Yuktha Vennela

About Yuktha Vennela

Passionate Software Engineer with 3+ years of experience building scalable web apps, robust backend services, and cloud-native systems. I specialize in crafting secure microservices with Spring Boot, Spring Security, Hibernate, and JPA, and designing clean, high-performance REST APIs. I’ve worked across modern data stacks—MongoDB, MySQL, PostgreSQL—and deployed applications on AWS using EC2, Lambda, S3, and RDS. I\'m hands-on with containerization using Docker and streamline deployments with CI/CD pipelines via Jenkins and GitHub Actions. On the frontend, I bring interfaces to life with React.js, TypeScript, and Tailwind CSS. Backed by strong system design, OOP, TDD, and Agile principles—I build with performance, scalability, and clean architecture in mind.

Experience

1. Software Engineer

   Citi

   Aug 2024 — Present · NY, US

   Designed, developed, and supported scalable, high-performance applications across the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), leveraging microservices architecture with Spring Boot, Java 17, and Spring Cloud for increased scalability. • Architected and developed scalable microservices using Spring Boot, Spring REST, and Apache Kafka, ensuring high availability and fault tolerance with robust inter-service communication. • Spearheaded the design and rollout of RESTful APIs using Spring Boot, improving credit decision engines and reducing loan approval processing time by over 40% for high-volume transactional systems across the organization. • Migrated legacy Java applications into modular, cloud-ready microservices using best design patterns, enabling independent deployment and scalability of payment modules, while reducing downtime and resource coupling. • Optimized PostgreSQL queries using advanced indexing and caching to improve reporting on large financial datasets by 60%. • Implemented OAuth 2.0 and JWT for securing API interactions across critical modules, strengthening authentication workflows and meeting rigorous compliance standards like SOC2 and internal audit benchmarks. • Automated CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and CodePipeline, increasing deployment frequency by 40% and reducing errors. • Built and maintained scalable web solutions with Java and Python, leveraging Agile/Scrum and SDLC methodologies to ensure efficient project delivery and adherence to requirements. • Wrote unit and integration tests using JUnit and Mockito, achieving 90%+ code coverage and reducing post-deployment bugs.

Education

• University at Buffalo

  Master's degree

  2023 — 2025

• SRKR Engineering College

  Bachelor of Technology - BTech

  2019 — 2023