Vijaya Sekhar Gudipati
Chicago,IL
Summary
Software engineer with 6 years of experience owning backend solutions end to end, from customer requirements to production support, using Java, Spring Boot, REST API integrations and CI/CD. Hands-on with GenAI and agentic AI, including LLM integration, RAG, MCP and Spring AI. Skilled at working directly with stakeholders and partners to turn ambiguous problems into reliable, deployed systems. Seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer role where I can build, integrate and support AI solutions in customer environments.
Overview
1
1
Certification
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Software Engineer
Ascension (Payroll:- NYC gravitynet)
Chicago, Illinois
2025.09 - Current
- Supported end-to-end delivery of backend solutions for business-critical workflows, from requirements gathering through production, using Java 8, Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Hibernate, and JPA.
- Developed scalable Spring Boot services within microservices-oriented architecture and Configured Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines to automate build, test, and deployment steps.
- Built RESTful APIs that connected internal applications with external systems and partner services, supporting end-user workflow completion.
- Collaborated with business analysts and stakeholders to clarify business issues and transform unclear requirements into actionable technical plans, ensuring timely delivery across SDLC.
- Resolved application, API, and database issues in Linux production environments through root cause analysis, increasing reliability and uptime.
- Enhanced SQL queries, stored procedures, and MySQL objects to boost data-processing performance.
- Partnered with QA, DevOps, business analysts and stakeholders to resolve issues quickly and support live systems after deployment.
- Led code reviews and enforced coding standards; worked in Agile/Scrum teams using Git, with testing, debugging and production support.
Associate Software Engineer
Tech vision
Hyderabad, Telangana
2019.08 - 2023.09
- Designed and built enterprise backend applications using Java, Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Hibernate, JPA, REST APIs, and SQL across full SDLC.
- Developed backend business logic in Java and Spring-based technologies following object-oriented development practices.
- Helped develop and maintain scalable RESTful APIs for integration between internal applications and third-party systems.
- Built and tuned complex SQL queries, stored procedures, and database reports to improve application and database performance.
- Conducted production troubleshooting, debugging, and root-cause analysis across application and database components.
- Worked with business analysts, product owners, QA, and DevOps teams to review requirements, deliver enhancements, and support application releases.
- Used Jenkins and Git for builds, deployments, source-code management, and version control.
- Took part in code reviews, testing, debugging, Agile/Scrum ceremonies, application deployment, and production support.
Education
Master of Science - Computer And Information Sciences
Concordia University
Wisconsin Rapids, WI2025-05
Bachelor of Science - Information Technology
MLR Institute of Technology
India2019-05
Skills
- Core Java
- Java version 8
- Spring Boot
- Hibernate
- SQL
- MySQL
- Python
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- Linux
- CI/CD pipelines
- GIT
- Agile/Scrum
- SDLC
- Root cause analysis
- Generative AI
- LLM Integration
- RAG
- Prompt Engineering
- OpenAI API
- Claude
- AWS Bedrock
- Google ADK
Certification
- PMP
Timeline
Software Engineer
Ascension (Payroll:- NYC gravitynet)
2025.09 - Current
Associate Software Engineer
Tech vision
2019.08 - 2023.09
Master of Science - Computer And Information Sciences
Concordia University
Bachelor of Science - Information Technology
MLR Institute of Technology