NAVEEN YELLABOINA
Round Rock
Summary
Senior Software Engineer with 9+ years of experience leading the design, development, and delivery of scalable enterprise applications. Expert in AWS cloud-based Java microservices, with a proven track record of guiding cross-functional Agile teams through project scoping, sprint planning, and end-to-end execution. Experienced in facilitating Agile ceremonies, mentoring developers, and driving alignment between engineering, product, and leadership. Skilled in translating business requirements into technical strategy while fostering innovation, DevOps excellence, and continuous improvement across the software lifecycle.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Software Engineer
Capital One
08.2022 - Current
- Engineered modular backend architectures using Java 17, Spring 6+, Spring Boot 3+, Hibernate 6+, and RESTful APIs, delivering scalable and maintainable microservices.
- Designed and deployed cloud-native applications on AWS, optimizing performance, cost efficiency, and reliability through autoscaling and resource utilization strategies.
- Refactored monolithic applications into microservices, improving modularity, adaptability, and reducing deployment cycles across multi-environment pipelines.
- Developed and maintained front-end applications with Angular, implementing reusable components and optimizing performance to deliver responsive, user-friendly interfaces.
- Applied operational best practices to coordinate incident response efforts, leveraging Splunk and New Relic for monitoring, rapid troubleshooting, and service restoration.
- Integrated JUnit-based automated tests into Jenkins CI/CD pipelines, improving defect detection, accelerating code reviews, and increasing release quality across Java, Go, and Spring Boot services.
- Enhanced developer productivity and reduced boilerplate coding by leveraging GitHub Copilot for AI-assisted code generation, refactoring, and IDE integration.
- Streamlined deployment pipelines by refactoring legacy codebases, reducing build times, improving maintainability, and ensuring consistency across multiple environments.
- Authored and maintained project documentation in Confluence, enabling cross-team knowledge sharing, faster onboarding, and smoother collaboration.
- Led key Agile ceremonies (daily standups, sprint planning, retrospectives) while contributing as a hands-on developer, ensuring clear communication and alignment with product and management teams.
Senior Software Engineer AI
Tact.Ai
06.2020 - 07.2022
- Developed multiple AWS Based Java applications for processing customer interactions in the Tact AI assistant.
- Designed a database schema for Natural Language Processing (NLP) configurations.
- Implemented a batch process to upload file-based NLP configurations to the database using ActiveJDBC.
- Created new AI assistant conversations by integrating DM, NLU, and NLG configurations with Java and a custom language.
- Enhanced application performance by optimizing queries and addressing concurrency limitations.
- Migrated legacy systems to modern platforms, ensuring compatibility and functionality.
- Resolved critical production issues through debugging, log analysis, and collaboration with support teams.
- Facilitated Agile ceremonies across the team as a developer, driving sprint clarity, removing blockers, and regularly reporting progress, risks, and priorities to product owners and senior management.
Senior Software Engineer
Intuit Inc
03.2020 - 05.2020
- Worked on Java and Springboot applications which provide Intuit Experimentation platform.
- Enhanced existing features in Android library for Experimentation.
- Created a performance suite for multiple applications using Gatling in frontline tool.
- Created Jenkins pipeline to run validation scripts in all environments for various IXP applications.
- Tested and validated endurance and performance of an application for Kubernetes migration.
- Created alerts on Splunk and Wavefront dashboards for monitoring the application on Kubernetes.
- Improved unit test coverage for multiple applications using JUnit and Mockito.
Senior Java Developer
Walmart labs
08.2019 - 02.2020
- Working on Java and SpringBoot based applications which enhance search capabilities on Walmart.com.
- Developed a batch application to update large scale data in MySQL and CouchBase datasources.
- Built multiple RestFul API's in microservices which optimizes the search on walmart.com.
- Worked on optimizing Restful API's response times in microservices.
- Deployed applications in Azure/GCP clusters with OneOps using Jenkins CI/CD pipelines.
- Created indexes for monitoring and alerts using Splunk and Grafana.
- Improved code coverage of our applications using TestNG, Mockito and PowerMock.
Senior Software Engineer
Capital One
09.2018 - 07.2019
- Developed micro services using Spring Boot for migrating customer data to AWS.
- Developed API endpoints for processing and exposing PostgreSQL data.
- Created a tool using Angular, HTML and CSS to improve LIVE application monitoring.
- Deployed applications in AWS ECS clusters using Jenkins CI/CD pipelines.
- Worked on micro services to consume, process and publish messages from/to KAFKA (SDP) Topics.
- Created Selenium Test cases for ATDD using Selenium Web Driver and Java.
- Acted as a ceremony lead within an Agile environment—coordinating standups, sprint planning, and retrospectives—and served as the primary communication bridge between engineering, product, and leadership.
Senior Software Engineer
Blue Cross Blue Shield Association
04.2018 - 08.2018
- Worked on migrating application from Struts to SpringBoot framework.
- Implemented CyberArk to secure application credentials in Secret Vault.
- Migrated source code from ClearCase to GitHub by implementing branching strategy.
- Created custom automated CI/CD Jenkins pipeline for deployments and testing.
- Created testing framework using Mockito and JUnit frameworks.
- Collaborated with QA teams for integration testing with client.
Senior Software Engineer
Capital One Finance
08.2016 - 03.2018
- Developed micro services for Partnerships Rewards platform on SpringBoot framework.
- Created parameterized Cloud formation templates for provisioning various AWS resources like RDS, EC2 and S3.
- Designed schema for POSTGRES database used by multiple applications.
- Developed POC's for microservices with Cassandra, MongoDb and PostreSQL databases.
- Worked with SPLUNK and ELK for creating dashboards and monitoring production logs.
- Created and enhanced integration test suite using SpringBoot.
Full Stack Java Developer
Joman Technologies
02.2016 - 07.2016
- Worked on front end frameworks using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Bootstrap.
- Used JavaScript for the client side validations and Spring MVC Framework for developing the web application.
- Created custom directives, decorators, and services to interface with Restful Web services using Angular.
- Built complex SQL queries to retrieve data from Oracle database and save the data into MongoDB in the JSON format.
- Strengthened developmental methodologies by introducing a code quality document using Confluence.
Education
Master of Science - Computer Science
St Marys University
San Antonio12.2015
Skills
- Java, SpringBoot, Maven, Amazon Web Services, AWS Cloud, SDP, RESTful Web Services, JP, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, MongoDB, Cassandra, DynamoDB, CyberArk, Jenkins, Splunk, Grafana, Elk, Junit, NLU, Kubernetes, Kafka, Go
Websites
Timeline
Senior Software Engineer
Capital One
08.2022 - Current
Senior Software Engineer AI
Tact.Ai
06.2020 - 07.2022
Senior Software Engineer
Intuit Inc
03.2020 - 05.2020
Senior Java Developer
Walmart labs
08.2019 - 02.2020
Senior Software Engineer
Capital One
09.2018 - 07.2019
Senior Software Engineer
Blue Cross Blue Shield Association
04.2018 - 08.2018
Senior Software Engineer
Capital One Finance
08.2016 - 03.2018
Full Stack Java Developer
Joman Technologies
02.2016 - 07.2016
Master of Science - Computer Science
St Marys University