Hello, my name is Varalakshmi Meruva, and I am a Senior Java Full Stack Developer with extensive experience delivering scalable, enterprise-grade applications for banking, pharmaceutical, and education sectors. I specialize in building robust backend systems using Java 17, Spring Boot, Microservices, REST APIs, and creating modern, responsive UIs with Angular and React. Over the years, I have successfully contributed to major projects at organizations such as Citibank, Teva Pharmaceuticals, NCR Corporation, and Southern University. My work has included developing microservices, migrating legacy systems, implementing event-driven architectures with Kafka, ActiveMQ, and AWS SQS/SNS, optimizing database performance, and automating CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitLab, Docker, and cloud services. What sets me apart is my ability to handle both front-end and back-end development end-to-end, my strong problem-solving skills, and my proven track record of improving system performance, scalability, and reliability. I excel in Agile environments, collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams, and consistently deliver clean, maintainable, and secure code. I bring a combination of technical depth, hands-on experience across the full SDLC, and a commitment to building high-quality solutions that help clients achieve their business goals.

Varalakshmi Meruva

Hello, my name is Varalakshmi Meruva, and I am a Senior Java Full Stack Developer with extensive experience delivering scalable, enterprise-grade applications for banking, pharmaceutical, and education sectors. I specialize in building robust backend systems using Java 17, Spring Boot, Microservices, REST APIs, and creating modern, responsive UIs with Angular and React. Over the years, I have successfully contributed to major projects at organizations such as Citibank, Teva Pharmaceuticals, NCR Corporation, and Southern University. My work has included developing microservices, migrating legacy systems, implementing event-driven architectures with Kafka, ActiveMQ, and AWS SQS/SNS, optimizing database performance, and automating CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitLab, Docker, and cloud services. What sets me apart is my ability to handle both front-end and back-end development end-to-end, my strong problem-solving skills, and my proven track record of improving system performance, scalability, and reliability. I excel in Agile environments, collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams, and consistently deliver clean, maintainable, and secure code. I bring a combination of technical depth, hands-on experience across the full SDLC, and a commitment to building high-quality solutions that help clients achieve their business goals.

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Hello, my name is Varalakshmi Meruva, and I am a Senior Java Full Stack Developer with extensive experience delivering scalable, enterprise-grade applications for banking, pharmaceutical, and education sectors. I specialize in building robust backend systems using Java 17, Spring Boot, Microservices, REST APIs, and creating modern, responsive UIs with Angular and React.

Over the years, I have successfully contributed to major projects at organizations such as Citibank, Teva Pharmaceuticals, NCR Corporation, and Southern University. My work has included developing microservices, migrating legacy systems, implementing event-driven architectures with Kafka, ActiveMQ, and AWS SQS/SNS, optimizing database performance, and automating CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitLab, Docker, and cloud services.

What sets me apart is my ability to handle both front-end and back-end development end-to-end, my strong problem-solving skills, and my proven track record of improving system performance, scalability, and reliability. I excel in Agile environments, collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams, and consistently deliver clean, maintainable, and secure code.

I bring a combination of technical depth, hands-on experience across the full SDLC, and a commitment to building high-quality solutions that help clients achieve their business goals.

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Sr Java Developer at Citi Bank
July 1, 2025 - Present
Collaborated across all SDLC phases in Agile Scrum; developed responsive UI components with React, ES6+, HTML5, and CSS3; created reusable components and Hooks; implemented Redux-based state management and React Router for SPA navigation; designed secure RESTful APIs and microservices with Spring Boot and Java 17; migrated legacy SOAP to REST; used modern Java features; improved front-end performance with lazy loading and memoization; integrated MongoDB via Spring Data; upgraded from Java 8 to Java 17 and Spring Boot 3.x; worked on Kafka-based event-driven workflows and OAuth2/JWT-based authentication with Spring Security; wrote unit tests with JUnit/Mockito; enhanced observability with Splunk.
Graduate Research Assistant at Southern University A&M College
January 1, 2024 - May 1, 2025
Designed and developed front-end modules with Angular 15 and TypeScript; built Spring Boot REST APIs with Maven; integrated PostgreSQL via Hibernate; implemented AWS CloudFormation and SNS/SQS; applied Spring Security for authentication and role-based access; authored unit/integration tests with JUnit/Mockito.
Graduate Research Assistant at Southern University and A&M College
January 1, 2024 - May 1, 2025
Designed and developed front-end modules using Angular 15, HTML5, CSS, and TypeScript for student and faculty dashboards; built Android features with Java and REST API integration; implemented offline storage using SQLite/Room; built and maintained Spring Boot REST APIs for course, assignment, and user management; applied request validation annotations; integrated backend services with PostgreSQL via Hibernate; used WebClient for inter-service communication and ModelMapper for data mapping; configured AWS CloudFormation templates with SNS/SQS and RDS for scalable cloud architecture; implemented Spring Security for authentication and authorization; conducted unit/integration testing with JUnit/Mockito; collaborated in Agile teams to deliver features in sprints.
Java Full Stack Developer at Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd
January 1, 2022 - November 1, 2023
Designed and maintained Angular 10 components; developed Spring Boot 3 microservices, integrating with AWS SQS/SNS/Lambda/RDS/S3 for event-driven workflows; implemented asynchronous SQS consumers to process large XML payloads via JAXB into Java objects; created AWS CloudFormation templates and tuned ELB and CloudWatch metrics for scalability and reliability; enhanced Angular routing and lazy loading; applied Spring IoC/AOP, Spring Security, and Spring Data JPA for inter-service APIs; automated build and deployment pipelines with GitLab CI/CD; Docker-based containerization; unit tests with JUnit/Mockito; Angular unit tests with Jasmine and Karma; authored complex SQL queries for analytics and reporting.
UI Developer at NCR Corporation
August 1, 2019 - December 1, 2021
Built dynamic UI components using Angular 6, Bootstrap, HTML5, CSS3, and TypeScript; created SPAs with routing and RxJS for real-time data; implemented RxJS Observables; used SASS/LESS; integrated Hibernate with Spring; designed RESTful APIs with Spring Boot and Spring Data JPA; documented endpoints with Swagger; configured TeamCity CI/CD to deploy Docker images to PCF; monitored logs with ELK Stack; wrote unit tests with JUnit 5 and Mockito; collaborated using Bitbucket for version control.

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