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Hi, I’m Harsha Vardhan Reddy Guthikonda, a software engineer based in Urbana, IL with over 4 years of experience building scalable web applications. I specialize in Java/J2EE, Spring Boot, React, and cloud deployments on AWS, with hands-on experience delivering robust REST APIs and modular microservices. I enjoy collaborating in Agile teams to ship high-quality software that solves real problems and delivers measurable value for customers. I thrive on automating CI/CD pipelines, improving test coverage, and optimizing performance. I’m passionate about clean architecture, secure coding practices, and continuous learning, with a track record of reducing deployment downtime and speeding up development cycles through tooling, automation, and disciplined engineering practices.…Hi, I’m Harsha Vardhan Reddy Guthikonda, a software engineer based in Urbana, IL with over 4 years of experience building scalable web applications. I specialize in Java/J2EE, Spring Boot, React, and cloud deployments on AWS, with hands-on experience delivering robust REST APIs and modular microservices. I enjoy collaborating in Agile teams to ship high-quality software that solves real problems and delivers measurable value for customers. I thrive on automating CI/CD pipelines, improving test coverage, and optimizing performance. I’m passionate about clean architecture, secure coding practices, and continuous learning, with a track record of reducing deployment downtime and speeding up development cycles through tooling, automation, and disciplined engineering practices.

Harsha Vardhan Reddy Guthikonda

Web Developer, Back-End Developer, Front-End Developer, +2

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Hi, I’m Harsha Vardhan Reddy Guthikonda, a software engineer based in Urbana, IL with over 4 years of experience building scalable web applications. I specialize in Java/J2EE, Spring Boot, React, and cloud deployments on AWS, with hands-on experience delivering robust REST APIs and modular microservices. I enjoy collaborating in Agile teams to ship high-quality software that solves real problems and delivers measurable value for customers. I thrive on automating CI/CD pipelines, improving test coverage, and optimizing performance. I’m passionate about clean architecture, secure coding practices, and continuous learning, with a track record of reducing deployment downtime and speeding up development cycles through tooling, automation, and disciplined engineering practices.…Hi, I’m Harsha Vardhan Reddy Guthikonda, a software engineer based in Urbana, IL with over 4 years of experience building scalable web applications. I specialize in Java/J2EE, Spring Boot, React, and cloud deployments on AWS, with hands-on experience delivering robust REST APIs and modular microservices. I enjoy collaborating in Agile teams to ship high-quality software that solves real problems and delivers measurable value for customers. I thrive on automating CI/CD pipelines, improving test coverage, and optimizing performance. I’m passionate about clean architecture, secure coding practices, and continuous learning, with a track record of reducing deployment downtime and speeding up development cycles through tooling, automation, and disciplined engineering practices.

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Hi, I’m Harsha Vardhan Reddy Guthikonda, a software engineer based in Urbana, IL with over 4 years of experience building scalable web applications. I specialize in Java/J2EE, Spring Boot, React, and cloud deployments on AWS, with hands-on experience delivering robust REST APIs and modular microservices. I enjoy collaborating in Agile teams to ship high-quality software that solves real problems and delivers measurable value for customers.

I thrive on automating CI/CD pipelines, improving test coverage, and optimizing performance. I’m passionate about clean architecture, secure coding practices, and continuous learning, with a track record of reducing deployment downtime and speeding up development cycles through tooling, automation, and disciplined engineering practices.

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Software Engineer at UnitedHealth Group

August 1, 2024 - Present

Applied Agile practices to requirements gathering, design, and deployment. Developed a scalable e-commerce platform using React on the frontend and Spring Boot on the backend; implemented client-side validation with JavaScript. Configured AWS services (EC2, S3, IAM, RDS) and deployed applications in AWS; introduced rolling deployments and canary releases reducing deployment downtime by 60%. Enhanced testing by integrating Selenium in CI/CD pipelines; built Jenkins Groovy pipelines to run BASH scripts for SCA and generate reports on open-source images in Kubernetes; improved container image security by 12% via vulnerability scanning; automated high-risk vulnerability alerts via Slack integration.

