1, 2014 - November 30, 2018
Modernized legacy applications by migrating to Spring Boot microservices. Developed secure REST APIs and optimized SQL performance. Supported CI/CD automation and improvements to deployment processes.

Education

Master in Information Science at Rawls College of Business
January 1, 2023 - January 1, 2023

Qualifications

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
January 11, 2030 - July 13, 2026

Industry Experience

Financial Services, Software & Internet

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