Software Engineer with 4+ years of experience building high-volume distributed systems using Java, Spring Boot, Hibernate, and REST/gRPC APIs. Experienced in cloud-native architectures with AWS, Terraform, Docker, and Kubernetes, delivering microservices with automated CI/CD. Skilled in event-driven pipelines (Kafka), high-performance databases (PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Cassandra), and AI-powered knowledge retrieval (RAG, vector embeddings, BERT). Successfully delivered system optimizations and migrations that reduced infrastructure and operational costs, saving $25,000 annually.

Sai Nivas Reddy Chilukuri

Software Engineer with 4+ years of experience building high-volume distributed systems using Java, Spring Boot, Hibernate, and REST/gRPC APIs. Experienced in cloud-native architectures with AWS, Terraform, Docker, and Kubernetes, delivering microservices with automated CI/CD. Skilled in event-driven pipelines (Kafka), high-performance databases (PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Cassandra), and AI-powered knowledge retrieval (RAG, vector embeddings, BERT). Successfully delivered system optimizations and migrations that reduced infrastructure and operational costs, saving $25,000 annually.

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Software Engineer with 4+ years of experience building high-volume distributed systems using Java, Spring Boot, Hibernate, and REST/gRPC APIs. Experienced in cloud-native architectures with AWS, Terraform, Docker, and Kubernetes, delivering microservices with automated CI/CD.

Skilled in event-driven pipelines (Kafka), high-performance databases (PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Cassandra), and AI-powered knowledge retrieval (RAG, vector embeddings, BERT). Successfully delivered system optimizations and migrations that reduced infrastructure and operational costs, saving $25,000 annually.

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Language

Javanese
Fluent

Work Experience

Software Engineer at Paypal
September 1, 2024 - Present
Engineered backend payment services using Java and Spring Boot, supporting authorization and settlement workflows for distributed payment systems handling over 2M secure daily financial transactions across multiple global payment platforms. Developed RESTful and gRPC APIs for merchant payment integrations, reducing API response latency by 35%. Orchestrated event-driven data pipelines using Apache Kafka for asynchronous transaction processing across microservices at high volume. Optimized PostgreSQL schemas and indexing to improve query performance by 45% for high-volume financial reporting. Streamlined CI/CD with GitHub Actions and Jenkins for 20+ automated deployments per week. Implemented centralized logging and monitoring using Splunk for faster root-cause analysis. Architected AI-powered knowledge retrieval using RAG and vector embeddings, and reduced API latency by 35% using Redis caching.
Software Engineer at Accenture
March 1, 2021 - August 31, 2023
Built backend telecom billing services using Java, Spring Framework, and Hibernate for subscription lifecycle and invoicing operations. Migrated monolithic systems to modular microservices architecture, improving maintainability, enabling 30% faster feature deployment, and saving approximately $25K annually. Designed REST-based service interfaces for integration with legacy and cloud-native services used by 15+ applications. Enhanced AWS-based infrastructure using CDK and Serverless Framework, deploying scalable microservices with Kubernetes and OpenTelemetry; reduced deployment failures by 30%. Deployed containerized services with Docker and Kubernetes, using Jenkins CI/CD and maintaining 99.9% uptime. Added unit/integration/API tests with JUnit, Mockito, and Postman. Contributed to React-based responsive UI work. Built high-performance data services with MongoDB and Cassandra and monitored systems with Prometheus and Grafana.

Education

Master of Science in Computer Science at Illinois Institute of Technology
January 11, 2030 - July 14, 2026
Bachelor of Technology in Electronics and Communication at National Institute of Technology, Agartala
January 11, 2030 - July 14, 2026
Master of Science in Computer Science at Illinois Institute of Technology
January 11, 2030 - July 14, 2026
Bachelor of Technology in Electronics and Communication at National Institute of Technology, Agartala
January 11, 2030 - July 14, 2026

Qualifications

AWS AI Practitioner
January 11, 2030 - July 14, 2026
Full-Stack Web Development
January 11, 2030 - July 14, 2026
SQL & Database Management
January 11, 2030 - July 14, 2026
Data Structures & Algorithms
January 11, 2030 - July 14, 2026
AWS AI Practitioner
January 11, 2030 - July 14, 2026
Full-Stack Web Development
January 11, 2030 - July 14, 2026
SQL & Database Management
January 11, 2030 - July 14, 2026
Data Structures & Algorithms
January 11, 2030 - July 14, 2026

Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Telecommunications, Financial Services, Computers & Electronics, Professional Services