Pavan Vanjre Ravindranath

About Pavan Vanjre Ravindranath

Software Engineer with 5 years of experience building scalable applications using Java, Python, and modern JavaScript frameworks. Expertise in microservices, REST APIs, and event-driven architecture using Spring Boot, Node.js, and Apache Kafka for high-volume systems. Strong full-stack experience with React.js, Next.js, and TypeScript, delivering responsive user interfaces. Skilled in database design and query optimization using PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and Redis. Experienced with Amazon Web Services (AWS), Docker, Kubernetes, and Jenkins for CI/CD and reliable deployments. Proficient in OAuth 2.0, JSON Web Tokens, and role-based access control for secure applications, with hands-on monitoring using Prometheus, Grafana, and Splunk. Experienced in Agile environments, delivering production-ready solutions aligned with business and technical requirements.

Experience

1. Software Engineer

   Morgan Stanley

   Dec 2024 — Present

   Engineered scalable microservices using Java, Spring Boot, REST APIs, and SQL, processing millions of transactions daily, improving system throughput significantly. • Developed full-stack trading platform features using React.js and TypeScript with Node.js backend services, enhancing user workflows, responsiveness, and overall client experience. • Designed event-driven architecture using Apache Kafka, enabling real-time data processing and improving scalability under high volume transaction workloads and peak conditions. • Built and optimized databases using PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and Redis, improving query performance and supporting high-volume financial data processing requirements effectively. • Automated deployments using CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins, Docker, and Kubernetes, enabling faster releases, minimizing manual intervention, and ensuring reliable zero-downtime production deployments. • Implemented secure authentication using OAuth 2.0, JSON Web Tokens, and RBAC, ensuring secure API development and compliance with financial regulatory requirements. • Monitored and troubleshot applications using Prometheus, Grafana, and Splunk, performing root cause analysis, improving observability, and reducing system failures and performance bottlenecks. • Collaborated in Agile Scrum teams using JIRA, performing code reviews, unit testing with JUnit, and improving code quality, maintainability, and deployment reliability.

Education

• University of North Carolina at Charlotte

  Master's degree, Computer Science

• Siddaganga Institute Of Technology

  BE - Bachelor of Engineering, Computer Science

  2016 — 2020