I am a Senior Full Stack Java Developer with 10+ years of building scalable enterprise applications across Finance, Retail, and Manufacturing. I focus on cloud-native architectures, microservices, and modern UI frameworks to deliver robust, high-throughput systems. I enjoy collaborating across teams to ship secure, reliable software on AWS and Azure, while continuously improving performance and scalability. I mentor engineers, promote engineering best practices like TDD, code reviews, and observability, and champion secure, compliant delivery (PCI-DSS, SOX). I thrive in fast-paced environments and enjoy turning complex business requirements into elegant technical solutions that users love.

Anand Kumar Gedala

I am a Senior Full Stack Java Developer with 10+ years of building scalable enterprise applications across Finance, Retail, and Manufacturing. I focus on cloud-native architectures, microservices, and modern UI frameworks to deliver robust, high-throughput systems. I enjoy collaborating across teams to ship secure, reliable software on AWS and Azure, while continuously improving performance and scalability. I mentor engineers, promote engineering best practices like TDD, code reviews, and observability, and champion secure, compliant delivery (PCI-DSS, SOX). I thrive in fast-paced environments and enjoy turning complex business requirements into elegant technical solutions that users love.

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I am a Senior Full Stack Java Developer with 10+ years of building scalable enterprise applications across Finance, Retail, and Manufacturing. I focus on cloud-native architectures, microservices, and modern UI frameworks to deliver robust, high-throughput systems. I enjoy collaborating across teams to ship secure, reliable software on AWS and Azure, while continuously improving performance and scalability.

I mentor engineers, promote engineering best practices like TDD, code reviews, and observability, and champion secure, compliant delivery (PCI-DSS, SOX). I thrive in fast-paced environments and enjoy turning complex business requirements into elegant technical solutions that users love.

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Language

English
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Work Experience

Senior Java Full Stack Developer at Northern Trust Bank
March 1, 2023 - Present
Led backend development using Java 17/21 and Spring Boot 3.x, building microservices for portfolio valuation, transaction processing, and client onboarding. Implemented Feign declarative clients, Resilience4j circuit breakers, retry policies, and bulkheads to ensure fault tolerance across downstream financial data services during peak trading hours. Built RESTful APIs with Spring MVC and GraphQL with Spring WebFlux, using Hibernate/JPA, PostgreSQL, and Oracle, and Liquibase for zero-downtime schema migrations. Integrated Apache Kafka for event-driven portfolio workflows and used Redis and Hazelcast for caching to improve response times. Deployed containerized services to AWS EKS with Terraform and Helm, and implemented S3 data stores, Lambda batch tasks, and Kinesis for streaming. Observability via CloudWatch, Splunk/ELK, and Prometheus; CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins and GitHub Actions. Mentored developers and fostered best practices across 15+ microservices.
Senior Java Full Stack Developer at Ameriprise Financial
June 1, 2020 - February 28, 2023
Developed a cloud-native financial planning and advisory platform on AWS using Java 11/17 and Spring Boot 2.x, supporting 10,000+ advisors and millions of clients. Implemented RESTful and GraphQL APIs with Spring MVC/WebFlux for real-time market data streams and live portfolio updates via WebSockets. Built a service mesh with Eureka, Config Server, and Gateway; persisted data with PostgreSQL (Spring Data JPA, Hibernate) and MongoDB; used Liquibase for migrations. Employed Apache Kafka for event-driven processing of market data, portfolio recalculation, and alerts, with Redis caches to reduce latency. Secured services with Spring Security, OAuth2, JWT, and MFA, with RBAC. Deployed on AWS ECS/EC2, RDS PostgreSQL, and S3; used Lambda for serverless document generation; API Gateway for routing. Observability through CloudWatch, New Relic APM, and ELK; CI/CD via Jenkins and GitHub Actions; test coverage with JUnit 5, Mockito, Jest, and Cypress. Built Advisor Management Portal (Angular) and
Java Full Stack Developer at Target Corporation
August 1, 2017 - May 31, 2020
Developed RESTful microservices for product catalog, shopping cart, order processing, and inventory synchronization on Azure AKS, using Java 8/Spring Boot 2.x. Implemented Spring Cloud Gateway, Eureka, and Config Server for routing and configuration; used Spring WebFlux for reactive streams and real-time inventory updates. Integrated Elasticsearch for search, Redis for session caching, and Kafka for real-time event processing during peak traffic. Ensured PCI-DSS compliance with OAuth2/JWT and RBAC, and integrated Stripe/PayPal for payments. Deployed containers to AKS with Helm; used Azure Service Bus for async messaging and Azure SQL for transactional data, plus Azure Blob Storage and CDN for assets. Built web storefronts in React 16 and Angular 12 with responsive UIs; established CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins and GitLab CI/CD and monitored via New Relic and ELK.
Java Full Stack Developer at Macy's
October 1, 2015 - July 31, 2017
Developed Java integration modules connecting Macy's ERP with legacy SAP/Oracle systems, enabling bidirectional data exchange for inventory, finance, and supplier management. Used Spring Framework, Spring MVC, JDBC/Hibernate, and Spring Data JPA for batch and real-time processing. Designed large-scale data migration workflows with Spring Batch, delivering millions of records with audit trails. Exposed SOAP/REST services via Spring Web Services and CXF for vendor integrations; deployed on GKE with Pub/Sub messaging for async processing; wrote Oracle 11g stored procedures with performance tuning. Built internal dashboards and migration monitoring tools; performed UAT testing with JUnit, Mockito, and SVN-based builds in a fast-paced retail environment.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science at Binghamton University
August 1, 2011 - May 1, 2015

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Industry Experience

Financial Services, Software & Internet, Retail, Professional Services, Manufacturing