With 10+ years of experience as a Sr Full Stack Java Developer, I design and deliver cloud-native applications across AWS, Azure, and GCP. I specialize in GenAI-driven workflows, RAG patterns, and secure, scalable microservices using Spring Boot, Spring AI, Kafka, and Docker/Kubernetes. I enjoy turning complex requirements into robust architectures that empower teams to move fast while maintaining quality. I thrive in Agile environments, collaborating with cross-functional teams to solve business problems and continuously learn about AI, ML, and DevOps practices to keep solutions future-ready.

Raju Mekala

With 10+ years of experience as a Sr Full Stack Java Developer, I design and deliver cloud-native applications across AWS, Azure, and GCP. I specialize in GenAI-driven workflows, RAG patterns, and secure, scalable microservices using Spring Boot, Spring AI, Kafka, and Docker/Kubernetes. I enjoy turning complex requirements into robust architectures that empower teams to move fast while maintaining quality. I thrive in Agile environments, collaborating with cross-functional teams to solve business problems and continuously learn about AI, ML, and DevOps practices to keep solutions future-ready.

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With 10+ years of experience as a Sr Full Stack Java Developer, I design and deliver cloud-native applications across AWS, Azure, and GCP. I specialize in GenAI-driven workflows, RAG patterns, and secure, scalable microservices using Spring Boot, Spring AI, Kafka, and Docker/Kubernetes. I enjoy turning complex requirements into robust architectures that empower teams to move fast while maintaining quality.

I thrive in Agile environments, collaborating with cross-functional teams to solve business problems and continuously learn about AI, ML, and DevOps practices to keep solutions future-ready.

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Work Experience

Full Stack Java Developer at Ameriprise
December 31, 2024 - December 31, 2024
Designed software architecture for loan origination, credit risk, and transaction processing; modeled use cases and diagrams; implemented microservices using Java 17, Spring Boot, Spring MVC; PostgreSQL. Integrated OpenAI GPT-4 and LangChain to enable smart contract summarization, compliance Q&A automation, and customer communications. Built RAG-based policy search using Pinecone vector DB, Azure OpenAI, and Spring AI. Deployed GenAI microservices on AWS Lambda; enabled real-time messaging with Kafka and RabbitMQ. Established CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions and Jenkins; multi-tenant OAuth2 security; data masking, encryption, and audit logging. Implemented asynchronous integration using Spring Integration/HMS and caching with Redis. Developed REST APIs with Swagger; front-end via Angular; containerized with Docker and OpenShift. Achieved 30% improvement in deployment velocity.
Sr. Full Stack Java Developer at UnitedHealth Group
December 1, 2024 - November 11, 2025
Sr. Full Stack Java Developer responsible for designing and delivering a multi-tier web application to place and monitor trades, validate status from OMS, and support trade blotter workflows. Implemented UI with Spring MVC, HSP/HSTL, HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, AJAX and Angular. Built reusable modules and directives; implemented RESTful services with Spring MVC/Spring Boot for microservices; integrated with Spring Cloud Gateway for auth, rate limiting, and OAuth2 SSO. Led adoption of OpenAI GenAI features, LangChain, Pinecone for a RAG-based knowledge search and enterprise assistant. Implemented messaging using ActiveMQ/HMS; supported real-time event-driven communication with Kafka and RabbitMQ. Deployed on AWS, configured CI/CD via Jenkins/Hudson; used Docker/Kubernetes for containerization. Persistence with Hibernate/JPA, MongoDB, and relational DBs (Oracle, MySQL). Applied EhCache/Redis caching and Spring Security with JWT/OAuth2. Implemented monitoring with Splunk and CloudWatc
Full Stack Java Developer at AT&T
July 31, 2022 - July 31, 2022
Gathered requirements and designed architecture; implemented AGILE/Scrum; built Spring MVC-based microservices for loan origination, credit risk, and transaction processing; used Spring Boot; persistence via Hibernate and Oracle DB; introduced batch jobs with Spring Batch; integrated with SOAP/REST services. Implemented OpenAI GPT-4 & LangChain to enable compliance Q&A; built RAG-based policy search using Azure OpenAI and Pinecone. Deployed on AWS EC2 and S3; implemented Kafka-based messaging with source systems; CI/CD with Jenkins/OpenShift; Docker-based deployments. Implemented multi-tenant OAuth2 secured APIs; caching via Redis; documented APIs with Swagger. Monitored performance with Splunk/Kibana; Unit testing with JUnit and Selenium; migrated Tibco BW jobs to new platform on Kubernetes.
Java Developer at Virtusa
December 20, 2020 - December 20, 2020
Developed front-end using HTML5, CSS3, Angular; built RESTful services with Spring Boot; implemented microservices with Spring MVC and Hibernate; integrated with Kafka for messaging; used OpenAI LangChain and Pinecone for RAG-based knowledge retrieval and internal tooling; implemented multi-tenant OAuth2 security; deployed on OpenShift/Kubernetes; containerized with Docker; established CI/CD with Henkins and XL Deploy; used Splunk for monitoring; performed TDD with JUnit; deployed in WebSphere and Tomcat containers; supported SOAP/REST services; tuned Hibernate mappings and queries; collaborated with cross-functional teams across domains.
Java Developer at Value Momentum
September 30, 2017 - September 30, 2017
Developed multi-tier web applications using Groovy/Grails, Hibernate; built RESTful services with Spring MVC; front-end with Angular; implemented OAuth2 authentication; containerized with Docker; deployed to AWS; used Kafka for message streaming; implemented test-driven development with JUnit/Mockito; built ETL templates and monitoring tooling; collaborated with teams using SVN/Hudson; wrote stored procedures for OMS; implemented performance monitoring and deployment strategies; contributed to production Go-Live support.

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Software & Internet, Financial Services, Healthcare, Professional Services, Telecommunications