SRUJAN REDDY THUNIKI
Palo Alto,USA
Summary
Software Engineer with 4+ years of professional experience designing, developing, testing, and operating backend and distributed systems for real-world applications. Experienced in building high-throughput backend services, scalable APIs, and data-intensive systems using Python and cloud-native technologies. Strong foundation in algorithms, data structures, Linux/Unix environments, distributed systems concepts (scalability, availability, consistency), and modern software engineering practices. Known for taking end-to-end ownership of features, writing clean, well-tested code, and collaborating closely with cross-functional teams to deliver reliable systems used in production.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
Work History
Software Engineer
GEICO
Palo Alto, CA
12.2024 - Current
- Work on backend services that support insurance policy and claims workflows, used by internal operations and compliance teams for managing policy data, updates, and reporting.
- Build and maintain Python-based microservices using FastAPI and Django REST Framework that handle high request volumes, especially during peak operational periods.
- Design and maintain REST APIs that integrate multiple internal systems, debugging real integration issues and improving service reliability.
- Use RabbitMQ to handle asynchronous workflows such as background processing, data synchronization, and long-running tasks to keep APIs responsive under load.
- Optimize MongoDB and PostgreSQL queries by adding indexes and refactoring queries based on real usage patterns.
- Troubleshoot production issues by analyzing logs, tracing requests across services, reproducing issues locally, and deploying fixes.
- Write unit and integration tests focused on real edge cases and past production bugs.
- Deploy and operate services on AWS (EC2, Lambda, S3, RDS, DynamoDB), configuring monitoring, logs, and alerts using CloudWatch.
- Work daily in Linux-based environments using shell commands, file operations, and system logs.
- Take ownership of features from requirements through deployment and post-release support.
- Participate actively in code reviews and design discussions focused on maintainability and correctness.
Software Engineer
Simform
India
05.2019 - 11.2022
- Worked on backend systems for enterprise and lab-management applications with data ingested from real devices and external systems.
- Built backend services using Python (Django, FastAPI, Flask) to support real-time data synchronization between lab devices and cloud platforms.
- Designed APIs resilient to partial failures, handling retries, validation issues, and inconsistent upstream data.
- Implemented event-driven and asynchronous processing using RabbitMQ and Redis.
- Designed and optimized MongoDB and PostgreSQL schemas based on reporting and query patterns.
- Built ETL pipelines to clean, transform, and move large volumes of operational data.
- Worked in multi-service environments, managing service-to-service failures.
- Collaborated with Java-based services via REST APIs and messaging systems.
- Used Linux/Unix systems extensively for running services and diagnosing issues.
- Participated in CI/CD pipelines, deployments, and testing workflows.
- Applied algorithms and data structures to improve performance and resource usage.
Education
Master of Science - Computer Science
University of the Pacific
Stockton, CA12.2024
Bachelor of Technology - Computer Science & Engineering
ACE Engineering College
Hyderabad, India12.2020
Skills
- Python
- Java
- C/C
- JavaScript
- HTML
- CSS
- FastAPI
- Django and Django REST Framework
- Flask
- AsyncIO
- Celery
- Microservices architecture
- Event-driven systems
- Asynchronous processing
- Fault tolerance
- Horizontal scaling
- Service communication
- MongoDB and SQL databases
- PostgreSQL and MySQL
- AWS cloud services
- Docker containerization
- Terraform infrastructure as code
- Linux and Unix systems
- Shell scripting and commands
- File manipulation techniques
- Process monitoring tools
- Git version control
- CI/CD pipelines with GitHub and GitLab
- Unit and integration testing with PyTest
- Load and performance testing strategies
- Debugging techniques and tools
- Algorithms and data structures fundamentals
Environment
- Linux & Unix
- AWS Cloud
- Distributed Systems
- Microservices
- Event-Driven Architecture
- REST APIs
- Relational & NoSQL Databases
- CI/CD
- Agile/Scrum
Timeline
Software Engineer
GEICO
12.2024 - Current
Software Engineer
Simform
05.2019 - 11.2022
Master of Science - Computer Science
University of the Pacific
Bachelor of Technology - Computer Science & Engineering
ACE Engineering College