I am a software engineer with 4+ years of experience building and supporting full-stack and backend applications across insurance, travel, and academic domains. I enjoy turning complex problems into reliable, scalable software using Java, Spring Boot, Python, REST APIs, and SQL, with hands-on work in React, TypeScript, and cloud-based deployments.\n\nI thrive in agile teams and collaborate with cross-functional colleagues to deliver production-ready software. I focus on improving performance, reliability, and deployment efficiency through AWS, CI/CD pipelines, Docker, and monitoring tools, ensuring secure, maintainable systems.

Lakshmi Prasanna Tanikonda

I am a software engineer with 4+ years of experience building and supporting full-stack and backend applications across insurance, travel, and academic domains. I enjoy turning complex problems into reliable, scalable software using Java, Spring Boot, Python, REST APIs, and SQL, with hands-on work in React, TypeScript, and cloud-based deployments.\n\nI thrive in agile teams and collaborate with cross-functional colleagues to deliver production-ready software. I focus on improving performance, reliability, and deployment efficiency through AWS, CI/CD pipelines, Docker, and monitoring tools, ensuring secure, maintainable systems.

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I am a software engineer with 4+ years of experience building and supporting full-stack and backend applications across insurance, travel, and academic domains. I enjoy turning complex problems into reliable, scalable software using Java, Spring Boot, Python, REST APIs, and SQL, with hands-on work in React, TypeScript, and cloud-based deployments.\n\nI thrive in agile teams and collaborate with cross-functional colleagues to deliver production-ready software. I focus on improving performance, reliability, and deployment efficiency through AWS, CI/CD pipelines, Docker, and monitoring tools, ensuring secure, maintainable systems.

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Software Developer at Liberty Mutual
April 1, 2025 - Present
Built backend services using Java, Spring Boot, and REST APIs to support policy issuance and claims processing workflows, reliably handling 1M+ insurance transactions per month. Designed relational data models using SQL, PostgreSQL, and Hibernate/JPA across 20+ core policy and claims tables, enforcing data integrity. Developed frontend components with React and TypeScript to enable claim submission and policy management workflows. Implemented data processing pipelines in Python using Pandas and NumPy to transform underwriting and customer datasets for daily analytics and downstream consumption. Established and supported CI/CD pipelines using Git, Maven, Docker, and Jenkins, enabling weekly production releases and improving deployment reliability.
Software Engineer at University of New Mexico
September 1, 2023 - November 1, 2024
Developed web applications using Python/Java, REST APIs, HTML/CSS, and SQL to support 3–4 departments and ~1,200 students and faculty, integrating validated research outputs into application logic and data models. Optimized application performance through code refactoring, query tuning, and controlled testing, improving response times by ~20–25% for systems handling 3,000–5,000 monthly transactions. Implemented role-based access controls and automated workflows to reduce manual administrative effort while maintaining cloud-hosted availability. Worked with C/C++ in Linux environments, implementing core programming concepts and backend components, and developed Go-based utilities to interface with existing Python/Java systems.
Software Engineer (Full Stack) at Airbnb
June 1, 2020 - November 1, 2022
Built full-stack features using Java (Spring Boot), Python, React, and REST APIs to support booking, pricing, and host management workflows, delivering 12 production features across customer-facing services. Served 120K–180K daily search and pricing requests with backend services, implementing routing, caching, and high-traffic handling. Created frontend modules with React, TypeScript, and API gateways, building 18 reusable UI components for guest search, booking flows, and host management screens. Improved performance through JVM tuning, asynchronous processing, and query refactoring, achieving ~2.3-second average page load times for key user tasks. Configured CI/CD pipelines (Git, Maven, Docker, Jenkins) for regular production releases and monitored services with AWS CloudWatch.

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Master of Science in Computer Engineering at University of New Mexico
January 11, 2030 - December 1, 2024

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Software & Internet