Surya Kiran Akkaladevi
Sunnyvale,CA
Summary
Staff Software Engineer with 10+ years of experience architecting distributed systems and driving technical strategy. Currently leading the architectural evolution of Walmart’s Promotion Engine by designing agentic workflows and MCP (Model Context Protocol) frameworks. Expert in building scalable, fault-tolerant cloud systems and translating complex business requirements into intelligent automation patterns.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Staff Software Engineer
Walmart
Sunnyvale, CA
05.2023 - Current
- Agentic System Architecture: Spearheading the design of an intelligent agentic workflow that translates natural language into complex promotion conditions, defining the reasoning and tool-execution patterns for the engineering team.
- MCP Strategy & Leadership: Designing the technical specifications for an MCP server, enabling sub-agents to interface with internal Walmart tools to automate and streamline promotion creation.
- Framework Definition: Establishing evaluation and feedback frameworks to measure the accuracy and reliability of model-generated outputs, ensuring high-stakes production safety.
- Cross-Functional Mentorship: Leading engineers through the implementation of AI-native patterns, balancing rapid experimentation with enterprise-grade reliability and observability.
Senior Software Engineer
Walmart
Sunnyvale, CA
07.2021 - 05.2023
- Microservices Excellence: Engineered fault-tolerant, high-concurrency microservices using Spring Boot and Java to support global retail operations.
- Data Streaming: Built and optimized Kafka producers and consumers to handle real-time data ingestion, significantly reducing system latency.
Software Engineer, Associate
JP Morgan Chase & Co.
Columbus, OH
09.2019 - 07.2021
- Cloud Strategy: Investigated emerging cloud applications to design, select, and implement administrative information systems effectively.
- System Reliability: Designed, deployed, and operated highly available, scalable, and fault-tolerant systems using Amazon Web Services (AWS).
- Collaborative Design: Partnered with cross-functional development teams to analyze potential system solutions based on evolving client requirements.
- API Development: Designed and developed Spring Boot Java REST APIs to extract and classify data from documents using Captiva.
- CI/CD & Performance: Developed and deployed applications using CI/CD pipelines in AWS; improved system performance through proactive adjustments and bug resolution.
- Data Engineering: Built Kafka Producers and Consumers in Java, hosting them within a private cloud (AWS) infrastructure.
- Automation: Automated test cases in TDD and BDD using Cucumber for Java and Specflow for .NET applications.
Software Engineer
Cerner Corporation
Kansas City, KS
11.2017 - 09.2019
- Serverless Integration: Architected serverless Azure Function services to bridge Cerner’s ITSM with disparate client systems (ServiceNow, Remedy, etc.).
- Connector Design: Designed C# Kafka connectors for high-speed streaming of healthcare data into SQL databases.
Software Developer
Reliable Software Resources Inc., (Client: CGB Enterprises)
Mandeville, LA
09.2015 - 11.2017
- Business Logic Design: Authored complex logic for USDA-regulated premium rates using C#.NET and optimized SQL stored procedures for data-heavy financial calculations.
Education
Master of Science - Electrical Engineering
Wright State University
Dayton, OH01-2015
Skills
- AI Systems Architecture: Agentic Workflow Design, MCP Server Strategy, Multi-agent Coordination, System Evaluation Frameworks, LLM-based Reasoning Patterns
- Back-End Engineering: Java (Spring Boot), C# (NET Core), Kafka, Cassandra, MongoDB, MySQL, REST API, Hibernate
- Cloud & Infrastructure: AWS (EC2, S3, Lambda), Azure Functions, Cloud Foundry, CI/CD (Jenkins, Octopus), Event-Driven Architecture
- Testing & Quality: TDD/BDD (Cucumber, Specflow), Observability & Traceability, Performance Tuning
Certification
Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate: Programming in C#, Developing ASP.NET MVC Web Applications, Programming in HTML5 with JavaScript and CSS3, Querying Data with Transact-SQL, Developing SQL Databases
Timeline
Staff Software Engineer
Walmart
05.2023 - Current
Senior Software Engineer
Walmart
07.2021 - 05.2023
Software Engineer, Associate
JP Morgan Chase & Co.
09.2019 - 07.2021
Software Engineer
Cerner Corporation
11.2017 - 09.2019
Software Developer
Reliable Software Resources Inc., (Client: CGB Enterprises)
09.2015 - 11.2017
Master of Science - Electrical Engineering
Wright State University