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Sai Guduru

Sai Guduru

Dallas

Summary

Dynamic Sr Software Engineering Manager with a proven track record at Walmart Technology, enhancing project timelines and fostering team collaboration. Expert in Infor Workbrain Time and Attendance and Java/J2EE, demonstrating exceptional technical leadership and performance optimization. Passionate about driving innovation and delivering high-quality solutions.

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Sr Software Engineering Manager

Walmart Technology
Dallas
02.2022 - Current
  • Lead, motivated, and managed a team of software engineers to ensure high performance, growth, and retention.
  • Defined and drove the technical strategy for software systems and solutions, aligning them with business objectives.
  • Collaborated with product managers, designers, and other business stakeholders to ensure that technical solutions align with business needs.
  • Acted as a bridge between technical teams and non-technical stakeholders to communicate complex technical issues in simple terms.
  • Continuously assessed and improved software development processes, ensuring efficiency, quality, and scalability.
  • Implemented and advocated for best practices in coding, testing, and deployment to enhance software reliability and maintainability.

Staff Software Engineer

Walmart Technology
Austin
04.2018 - 01.2022
  • Lead the design and implementation work of other small groups of six to eight junior engineers for assigned engineering projects by providing pertinent documents, direction, and examples.
  • Identified short- and long-term solutions and timelines, reviewed and provided feedback for proposed solutions, and performed design and code reviews of changes.
  • Participated in the discovery phase of medium to large projects to come up with high-level design by partnering with the product management, project management, business, and user experience teams, and obtaining cross-functional approvals.
  • Participated in medium to large-scale projects by reviewing project requirements, translating requirements into technical solutions, gathering requested information (for example, design documents, product requirements, wireframes), writing and developing code, conducting unit testing, communicating status and issues to team members and stakeholders, collaborating with the project team and cross-functional teams, troubleshooting open issues and bug fixes, ensuring on-time delivery and hand-offs, and interacting with the project manager to provide input on the project plan.

Application Analyst II

International Paper
Memphis
10.2014 - 03.2018
  • Provided timely enhancements and support for Time & Attendance, Attendance Control, Overtime Equalization, Balance entitlements, and Payroll modules in both Infor Workbrain and Kronos systems for International Paper.

Program Analyst Sr. Professional

CSC
Charlotte
02.2012 - 10.2014
  • Upgraded Time and Attendance system for Bank of America client. Handled data migrations, code migrations, clocking software installation, inbound and outbound interfaces.

Application Consultant

IBM
Woonsocket
03.2010 - 02.2012
  • As a Workbrain Techno/Functional consultant, I customized balances and accruals, employee attendance management, and HR and payroll interfaces for CVS Pharmacy.

Software Engineer

Hexaware Technologies
Chennai
09.2007 - 03.2010
  • Delivered high-quality Time and Attendance solutions through roles as Technical Developer and Test Engineer for Harris Bank Workbrain.

Education

Bachelors - Electronics and Communication

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University
India
04.2007

Skills

  • Infor Workbrain Time And Attendance
  • Infor Workbrain LFSO
  • Kronos WFC
  • Java/J2EE
  • C
  • C
  • Scala
  • SQL
  • Unix scripting
  • Cognos Reporting
  • Cloud computing
  • Web services (REST/SOAP)
  • Microservices
  • GraphQL
  • Spring Boot
  • Kafka
  • Apache Spark
  • SQL
  • Test automation
  • Scrum master
  • Technical leadership
  • Performance optimization

Certification

  • WCNP at Walmart Technology
  • Java 5.0 Sun Certification
  • Oracle certified Associate
  • Project Development and Planning at International Paper
  • Know Your Industry (KYI) certification at IBM
  • Quality Processes Certification at IBM
  • DB2 training at IBM

Accomplishments

  • Successfully lead and implemented Global Time and Attendance for Walmart Mexico markets which does around $18M in weekly Payroll Operations.
  • Modernized Walmart US Time and Attendance Outbound pipeline to event based design which is now capable to pay around 1.5M associates seamlessly.
  • Designed a new model to integrate Workbrain with GraphQL framework.
  • Lead Time and Attendance Pay Modernization for Walmart US businesses.
  • Roll-out Spark automation tool to reduce manual efforts by 90%.
  • Setup Workbrain demo environments for version 5.1.4 and 6.1.6.
  • Created close to 10 Re-usable solutions for Workforce Intelligence Cognos reports.
  • Optimized reports to improve execution time and reduce user wait time.
  • Created suite of solutions to optimize the performance of Forecast display page.
  • Automated alerting mechanism to monitor heartbeat of batch tasks.
  • Improved incident tracking process & metrics reducing issue resolution time by 40%.

References

Available upon request

Personal Information

Visa Status: H1B

Timeline

Sr Software Engineering Manager

Walmart Technology
02.2022 - Current

Staff Software Engineer

Walmart Technology
04.2018 - 01.2022

Application Analyst II

International Paper
10.2014 - 03.2018

Program Analyst Sr. Professional

CSC
02.2012 - 10.2014

Application Consultant

IBM
03.2010 - 02.2012

Software Engineer

Hexaware Technologies
09.2007 - 03.2010

Bachelors - Electronics and Communication

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University
Sai Guduru