Karthik Kandula Email & Phone Number

Bloomington, Illinois, United States

• Contributed to the system design & development of a new PAS system using Java Spring Boot• Designed & developed microservices architecture currently supporting more than 10 internal systems• Migrated several key apps to REST architecture with minimal errors & delays, reducing the response time from a couple seconds to <190 milliseconds• Created & implemented a new process for TLS integration in all internal environments for encrypted data transfer within the organization• Secured internal servers by eliminating clear text passwords in config files by developing & implementing an API to retrieve passwords for service accounts• Contributed to writing automated test cases using python, saving manual testing hours by 40% • Implemented pipelines to create scripts & update databases, reducing manual workload for fellow developers• Part of a team that developed an application to generate PDFs based on the state of issue directly contributing to an agent’s efficiency in selling policies

Bloomington–Normal, Illinois, United States

Bloomington/Normal, Illinois Area

• Managed, updated & developed department back-end applications using C#, .NET MVC, Node.js & Python• Collaborated with a team of developers to develop & maintain the college’s content management system utilizing C# .NET MVC architecture, helping departments make changes to their website & go live instantly • Developed & implemented a system to deliver the latest news & events feed to various department websites utilizing Node.js resulting in a reduction of manual changes by 90%• Created and improved UI features in collaboration with front-end developers• Use .NET, Java, JavaScript, C#, Node.js, Python, SQL, HTML, CSS, Bootstrap

Bloomington/Normal, Illinois Area

• Courses: Introduction to Computer Systems Technology (x2)• Discussed programming practices, debugging strategies with students while locating defects in their code and explained why their bugs exist• Performed administrative tasks with strong attention to detail while working independently

Hyderabad, India

• Designed software solutions by analyzing system performance standards & fixing low performance flows, resulting in 35% higher performance efficiency• Developed and maintained full-stack applications to display events, projects & internship opportunities• Assisted in multiple microservices deployments to the Google Cloud Kubernetes platform• Created database structure & logic to streamline stories and discussions on the site, leading to a reach of 350 new stories in 3 quarters

Hyderabad, Telangana, India

• Reported, researched and gathered information for articles featured on the website• Acted as one of the future operations team to decide on marketing for promoting the website while designing and operating upcoming events planned by the company• Prioritized multiple future projects for a team of 20 people in a fast-paced environment• Completed projects on time or before the deadline, and always followed through on work commitments, leading to greater work responsibilities

Master Of Science - Ms, Information Technology, 3.9/4.00

Bachelor Of Technology, Computer Science & Engineering