I am a software engineer with 4+ years of experience building production-grade, data-intensive backend systems where LLMs, analytics, and cloud engineering intersect. I enjoy turning advanced AI capabilities into real-world, user-focused solutions, with a focus on LLM-powered services, scalable APIs, and robust data pipelines. I strive for reliability and production stability across enterprise environments. I thrive in cross-functional teams, translating complex requirements into scalable backend solutions and owning projects from experimentation through deployment. I care deeply about observability, security, and performance, and I enjoy collaborating with data scientists, product managers, and frontend engineers to deliver measurable business value.

Mallikarjuna K

I am a software engineer with 4+ years of experience building production-grade, data-intensive backend systems where LLMs, analytics, and cloud engineering intersect. I enjoy turning advanced AI capabilities into real-world, user-focused solutions, with a focus on LLM-powered services, scalable APIs, and robust data pipelines. I strive for reliability and production stability across enterprise environments. I thrive in cross-functional teams, translating complex requirements into scalable backend solutions and owning projects from experimentation through deployment. I care deeply about observability, security, and performance, and I enjoy collaborating with data scientists, product managers, and frontend engineers to deliver measurable business value.

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I am a software engineer with 4+ years of experience building production-grade, data-intensive backend systems where LLMs, analytics, and cloud engineering intersect. I enjoy turning advanced AI capabilities into real-world, user-focused solutions, with a focus on LLM-powered services, scalable APIs, and robust data pipelines. I strive for reliability and production stability across enterprise environments.

I thrive in cross-functional teams, translating complex requirements into scalable backend solutions and owning projects from experimentation through deployment. I care deeply about observability, security, and performance, and I enjoy collaborating with data scientists, product managers, and frontend engineers to deliver measurable business value.

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Work Experience

Software Engineer at Citibank
January 1, 2025 - Present
Designed and developed production-grade Python backend services powering mission-critical internal platforms, enabling secure, high-throughput data access for analytics, reporting, and decision-support workflows while adhering to enterprise security and compliance standards. Built and optimized data access layers with PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, and Redis; designed robust RESTful APIs with authentication, authorization, validation, and error handling. Contributed to data-intensive workflows and AI-adjacent pipelines to ensure clean, structured data for analytics and future LLM integration. Deployed on AWS with Docker-based containers, and implemented CI/CD, comprehensive testing (Pytest), and observability to improve API reliability and performance across enterprise applications.
Software Engineer at MALtech Solutions
January 1, 2022 - December 1, 2023
Designed and implemented scalable Python-based backend services supporting enterprise applications that handled both real-time API traffic and batch processing workloads, ensuring correctness, performance, and reliability. Developed RESTful APIs following clean architecture principles, applying object-oriented design, separation of concerns, and reusable service layers to improve long-term maintainability and extensibility. Built and maintained data pipelines integrating PostgreSQL, MS SQL, DynamoDB, and MongoDB, enabling efficient storage and retrieval of transactional and semi-structured data across multiple business use cases. Implemented real-time and asynchronous backend workflows, and leveraged Redis caching strategies to reduce database load and improve API response times under high concurrency. Deployed backend services to AWS, containerized with Docker, and built CI/CD pipelines with automated testing and static analysis, following TDD/FDD principles.
Web Developer (Intern) at TourLog
March 1, 2021 - January 1, 2022
Developed and maintained web interfaces using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript to support backend-driven applications. Integrated UI components with Python-based REST APIs, supporting seamless data exchange between frontend and backend systems. Followed version control and collaboration best practices using Git.

Education

Master of Information Technology at University of Cincinnati
January 1, 2024 - April 1, 2025

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Software & Internet, Financial Services, Professional Services