Sandhya Gandra

Software Engineer

Salary / Daily rate

Irving, TX, USA

Freelance, open to permanent contract

Skills

JavaSpring BootMicroservicesAWS

Languages

EnglishTelugu

About me

Intro

Software Engineer with 4+ years of expertise in Java microservices and cloud-native architecture. Proven track record of improving system performance by 30% and reducing deployment time through AWS/Kubernetes solutions. Specialized in Spring Boot development, AI integration, and DevOps automation to deliver scalable, high-performance applications.

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Work experience

Software Engineer

HCLTech

Aug 2024 - Present

2 years 3 months

Remote, OR 97458, USA

• Built Java-based microservices with Spring Boot, Hibernate, and RESTful APIs. • Automated data extraction using Jsoup and AWS Lambda, storing results in S3. • Secured applications using Spring Security. • Established CI/CD with Maven, Jenkins, AWS CodePipeline & CodeBuild. • Collaborated in Agile teams and followed SOLID/design principles for maintainable code.

Software Engineer

Tech Mahindra

Feb 2020 - Jul 2023

3 years 6 months

Hyderabad, Telangana, India

 Migrated desktop application to cloud-native microservices architecture using Java 11, Spring Boot, Spring Cloud (Eureka, Zuul, Config Server), and Hibernate (JPA), improving runtime efficiency by 26% and enhancing system scalability.  Designed and developed high-performance RESTful APIs leveraging asynchronous processing and Redis caching, achieving a 30% improvement in response time and 95% fulfillment of business requirements.  Architected microservices infrastructure for service discovery, centralized configuration, and intelligent routing using Spring Cloud Netflix components, boosting fault tolerance and deployment flexibility.  Containerized microservices with Docker and managed orchestration, scaling, and zero-downtime deployments using Kubernetes in cloud environments.  Provisioned and maintained scalable, secure AWS infrastructure using EC2, S3, RDS, and implemented monitoring with CloudWatch for enhanced system reliability.  Integrated Generative AI capabilities by incorporating OpenAI GPT APIs and custom Transformer models for intelligent content generation and conversational AI features, enhancing user engagement and automation.  Implemented MLOps pipelines for GenAI model deployment using Docker, Kubernetes, and AWS SageMaker, ensuring seamless integration and continuous delivery of AI models in production.  Developed and maintained robust unit and integration test suites using JUnit 5, Mockito, and Spring Test, achieving 90%+ code coverage and reducing production defects through TDD practices.


Education

Southern Arkansas University

Master's degree

2023 - 2025

1 year 10 months

JNTUH

Bachelor of Technology - BTech

2016 - 2020

4 years 5 months

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