I’m a Senior Python Developer who builds and maintains backend microservices and REST APIs for high-stakes, production systems. My experience spans financial services, enterprise platforms, automotive workflows, and retail integrations—using Python with FastAPI and Django, SQL-driven data access, and strong engineering practices around testing and CI/CD. I enjoy owning features end to end: designing models and queries, containerizing services with Docker, deploying through Jenkins, troubleshooting production issues, and improving performance. Recently, I’ve also been building an agentic AI workflow using Python and LLMs to help power an internal trading application chatbot with reliable query orchestration and response generation.…

LEKHA SREE

I’m a Senior Python Developer who builds and maintains backend microservices and REST APIs for high-stakes, production systems. My experience spans financial services, enterprise platforms, automotive workflows, and retail integrations—using Python with FastAPI and Django, SQL-driven data access, and strong engineering practices around testing and CI/CD. I enjoy owning features end to end: designing models and queries, containerizing services with Docker, deploying through Jenkins, troubleshooting production issues, and improving performance. Recently, I’ve also been building an agentic AI workflow using Python and LLMs to help power an internal trading application chatbot with reliable query orchestration and response generation.…

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I’m a Senior Python Developer who builds and maintains backend microservices and REST APIs for high-stakes, production systems. My experience spans financial services, enterprise platforms, automotive workflows, and retail integrations—using Python with FastAPI and Django, SQL-driven data access, and strong engineering practices around testing and CI/CD.

I enjoy owning features end to end: designing models and queries, containerizing services with Docker, deploying through Jenkins, troubleshooting production issues, and improving performance. Recently, I’ve also been building an agentic AI workflow using Python and LLMs to help power an internal trading application chatbot with reliable query orchestration and response generation.

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Work Experience

Senior Python Developer at Nomura
January 1, 2026 - Present
Develop and maintain Python microservices that support an internal trading application, delivering enhancements and resolving production issues. Build REST APIs using FastAPI for service communication and application functionality. Design Django backend modules with models, relationships, queries, and transaction management via Django ORM, backed by PostgreSQL. Optimize PostgreSQL queries and indexes and write SQL to retrieve and manage application data used by Python services. Containerize services with Docker and manage CI/CD releases through Jenkins. Provide production support including troubleshooting, data validation, and performance tuning. Developed an agentic AI workflow using Python and LLMs to orchestrate user queries, trading-related data retrieval, and response generation for an internal chatbot.
Senior Python Developer at SumTotal
September 1, 2020 - December 1, 2023
Developed Python backend services and REST APIs for SumTotal’s enterprise application. Used SQL to retrieve and manage application data consumed by Python services. Built reusable Django components while troubleshooting production issues and implementing application enhancements. Containerized services with Docker and used Jenkins for automated deployments. Handled production incidents and delivered improvements as issues arose. Focused on backend reliability with test automation using pytest and maintained quality through CI/CD-driven workflows.
Python Developer at Infosys (Client: RBS Banking)
September 1, 2019 - August 1, 2020
Built and maintained Python applications and backend services for RBS Banking, delivering application enhancements and resolving production issues. Implemented authentication, authorization, request validation, exception handling, and logging within Django-based applications. Developed complex SQL queries including joins, aggregations, and database operations to support business-critical workflows. Troubleshot production issues across Python/Django APIs and PostgreSQL, implementing fixes and enhancements. Used Django ORM with PostgreSQL for CRUD operations, filtering, and transaction management, and wrote SQL/PL-SQL scripts to retrieve and manage application data.
Python Developer at IBM (Client: BMW — Automotive; Client: IKEA — Retail)
June 1, 2016 - August 1, 2019
Worked across automotive and retail client projects. For BMW, automated daily verification/validation checks using Python, reducing repetitive manual verification time by about 30%. Built Python backend services and REST APIs to process verification requests, run validation logic, handle exceptions, and return results to downstream components. Developed reusable React UI components in TypeScript to display verification outcomes. Used Oracle SQL to retrieve and manage data for Python services, packaged services with Docker, and added pytest coverage while running builds/tests through Jenkins CI/CD. Supported scheduled jobs, log monitoring, and troubleshooting in Unix/Linux environments. For IKEA, developed Python applications and REST integrations for automated data ingestion and keeping operational data in sync, refactoring SQL/PL-SQL and improving validation accuracy and processing speed.

Education

B.Tech, Information Technology (Distinction) at Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Kakinada, India
September 1, 2012 - May 1, 2016

Qualifications

IBM: Python for Data Science
January 11, 2030 - September 25, 2026
IBM Watson Chatbots
January 11, 2030 - September 25, 2026
DevOps
January 11, 2030 - September 25, 2026
Dataquest: Python, Intermediate
January 11, 2030 - September 25, 2026
SAS: Base SAS Programming I
January 11, 2030 - September 25, 2026
Udemy: Python for Data Science and Machine Learning Bootcamp
January 11, 2030 - September 25, 2026
Agentic AI — Balaji Chippada
January 11, 2030 - September 25, 2026

Industry Experience

Financial Services, Software & Internet, Retail, Professional Services