Hima Teja Vuppu
Senior Software Developer
Phoenix
Summary
Seasoned Software Developer with 8+ years of experience designing, building, and optimizing enterprise-grade applications across finance, telecom, retail, insurance, and cybersecurity sectors. Demonstrated expertise in developing scalable microservices, integrating secure authentication mechanisms, and delivering resilient backend systems using modern Java frameworks and cloud-native technologies. Proven ability to lead end-to-end development cycles, mentor junior engineers, and drive technical decision-making in agile environments. Adept at balancing hands-on coding with architectural planning, systems analysis, and production support. Trusted for consistently delivering high-quality, maintainable code while fostering collaboration, innovation, and engineering excellence across cross-functional teams.
Detail-oriented, organized, and meticulous employee. Works at fast pace to meet tight deadlines. Enthusiastic team player ready to contribute to company success.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Software Engineer II
American Express
10.2021 - Current
- Engineered scalable backend systems focused on secure payment authorizations and authentications, leveraging Vert.x and cloud-native architectures.
- Designed and implemented core modules within a high-throughput payment platform using Vert.x, ensuring secure and compliant transaction flows.
- Developed automated test suites following both BDD (with Cucumber) and TDD (using JUnit, Mockito, and PowerMockito) to maintain robust code quality and reduce regression issues by 30%.
- Deployed and maintained containerized applications using Docker and orchestrated via Kubernetes, ensuring seamless CI/CD through Jenkins, Bitbucket Pipelines, and CircleCI.
- Diagnosed and resolved production issues using real-time monitoring and alerting tools, contributing to a 25% decrease in incident resolution time.
- Managed both SQL (PostgreSQL) and NoSQL (MongoDB) data stores for efficient data retrieval and storage across microservices.
- Authored and maintained detailed technical documentation aligned with team standards, enhancing onboarding efficiency for new developers.
- Collaborated closely with stakeholders and cross-functional teams, delivering feature updates under tight deadlines while fostering strong client relationships.
- Achieved successful project outcomes by maintaining accurate documentation and meeting strict deadlines.
Sr Java Developer
Liberty Mutual Insurance
07.2020 - 10.2021
- Led the modernization of insurance data transformation pipelines across distributed application platforms by optimizing microservices and cloud deployment strategies.
- Upgraded Spring Boot versions across multiple microservices within a Dockerized environment, ensuring compatibility, stability, and smoother integration with evolving platform requirements.
- Deployed and monitored applications using Cloud Foundry, enhancing release velocity and observability.
- Improved application performance by optimizing data-fetching logic, reducing latency and ensuring time-bound data delivery for critical business operations.
- Authored and executed Liquibase scripts to manage schema changes seamlessly across development and production environments, supporting continuous delivery pipelines.
- Integrated Swagger for auto-generating comprehensive API documentation, improving API onboarding for internal and external stakeholders.
- Designed and implemented Kafka consumers and producers for real-time message streaming—subscribed to specific topics for data ingestion and dynamically published messages to multiple Kafka topics based on business logic and routing rules.
IT Apps Engineer
Palo Alto Networks
11.2019 - 06.2020
- Engineered secure, scalable microservices by integrating cloud-native technologies and robust authentication mechanisms across multi-cloud environments.
- Implemented OAuth 2.0 protocols to enable secure authentication and authorization workflows via access token exchange for RESTful services.
- Leveraged Spring Data REST for dynamic resource discovery and automated exposure of data repositories, reducing development time and improving API consistency.
- Integrated multi-cloud solutions including AWS RDS for scalable relational data storage and Google Cloud Pub/Sub for asynchronous event-driven processing.
- Developed and containerized microservices using imported artifacts; built Docker images and deployed them onto a Kubernetes cluster to support high availability and fault tolerance.
- Built comprehensive test suites, including unit, integration, and API contract tests, utilizing Mockito and WireMock to validate service reliability and external dependencies.
Software Engineer
ADESA
10.2018 - 11.2019
- Contributed to the digital transformation of Toyota and Lexus’s wholesale vehicle auction platform by modernizing legacy systems and enhancing application performance across backend and frontend layers.
- Migrated legacy applications from a monolithic architecture to microservices, improving scalability, maintainability, and deployment agility.
- Integrated Hibernate as the ORM layer for seamless interaction with Oracle databases, optimizing transaction performance and data integrity.
- Deployed enterprise applications on JBoss within a CI environment, ensuring stable delivery pipelines and consistent build quality.
- Configured Log4j for structured logging and system debugging, significantly reducing incident resolution time during QA and production.
- Utilized Splunk for real-time log analysis to detect application failures and proactively address errors across distributed services.
- Supported the React.js frontend, diagnosing and resolving UI-level issues to ensure a smooth and responsive user experience across auction interfaces.
Java Developer
TracFone Wireless
01.2017 - 10.2018
- Supported Tracfone Wireless’s subsidiaries in delivering seamless wireless services by building scalable service layers and ensuring data integrity across microservices architecture.
- Designed and consumed both SOAP and RESTful web services, supporting XML and JSON payloads using Spring Framework, enabling cross-platform system communication.
- Facilitated inter-service communication across microservices via REST APIs, contributing to a loosely coupled and modular system design.
- Managed data persistence using MySQL and OracleDB, writing efficient SQL queries, stored procedures, and prepared statements to support high-volume transactional flows.
- Created and maintained database schemas, resolving data integrity issues and supporting evolving business requirements through schema updates.
- Diagnosed and resolved production issues by analyzing application logs with Splunk, improving turnaround time on escalated tickets and enhancing overall system reliability.
Education
Masters in Science - Computer Science
University of Central Missouri
Missouri City, MO12-2016
Bachelors in Technology - Information Technology
JNTUH
05-2015
Skills
Java
SQL
MySQL
Object-oriented programming
Javascript
Software development life cycle (SDLC)
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Certification
Oracle certified professional, Java SE 6 Programmer, 07/01/13 - Present
Accomplishments
- Mentored new employees to bring them up to speed on projects, resulting in quicker overall completion milestones.
- Provided extensive documentation on apps to clients outlining all aspects of the implemented updates and changes, resulting in a minimal reduction in client support calls.
Timeline
Software Engineer II
American Express
10.2021 - Current
Sr Java Developer
Liberty Mutual Insurance
07.2020 - 10.2021
IT Apps Engineer
Palo Alto Networks
11.2019 - 06.2020
Software Engineer
ADESA
10.2018 - 11.2019
Java Developer
TracFone Wireless
01.2017 - 10.2018
Masters in Science - Computer Science
University of Central Missouri
Bachelors in Technology - Information Technology
JNTUH