Sonuchowdary Narra

About Sonuchowdary Narra

Senior Software Engineer with 6+ years of experience designing and scaling backend systems using Java and Spring Boot in AWS environments.I specialize in building high-throughput, resilient APIs and microservices, optimizing system performance (25–40% improvements), and implementing secure, compliant architectures in distributed systems.I’ve worked extensively on modernizing legacy platforms, improving service reliability, and driving cloud-native engineering best practices in collaboration with cross-functional teams.Currently open to Senior Software Engineer / Backend Engineer roles focused on scalable systems, APIs, and cloud-based architectures.

Experience

1. Senior Software Engineer

   Fidelity Investments

   Apr 2024 — Present

   Led design and development of Spring Boot 3 RESTful APIs for crypto holdings and transaction dashboards, serving high volume requests with a ~30% improvement in response time through optimized service design. • Optimized database interactions using JDBC 4.2, reducing query latency by ~25% and ensuring efficient retrieval and management of crypto asset records in the custody system. • Improved backend performance by leveraging Java 11 concurrency and memory-management features, enabling the platform to handle peak load capacity during high-traffic crypto events. • Designed and supported AWS infrastructure, provisioning EC2 instances, configuring IAM roles and policies, and enabling secure deployments that strengthened authentication flows and reduced access related incidents. • Designed and implemented state-machine-driven workflows using AWS SQS and SNS to orchestrate asynchronous processing, reducing synchronous load by 22% and improving fault tolerance and retry handling. • Contributed to CI/CD pipelines, supporting automated builds, deployments, and production environment promotions, reducing manual deployment effort, minimizing release errors and improving overall deployment reliability. • Led security-focused design decisions, enforcing best practices for handling sensitive financial data and aligning services with high-security and compliance standards for digital asset management.

Education

• University of Central Missouri

  Master's degree, Computer Science

• Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Kakinada

  Bachelor's degree, Computer Science