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I am a Senior Java Developer with 12+ years of experience delivering secure, high-performance backend systems across banking, state, and healthcare domains. I design robust microservices, RESTful APIs, and distributed architectures using Java, Spring, and cloud platforms. I am passionate about reliability, performance, and scalable backend design, and I thrive in enterprise environments that demand strong engineering practices and proactive problem solving. I enjoy mentoring teammates, promoting best practices, and continuously learning new technologies to solve complex business problems while delivering measurable value to customers.…I am a Senior Java Developer with 12+ years of experience delivering secure, high-performance backend systems across banking, state, and healthcare domains. I design robust microservices, RESTful APIs, and distributed architectures using Java, Spring, and cloud platforms. I am passionate about reliability, performance, and scalable backend design, and I thrive in enterprise environments that demand strong engineering practices and proactive problem solving. I enjoy mentoring teammates, promoting best practices, and continuously learning new technologies to solve complex business problems while delivering measurable value to customers.

Lavanya Ponakala

Full Stack Developer, Back-End Developer, Web Developer, +4

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I am a Senior Java Developer with 12+ years of experience delivering secure, high-performance backend systems across banking, state, and healthcare domains. I design robust microservices, RESTful APIs, and distributed architectures using Java, Spring, and cloud platforms. I am passionate about reliability, performance, and scalable backend design, and I thrive in enterprise environments that demand strong engineering practices and proactive problem solving. I enjoy mentoring teammates, promoting best practices, and continuously learning new technologies to solve complex business problems while delivering measurable value to customers.…I am a Senior Java Developer with 12+ years of experience delivering secure, high-performance backend systems across banking, state, and healthcare domains. I design robust microservices, RESTful APIs, and distributed architectures using Java, Spring, and cloud platforms. I am passionate about reliability, performance, and scalable backend design, and I thrive in enterprise environments that demand strong engineering practices and proactive problem solving. I enjoy mentoring teammates, promoting best practices, and continuously learning new technologies to solve complex business problems while delivering measurable value to customers.

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I am a Senior Java Developer with 12+ years of experience delivering secure, high-performance backend systems across banking, state, and healthcare domains. I design robust microservices, RESTful APIs, and distributed architectures using Java, Spring, and cloud platforms. I am passionate about reliability, performance, and scalable backend design, and I thrive in enterprise environments that demand strong engineering practices and proactive problem solving.

I enjoy mentoring teammates, promoting best practices, and continuously learning new technologies to solve complex business problems while delivering measurable value to customers.

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Work Experience

Sr. Java Developer at First Citizens Bank

November 1, 2023 - Present

Designed secure, high-availability backend services using Java and Spring Boot to support core banking and customer-facing applications, implementing RESTful APIs with Oracle, OAuth 2.0/JWT, and event-driven processing with Apache Kafka; built observability with Splunk and monitoring; deployed on AWS with 12-factor configuration and Kubernetes-based orchestration.

Sr. Java Application Engineer at State of New York

June 1, 2022 - October 1, 2023

Designed scalable Java/Spring Boot services; built RESTful APIs; implemented Kafka and RabbitMQ messaging; optimized with Oracle/JPA/Hibernate; integrated Redis caching; deployed on Kubernetes; implemented API management with RBAC and OAuth/JWT; worked across cloud environments (GCP/AWS).

Sr. Java Developer at Gainwell Technologies

October 1, 2019 - December 1, 2021

Developed/refactored Java backend code using Spring Boot, REST/SOAP, Spring Security; implemented controllers, services, DAOs; optimized Oracle queries and Cassandra data models; managed Kafka clusters; implemented caching using Redis/Ehcache; containerized with Docker and deployed on Kubernetes; built monitoring with Splunk and AppDynamics; automated CI/CD with Jenkins.

Java Full stack Developer at SpiceJet

June 1, 2017 - August 1, 2019

Engineered reactive microservices using Spring WebFlux, Spring Cloud Stream and Kafka; secured RESTful services with OAuth2/JWT; performed ETL with Spring Batch; automated CI/CD with Jenkins, Docker, and Kubernetes; deployed on AWS; integrated GraphQL and Scala components for data processing.

Java/J2EE Developer at ValueLabs/ING Group - Netherlands

August 1, 2016 - May 1, 2017

Architected scalable microservices using Spring Boot, Docker and Kubernetes; implemented Kafka-based messaging; migrated JSP interfaces to Angular/React; REST endpoints with Struts/Spring MVC; tuned Oracle WebLogic; designed Hibernate/JPA data access; worked with Cassandra; deployed on Azure and AWS; implemented ELK stack monitoring; CI/CD pipelines; serverless components with AWS.

Java Developer at ValueLabs (Internal)

May 1, 2014 - August 1, 2016

Developed RESTful APIs with Spring Boot, Hibernate and PostgreSQL; implemented CI/CD with Jenkins, Kubernetes and Azure; containerized with Docker; built GraphQL services and distributed Scala microservices; modernized interfaces with Angular; worked with Cassandra; deployed across AWS and Azure.

Sr. Java/J2EE Developer at ValueLabs/ING Group - Netherlands

August 1, 2016 - May 1, 2017

Architected microservices using Spring Boot/J2EE, Docker/Kubernetes; modernized legacy apps with Angular/React; built RESTful services; implemented API versioning; managed Oracle/WebLogic for HA; built data pipelines with Kafka/Flink/Spark; integrated NoSQL (MongoDB/Cassandra); configured ELK logging; implemented AWS-based and GCP-based deployments; led CI/CD and infrastructure as code; provided production support in Agile environments.