Bharat Kothapalli
Team Lead/Senior Software Developer
Omaha,Nebraska
Summary
Software engineer with 15 years of experience spanning design, development, and architecture at scale. Proven track record of leading high impact deliverables and currently exploring GenAI LLM integration in modern data analytics and reporting solutions.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Technology Professional
Self-Employed
02.2025 - Current
- Working on ad hoc project to refine and enhance my skills
- Achieved a Snowflake SnowPro Core Certification
- Finished course on GenAI with LLM to learn model fine tuning, in context prompt engineering and PEFT
- Implemented a Text to SQL POC project and learn usage of Agentic Workflows for task sequencing
- Skills Employed: Python 3.10, Streamlit, AWS Athena, AWS bedrock
Team Lead / Senior Software Developer
Gallup
02.2023 - 02.2025
- Led the design and development of data pipelines to process survey collection data for reporting
- Managed sprint planning, JIRA work efforts, and task allocation for efficient execution
- Spearheaded the migration from a monolithic ETL architecture to a microservice architecture, enabling dynamic scaling based on product needs
- Designed and delivered Data API(s) to efficiently retrieve data from polyglot data stores using access patterns
- Evaluated the usage of RAG (Retrieval Augmented Generation) to create a chatbot as a virtual coach
- Reviewed Java, MySQL and Python code and partner with data managers and fellow developers to troubleshoot production issues
- Collaborated with DevOps to adopt best practices, including smaller releases and feature flags, ensuring stable and flawless delivery
- Skills Employed: AWS services, Java 17, MySQL, Python 3.10, Intelli J, VS code, Gradle, Agile Sprint Planning, Jira, Confluence
Senior Software Developer
Gallup
11.2011 - 01.2023
- Implemented a federated cache to reduce latency by ~80%, significantly improving data API response times
- Optimized MYSQL RDS procedures, reducing response time latency by ~30%
- Improved search performance by ~80% using Elastic Search
- Demonstrated strong production support capabilities using Splunk, AWS CloudWatch metrics and Dynatrace
- Maintained and enhanced web applications built with Java-based Oracle ADF framework while supporting legacy Oracle Forms and Reports system
- Successfully migrated Oracle Forms and Reports infrastructure from 11g to 12c
- Skills Employed: AWS services, Java 8, Python 2.9, Oracle ADF, Oracle Forms and Reports 12c, PLSQL, R
Oracle Applications Developer
InterDigital Communications
06.2011 - 10.2011
- Worked on Oracle forms and reports and integration with Oracle ERP
Senior Software Engineer
TEKsystems (formerly FCS)
03.2010 - 05.2011
- Worked on building a Data warehouse and implemented reporting using Oracle OBIEE
Oracle Applications Developer
LogicBridge Inc
03.2010 - 05.2011
IT Systems Administrator Intern
TD Ameritrade
01.2007 - 12.2007
Education
Master of Science - Management Information Systems
University of Nebraska at Omaha
Skills
Python 310
Streamlit
AWS Athena
AWS bedrock
AWS services
Java 17
MySQL
Intelli J
VS code
Gradle
Agile Sprint Planning
Jira
Confluence
Java 8
Python 29
Oracle ADF
Oracle Forms and Reports 12c
PLSQL
R
Residency
U.S. Permanent Resident
Certification
Snowflake Snowpro core certification
Timeline
Technology Professional
Self-Employed
02.2025 - Current
Snowflake Snowpro core certification
01-2025
Team Lead / Senior Software Developer
Gallup
02.2023 - 02.2025
Senior Software Developer
Gallup
11.2011 - 01.2023
Oracle Applications Developer
InterDigital Communications
06.2011 - 10.2011
Senior Software Engineer
TEKsystems (formerly FCS)
03.2010 - 05.2011
Oracle Applications Developer
LogicBridge Inc
03.2010 - 05.2011
IT Systems Administrator Intern
TD Ameritrade
01.2007 - 12.2007
Master of Science - Management Information Systems
University of Nebraska at Omaha