Research Engineer at Hyundai Motor India Engineering

November 1, 2022 - October 8, 2025

Developed REST APIs using Java, Spring Boot and Hibernate to improve data retrieval by 20% and performance by 15%. Optimized PostgreSQL queries; improved API response times by 20%. Implemented data structures for database indexing, reducing search times by 25%. Created JUnit tests with 90%+ coverage. Used Docker with AWS ECS for deployment, reducing environment setup time by 10%. Employed OO design patterns for scalable microservices. Implemented AWS Lambda for event-driven communication between microservices with RabbitMQ; CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins and JUnit tests; wrote Linux scripts to monitor performance, decreasing critical issue response times by 30%. Improved frontend performance via React with TypeScript for dynamic data visualization; improved UI responsiveness by 20%.

Software Engineer at UnitedHealth Group

August 1, 2024 - Present

Applied Agile methodologies for requirements gathering, planning, design, and deployment. Built a scalable e-commerce platform with React frontend and Spring Boot backend. Configured AWS services (EC2, S3, IAM, RDS) and deployed applications via rolling updates and canary releases, reducing deployment downtime by 60%. Enhanced test automation by integrating Selenium scripts into CI/CD pipelines and developed Jenkins Groovy pipelines to run Bash scripts for Software Composition Analysis and reporting on open-source Docker images on Kubernetes. Improved container image security by 12% through vulnerability scanning in CI. Automated high-risk vulnerability notifications via Slack in Jenkins, saving ~30 minutes daily.

Research Engineer at Hyundai Motor India Engineering

November 1, 2022 - October 8, 2025

Developed REST APIs using Java, Spring Boot and Hibernate; optimized PostgreSQL queries; implemented data structures for indexing; achieved API response improvements of ~20-25%. Wrote JUnit tests with >90% test coverage. Dockerized services and deployed on AWS ECS; applied OO design patterns (Singleton, Factory) for scalable microservices. Implemented AWS Lambda functions for event-driven communication between microservices using RabbitMQ; built CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins and JUnit tests; created Linux shell scripts to monitor system performance, reducing response time to critical issues by ~30%. Improved frontend performance with React and TypeScript for dynamic data visualization; enhanced UI responsiveness.

Software Engineer at UnitedHealth Group

August 1, 2024 - Present

Applied Agile methodology for streamlined Requirements Gathering, Planning, Design, and Deployment phases. Proficient in Java, HTML5, CSS3, and JSON; conducted robust client-side validation using JavaScript. Engineered a scalable e-commerce platform using React for the frontend and Spring Boot for the backend. Configured and managed AWS services including EC2, S3, IAM, and RDS; deployed applications efficiently in AWS. Achieved a 60% reduction in deployment downtime through rolling deployments and canary releases. Enhanced testing processes by integrating Selenium automation scripts within CI/CD pipelines. Developed Jenkins Groovy CI/CD pipelines to invoke BASH scripts for SCA and generate reports on open-source Docker container images deployed on Kubernetes. Improved container image security and reliability by 12% through the integration of vulnerability scanning tools in the Jenkins CI pipeline. Automated high-risk vulnerability notifications via Slack integration with Jenkins, savin

Research Engineer at Hyundai Motor India Engineering

November 1, 2022 - October 8, 2025

Developed REST APIs using Java, Spring Boot and Hibernate reducing data retrieval by 20% and improving system performance by 15%. Analyzed and optimized PostgreSQL database utilizing Query Optimization Tools reducing API response times by 20%. Implemented data structures for database indexing to improve search performance by 25%, leading to faster access times. Developed and maintained JUnit test cases, achieving a test coverage of over 90%, increasing the software stability and reliability by 20%. Leveraged Docker within AWS ECS for application deployment, resulting in a 10% reduction in environment setup time. Applied object-oriented design patterns such as Singleton and Factory to create scalable and maintainable components in microservices. Implemented AWS Lambda functions for event-driven communication between microservices, utilizing RabbitMQ for seamless integration, enhancing system reliability and scalability by 20%. Streamlined the deployment by creating CI/CD Pipelines integ