Jayakumar Ramalingam
Atlanta,GA
Summary
Staff software engineer and cloud architect with over 15 years of experience in designing and scaling distributed cloud-native systems. Expertise in low-latency data platforms, event-driven architectures, and personalization systems. Demonstrated success in modernizing legacy platforms, leading large-scale cloud migrations, and implementing AI/ML-driven products to enhance user engagement and system reliability.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
3
3
Certifications
Work History
Cloud Engineer / Architect
SiriusXM
Atlanta, USA
01.2021 - Current
- Architected and scaled real-time low-latency data pipelines using Kinesis for 2,600 requests per second.
- Reduced end-to-end latency by approximately 40% to enhance real-time personalization performance.
- Designed event-driven platforms powering recommendation systems, boosting user engagement.
- Developed backend services for user affinity modeling and contextual recommendations.
- Minimized infrastructure costs significantly through adoption of serverless and distributed architectures.
- Enabled machine learning pipelines and model-serving infrastructure for expedited experimentation.
Lead Software Engineer
Cox Automotive
Atlanta, USA
01.2019 - 01.2021
- Developed microservices and high-throughput APIs, facilitating scalable system performance
- Architected backend solutions for vehicle pricing and data platforms, enhancing system reliability
- Established data pipelines for analytics and ML use cases, driving actionable insights
Senior Software Engineer
The Home Depot
Atlanta, USA
01.2012 - 01.2019
- Built distributed services and large-scale data processing pipelines to support real-time data analytics
- Modernized monolithic pricing systems to microservices architecture, enhancing system scalability and maintainability
- Improved performance and reliability of existing systems, streamlining deployment processes
System Consultant
Tata Consultancy Services
01.2010 - 01.2012
- Analyzed client requirements to design effective systems solutions.
- Developed enterprise Java applications and backend services to support business operations
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to implement technology projects.
- Developed system specifications and documentation for user understanding.
Education
Bachelor of Technology - Information Technology
Pondicherry Engineering College
Pondicherry University 07-2010
Skills
- Distributed systems and microservices
- Event-driven architecture
- AWS and GCP cloud services
- Real-time data processing
- AI and ML integration
- Recommendation systems
- Low-latency solutions
- A/B testing platforms
- CI/CD practices
- Terraform and observability tools
- Serverless architecture
- Cloud architecture
Certification
Oracle Certified Professional (Java SE 6, Java EE 5)
Timeline
Cloud Engineer / Architect
SiriusXM
01.2021 - Current
Lead Software Engineer
Cox Automotive
01.2019 - 01.2021
Senior Software Engineer
The Home Depot
01.2012 - 01.2019
System Consultant
Tata Consultancy Services
01.2010 - 01.2012
Bachelor of Technology - Information Technology
Pondicherry Engineering College