I am a Senior Java Full Stack Engineer with 12+ years of experience designing, architecting, and delivering enterprise-scale, high-performance applications using Java, Spring Boot, Microservices, REST APIs, Kafka, MongoDB, and cloud-native platforms such as OpenShift, AWS, and Azure. I have also worked as a MarkLogic Developer, building dataHub-based solutions, REST services, and scalable data ingestion workflows. My background includes payments modernization, real-time and batch transaction processing, and designing low-latency, high-throughput systems in strictly regulated banking and financial services environments. I am comfortable spanning backend, middleware, and frontend technologies and have led teams in building Kafka-based messaging systems and distributed microservices in containerized environments.\n\nI enjoy collaborating with product and operations teams to drive secure, scalable, and observable systems. I’m proficient with Agile/Scrum practices, DevOps pipelines, and cloud-native deployments, and I continuously invest in mentoring engineers, improving code quality, and delivering measurable business impact through robust architecture and modern development practices.

Sai Siddhardha Narisetty

I am a Senior Java Full Stack Engineer with 12+ years of experience designing, architecting, and delivering enterprise-scale, high-performance applications using Java, Spring Boot, Microservices, REST APIs, Kafka, MongoDB, and cloud-native platforms such as OpenShift, AWS, and Azure. I have also worked as a MarkLogic Developer, building dataHub-based solutions, REST services, and scalable data ingestion workflows. My background includes payments modernization, real-time and batch transaction processing, and designing low-latency, high-throughput systems in strictly regulated banking and financial services environments. I am comfortable spanning backend, middleware, and frontend technologies and have led teams in building Kafka-based messaging systems and distributed microservices in containerized environments.\n\nI enjoy collaborating with product and operations teams to drive secure, scalable, and observable systems. I’m proficient with Agile/Scrum practices, DevOps pipelines, and cloud-native deployments, and I continuously invest in mentoring engineers, improving code quality, and delivering measurable business impact through robust architecture and modern development practices.

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I am a Senior Java Full Stack Engineer with 12+ years of experience designing, architecting, and delivering enterprise-scale, high-performance applications using Java, Spring Boot, Microservices, REST APIs, Kafka, MongoDB, and cloud-native platforms such as OpenShift, AWS, and Azure. I have also worked as a MarkLogic Developer, building dataHub-based solutions, REST services, and scalable data ingestion workflows. My background includes payments modernization, real-time and batch transaction processing, and designing low-latency, high-throughput systems in strictly regulated banking and financial services environments. I am comfortable spanning backend, middleware, and frontend technologies and have led teams in building Kafka-based messaging systems and distributed microservices in containerized environments.\n\nI enjoy collaborating with product and operations teams to drive secure, scalable, and observable systems. I’m proficient with Agile/Scrum practices, DevOps pipelines, and cloud-native deployments, and I continuously invest in mentoring engineers, improving code quality, and delivering measurable business impact through robust architecture and modern development practices.

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Language

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Work Experience

Senior Java Full Stack Engineer at Connecture/DRX
July 1, 2023 - Present
Led modernization of health insurance enrollment and member services platforms by migrating backend services to a microservices architecture using Java 17, Kotlin, Spring Boot; refactored legacy monoliths for scalability, fault isolation, and high availability; designed secure, cloud-native applications using Spring Boot, Quarkus, AWS, GCP, and Angular; implemented OAuth 2.0/OIDC/JWT with Okta; exposed REST/GraphQL APIs, documented with Swagger/OpenAPI; built Kafka/JMS/IBM MQ-based event-driven pipelines for real-time data processing; delivered SPA front-ends with Angular 17+; emphasized secure coding, DevSecOps, CI/CD, and observability with Log4j, CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana; mentored teams and enforced best practices in microservices and secure development; containerized workloads with Docker/Kubernetes/OpenShift; deployed on AWS OpenShift; automated pipelines with Jenkins and CodePipeline.
Senior Java Full Stack Engineer at Sundae
March 1, 2021 - June 1, 2023
Designed Real Estate Order Management System (OMS) using Spring Boot microservices; integrated with MLS, payment gateways, and mortgage APIs via REST/SOAP/Kafka/RabbitMQ; implemented idempotent processing, retry logic, and message sequencing for data consistency; introduced Kotlin in Spring Boot services; modernized legacy SOAP/XML services; documented APIs with Swagger/OpenAPI and GraphQL; built Angular front-end dashboards with real-time data; migrated workloads to AWS Lambda/API Gateway and AWS Fargate; established CI/CD with Bitbucket, AWS CodePipeline/CodeBuild, and Cloud observability with CloudWatch; developed multi-region deployments and Redis caching for performance; mentored engineers and applied Domain-Driven Design.
Full Stack Java Developer at Valley National Bank
January 1, 2018 - February 1, 2021
Collaborated with BAs and clients to design banking workflows including funds transfers, transactions, and real-time operations; built MERN/Java-based backend for internal dashboards and reporting; implemented JWT-based authentication and authorization; utilized Kafka for event streaming and real-time processing; developed React/Angular front-ends consuming REST/SOAP APIs; deployed on AWS/PCF with Docker/Kubernetes; contributed to SDLC improvements and on-call production support.
Java Developer at Aetna Life Insurance
February 1, 2014 - December 1, 2017
Participated in full SDLC for insurance domain applications (policy administration, claims processing, underwriting); implemented asynchronous messaging with JMS/IBM MQ; modeled data in MongoDB; used JTA/JPA for distributed transactions; frontend with JSP/Struts; built SOAP/REST services and XML/XSD data exchanges; containerized deployments with Docker/Kubernetes; implemented logging and monitoring; supported regulatory compliance and security practices.
Senior Java Full Stack Engineer at ConnectureDRX
July 1, 2023 - Present
Led modernization of health insurance enrollment and member services platforms by migrating backend services to Java 17, Kotlin, Spring Boot, and a microservices architecture. Refactored legacy monoliths to scalable services, implemented OAuth 2.0/OIDC/JWT with Okta, and designed secure, cloud-native applications in hybrid environments. Built versioned RESTful, SOAP, and GraphQL APIs, and exposed them via API Gateway with caching and throttling. Implemented event-driven pipelines using Apache Kafka, JMS, and IBM MQ for real-time processing. Developed SPA frontends with Angular 17+, implemented NgRx state management, and optimized database interactions with PostgreSQL, Aurora, MongoDB, and Cassandra. Containerized services with Docker and Kubernetes/OpenShift; automated deployments with Jenkins, Terraform, and AWS CodePipeline. Led testing, observability (ELK, CloudWatch), and security initiatives while mentoring engineers.

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science at R.M.K College of Engineering and Technology, India
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2012
Master's Degree in Computer Science at University at Albany-SUNY
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2013
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science at R.M.K College of Engineering and Technology
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2012
Master of Science in Computer Science at University at Albany-SUNY
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2013

Qualifications

AWS Certified Developer – Associate
January 11, 2030 - April 30, 2026
Azure Certified Developer – Associate
January 11, 2030 - April 30, 2026
Front-End Developer – Meta
January 11, 2030 - April 30, 2026
AWS Certified Developer – Associate
January 11, 2030 - June 5, 2026
Azure Certified Developer – Associate
January 11, 2030 - June 5, 2026
Front-End Developer – Meta
January 11, 2030 - June 5, 2026

Industry Experience

Financial Services, Software & Internet, Professional Services, Real Estate & Construction