Balaraju Vankala

About Balaraju Vankala

I architect high-stakes distributed systems and lead technical strategy for enterprise-scale platforms.​With 14 years of experience at global leaders like Bank of America and UnitedHealth Group (UHG), I don’t just write code—I build the technical foundations that allow businesses to scale without breaking. I specialize in the Ruby on Rails ecosystem, modernizing legacy monoliths into high-performance Microservices and incorporating LLM-driven automation to drive measurable business value.​Core Impact:​Architectural Authority: Led the transition of fragile, monolithic systems into scalable service-oriented architectures, reducing technical debt and improving system uptime in high-compliance (FinTech/HealthTech) environments.​AI & LLM Integration: Architecting scalable solutions using RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) and Vector Databases to automate complex data processing and enhance enterprise workflows.​Infrastructure ROI: Proven track record of slashing deployment cycles by 50% through Docker, AWS (Lambda, RDS, EC2), and GitHub Actions.​Engineering Excellence: I raise the technical bar. I’ve scaled team velocity by 20% by implementing TDD (RSpec/Cucumber) and mentoring senior engineers in modern, AI-assisted development.​Technical Ecosystem:​Backend: Ruby on Rails (Expert), Node.js, API Design, Distributed Systems, SQL.​AI/ML: LLM Orchestration, Prompt Engineering, Vector Search (pgvector).​Cloud & DevOps: AWS (Full Suite), Docker, CI/CD, Microservices.​I am seeking Staff or Senior Engineering challenges where technical complexity is high and the business impact is global.

Experience

1. Ruby on Rails Architect & Consultant, Software & Cloud Engineering

   Amzur Technologies, Inc

   Apr 2023 — Present · Jacksonville, FL, US

Education

• Vamshadara Residential High School , Kotabommali.

  SSC, ssc

• ADITYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & MANAGEMENT, K.Kothuru, Tekkali - 532201, Srikakulam District, A.P(CC-A5)

  Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Information Technology

• Nalanda Junior College

  Intermediate, MPC

  2005 — 2007

Skills

• Web Services
• Cascading Style Sheets (Css)
• Mysql
• Amazon Ec2
• Spring
• Ruby
• Core Java
• Haml
• Facebook Api
• Prototype
• Postgresql
• Javascript
• Xml
• Angularjs
• Git
• Github
• Java Enterprise Edition
• Ruby on Rails
• Css
• Basecamp
• J2ee Application Development
• Html5
• Axure
• Mws
• Ajax
• Xml Schema
• Bdd
• Restful Webservices
• Hibernate
• Jquery
• Html