Nikhil Samudrala

Experience

1. Software Engineer

   U.S. Bank

   Feb 2025 — Present

   Designed and implemented.NET Core/C# microservices on Azure App Services and Azure Functions for risk-driven portfolio analytics, improving processing performance by ~30%.• Containerized services using Docker and Kubernetes (AKS) with Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines, reducing release cycles by ~40% and standardizing deployment workflows.• Implemented Azure AD-based RBAC and OAuth2 authentication for internal APIs, ensuring secure access and compliance across banking workloads.• Built end-to-end ETL workflows and automated SQL validation scripts, reducing manual processing time by 30+ hours/month with 30–40% faster reporting turnaround.• Built React and Power BI dashboards for data-driven decision support, reducing manual analysis time by 70–75%.• Optimized Azure Blob Storage and Azure SQL for cost-efficiency; supported performance tuning via async I/O, pagination, and connection pooling to consistently meet SLAs.• Standardized centralized logging, health checks, and observability templates, improving incident response time and reducing production defects by ~25%.• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to define API contracts, accelerating feature delivery and reducing integration issues by 35%.

Education

• Southern University and A&M College- Baton Rouge

  Master of Science, Computational Science

• Nalla Malla reddy Engg college

  B-tech, Mechanical Engineer

  2017 — 2021

• JNTUH College of Engineering Hyderabad

  Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering