Bhanu Prakash
Summary
Software Engineer with 6+ years of experience in developing scalable web and mobile applications using JavaScript, TypeScript, Node.js, React, and React Native. Expertise in API design with NestJS, Express.js, and Fastify, including implementation of GraphQL and RESTful services. Strong skills in performance optimization, clean architecture, and cross-functional collaboration, with a focus on testing, observability, and data modeling in relational and document-based databases.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Software Engineer III
Walmart Global Tech
Bentonville, AR
08.2021 - Current
- Built a scalable notification system for required trainings using Node.js, KafkaJS, and Azure SQL. Collaborated with multiple teams to send timely alerts to up to 2 million users, helping reduce overdue courses by 65% and driving a 10x increase in platform traffic.
- Mentored a team of 4 developers, providing regular code reviews, technical guidance and best practices to improve code quality and team productivity.
- Built and maintained APIs using GraphQL, REST, and NestJS in Node.js, making it easier for different teams and services to access data quickly and reliably.
- Improved frontend performance by implementing lazy loading with bundle splitting and enabling tree shaking, which reduced initial load time and cut overall page load times by 30%
- Designed collections in Azure Cosmos (Mongo API) to support features like multi-language content, user skills, and skill metadata, enabling efficient data access, and seamless integration across services.
Software Consultant
Walmart
Bentonville, AR
01.2020 - 07.2021
- Created dashboards and alerts in Splunk and Grafana to monitor system health and API performance, helping teams catch issues early and reduce incident resolution time (SLA) by 40%.
- Built and maintained user-friendly, responsive interfaces using React and Redux. Worked closely with design teams to ensure accessibility, consistent styling, and smooth user experiences across devices.
- Optimized backend APIs in Node.js by reducing redundant database calls using MongoDB aggregations, and applying efficient asynchronous patterns, resulting in significantly faster response times and improved performance.
- Wrote unit and integration tests for React apps using Jest and React Testing Library and for Node.js APIs using Mocha and Chai consistently maintaining 90%+ test coverage and catching issues early in development.
Software Consultant
Department of Transitional Assistance
Boston, MA
07.2018 - 12.2019
- Created reusable React components and managed state cleanly with Redux, improving front-end structure, development speed and code reusability across features.
- Resolved a critical asynchronous issue in the DTA application that had been affecting user submissions, leading to a 90% drop in application failures, and marking a key early win in my software engineering career.
- Contributed to backend development using Java, working on bug fixes and feature enhancements to support core business logic.
Education
Master of Science - Computer Science
University of Central Missouri
Warrensburg, MO05-2018
Skills
- JavaScript (ES6) and TypeScript
- Nodejs with Expressjs, NestJS and Fastify
- React, React Native and Redux
- GraphQL APIs and RESTful services
- Testing tools: Jest, Mocha, Chai
- Databases: MongoDB, Azure SQL Server, MySQL
- Monitoring solutions: Splunk, Grafana, OpenObserve
- Development practices: Git, Postman, JIRA, Visual Studio Code
Accomplishments
- Bravo Award (Engineering Excellence) - Jan 2025
- Bravo Award (Customer) - Aug 2024
- Bravo Award (Engineering Excellence) - May 2023
Timeline
Software Engineer III
Walmart Global Tech
08.2021 - Current
Software Consultant
Walmart
01.2020 - 07.2021
Software Consultant
Department of Transitional Assistance
07.2018 - 12.2019
Master of Science - Computer Science
University of Central Missouri