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Ananya Vemuru

Austin,TX

Summary

Experienced software engineer with 10 years of expertise in application development, test automation, databases, and cloud computing. Proficient in troubleshooting and debugging technical issues to deliver high-quality results.

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience

Work History

Software Engineer II

Smartsheet
12.2021 - Current
  • Spearheaded the design and delivery of transformative projects, including Advanced Capability Enhancements (ACE) and the User Subscription Model, which modernized enterprise licensing workflows and supported large-scale infrastructure.
  • Engineered Spring Boot microservices, integrating AWS services such as DynamoDB, SQS, Lambda, and Step Functions to enable scalable, event-driven architectures.
  • Built RESTful APIs for licensing operations to ensure seamless integration between microservices and cloud-native systems.
  • Developed a robust data ingestion and migration pipeline to transition millions of customer records from Snowflake and SQL-based databases to DynamoDB, while decoupling legacy monolithic codebases into modular microservices.
  • Tested methodology with writing and execution of test plans, debugging and testing scripts and tools.
  • Improved project delivery by creating reusable components and enhancing deployment efficiency. Contributed to the successful implementation of the User Subscription Model, which generated $4M in new subscriptions within just two months after launch.
  • Enhanced observability by implementing comprehensive monitoring and alerting systems using Datadog and Open Search, ensuring proactive identification and resolution of system issues.
  • As part of the Dev Test Infra Team, maintained and optimized Jenkins pipelines, test frameworks, and infrastructure tools, supporting enterprise-wide CI/CD processes.
  • Developed and automated test cases using Selenium, achieving comprehensive test coverage and enhancing system reliability.
  • Designed regression and performance testing frameworks, and introduced BVT/Sanity tests to identify and resolve issues early in the development lifecycle.

Senior Software Development Engineer in Test

Smartsheet
03.2019 - 12.2021
  • Communicate and coordinate with management, peers and cross functional teams to understand requirements and create test strategies.
  • Conduct Functional and Regression Testing using selenium with Data-driven framework.
  • Perform cross browser and parallel testing on Chrome and Firefox using TestNG and maven on selenium grid.
  • Handle Selenium and TestNG synchronization problems leveraging helper annotations during regression testing.
  • Write complex XPath using following, preceding and functions like contains and not contains.
  • Develop detailed test plan, test strategy and execute test plans.
  • Create Python scripts to streamline release process for payment applications.
  • Perform root cause analysis of high severity bugs leveraging Kibana logging tool.
  • Coach and mentor junior associates on tools like Gitlab and selenium automation framework.
  • Participate in agile ceremonies and provide inputs to improve delivery processes.

Software Test Engineer II

MediaMath
04.2015 - 03.2019
  • Develop and manage both automated and manual test plans that accurately gauge product quality.
  • Communicate and coordinate with management, peers and cross functional teams to understand requirements and create test strategies.
  • Create automated test scripts for Real-Time Services deployed on AWS servers using Python.
  • Worked in Agile/Scrum methodology to deliver quality products meeting strict scalability and performance milestones.
  • Build and maintain test infrastructure and CI/CD pipeline leveraging technologies like Ansible, Jenkins, Git, AWS and Kafka.
  • Perform extensive auto tests to guarantee the quality of data present in Cassandra keyspaces.
  • Designed and developed custom framework from scratch leveraging py-test bdd for enriching service using Kafka and RESTful services.
  • Enhanced and created auto tests using Selenium Web driver for UI applications.

Software Development Intern

Oanda Corporation (Currensee Inc.)
01.2014 - 06.2014
  • Created large number of manual test cases for monthly releases and formulated test plans.
  • Performed bug fixes and root cause analysis for issues assigned in Bugzilla.

Associate Systems Engineer

Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.
01.2012 - 12.2012
  • Contributed in coding and testing of a Java based data publishing pipeline.

Education

Master of Science - Information Systems

Northeastern University
01.2014

Bachelor of Technology - Computer Science & Engineering

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University
Hyderabad, India
01.2011

Skills

    Tech Stack: AWS, Python, Java, ReactJS, SQL, Kafka
    Frameworks: Spring, Hibernate, Rest Assured, Bootstrap, Py-Test, BDD
    AI tools: Roo AI, Github copilot, CursorAI

    Databases: Cassandra, DynamoDb, Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL

    Tools: Datadog, Snowflake, Terraform, Selenium, GIT, Splunk, Tableau, Jira, Pentaho, Jenkins, Ansible, Maven, Gitlab, IntelliJ IDEA

Timeline

Software Engineer II

Smartsheet
12.2021 - Current

Senior Software Development Engineer in Test

Smartsheet
03.2019 - 12.2021

Software Test Engineer II

MediaMath
04.2015 - 03.2019

Software Development Intern

Oanda Corporation (Currensee Inc.)
01.2014 - 06.2014

Associate Systems Engineer

Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.
01.2012 - 12.2012

Bachelor of Technology - Computer Science & Engineering

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University

Master of Science - Information Systems

Northeastern University