Hi, I’m Ujwala Reddy, a Sr .NET Backend Developer with 6+ years of experience building APIs, microservices, and distributed backend systems using C#, ASP.NET Core, .NET 6/7, EF Core, SQL Server, Redis, Kafka, and Azure Service Bus. I enjoy designing maintainable service boundaries, reliable integration patterns, and production-ready practices in cloud-native environments with Docker, Kubernetes, and Azure. I’m passionate about observability, debugging, and delivering high-throughput, low-latency systems across banking, healthcare, and e-commerce domains.

Ujwala Reddy

Hi, I’m Ujwala Reddy, a Sr .NET Backend Developer with 6+ years of experience building APIs, microservices, and distributed backend systems using C#, ASP.NET Core, .NET 6/7, EF Core, SQL Server, Redis, Kafka, and Azure Service Bus. I enjoy designing maintainable service boundaries, reliable integration patterns, and production-ready practices in cloud-native environments with Docker, Kubernetes, and Azure. I’m passionate about observability, debugging, and delivering high-throughput, low-latency systems across banking, healthcare, and e-commerce domains.

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Hi, I’m Ujwala Reddy, a Sr .NET Backend Developer with 6+ years of experience building APIs, microservices, and distributed backend systems using C#, ASP.NET Core, .NET 6/7, EF Core, SQL Server, Redis, Kafka, and Azure Service Bus.
I enjoy designing maintainable service boundaries, reliable integration patterns, and production-ready practices in cloud-native environments with Docker, Kubernetes, and Azure. I’m passionate about observability, debugging, and delivering high-throughput, low-latency systems across banking, healthcare, and e-commerce domains.

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Experience Level

Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert

Language

English
Fluent

Work Experience

Sr .NET Developer at Morgan Stanley
July 1, 2024 - Present
Senior .NET Backend Developer building and maintaining .NET 7 microservices for 150k-250k intraday financial events using C#, EF Core, SQL Server, and Redis; improved transaction accuracy and reduced latency across middle-office workflows. Designed REST APIs with validation and OAuth2/JWT, implemented Kafka consumers with idempotent processing to reduce message lag, and optimized EF Core queries with Redis caching. Containerized services with Docker and deployed to AKS with HPA autoscaling and blue-green rollouts; strengthened observability with Application Insights, Log Analytics, Serilog, and distributed tracing.
.NET Developer at Kaiser Permanente
December 1, 2020 - February 1, 2023
Developed .NET Core APIs for claims, eligibility, and member-data workflows using C#, EF Core, LINQ, and SQL Server; implemented Azure Service Bus queues handling 80k+ daily events with dead-lettering and retry. Tuned SQL procedures and EF Core queries to reduce clinician dashboard load times from 900ms to 420ms. Containerized components with Docker and Jenkins CI/CD; enhanced security with audit logs, RBAC, and HIPAA-compliant data masking. Applied Clean Architecture to modernize legacy modules and improve multi-service maintainability. Configured Application Insights and Log Analytics to improve incident visibility.
Jr. .NET Developer at Etsy
June 1, 2018 - December 1, 2020
Built backend components for orders, checkout, inventory, and pricing using ASP.NET MVC, Web API, C#, LINQ, and SQL Server; improved transactional consistency during high-traffic periods. Integrated external payment providers with DI-based service layers and idempotent request handling to reduce failed transactions. Improved API responsiveness by SQL tuning and Redis caching, increasing core performance by 15-20%. Implemented structured logging with Serilog and lightweight telemetry to improve visibility; applied Clean Architecture and containerized components with Docker to standardize QA/staging environments.

Education

Master's in Computer Information Technology at Webster University
March 1, 2023 - May 1, 2025

Qualifications

.NET Backend Development Specialization - Coursera
January 11, 2030 - January 27, 2026
Microservices with .NET and Docker - LinkedIn Learning
January 11, 2030 - January 27, 2026
Microsoft Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900) - Microsoft
January 11, 2030 - January 27, 2026
Building Cloud-Native Applications in Azure - Coursera
January 11, 2030 - January 27, 2026
SQL Server Performance Tuning & Optimization - LinkedIn Learning
January 11, 2030 - January 27, 2026
Docker & Kubernetes for Developers - Coursera
January 11, 2030 - January 27, 2026

Industry Experience

Financial Services, Healthcare, Software & Internet