CONTACT

(+91) 905 243 6874

pkkolla24@gmail.com

Hyderabad, India

in/phanikumarkolla

github.com/phanikolla

SKILLS

AWS Services
3 years
System Design
5 years
Architecture
5 years
Python
2 years
Java
13 years
Springboot
10 years
CloudFormation
2 years
Terraform
1 year
Generative AI
1 year
Microservices
10 year

EDUCATION

Post Grad in AI and ML

BITS Pilani, Hyderabad, India

2021 - 2023

PHANI KUMAR

LEAD SOFTWARE ENGINEER

About me

An Engineer with 13+ years of experience in Enterprise-scale application development, Cloud computing, Migration strategies, and Modern data platforms. I architect solutions that prioritize four critical pillars: Scalability: Designing systems that efficiently handle growing workloads and user bases while maintaining performance. High Availability: Implementing fault-tolerant architectures with redundancy and failover mechanisms to ensure 99.9%+ uptime. Cost Optimization: Balancing performance requirements with efficient resource utilization to maximize ROI. Security: Embedding security principles throughout the development lifecycle with defense-in-depth strategies.

You can follow me on LinkedIn @phanikumarkolla.

Work experience

  • Lead Software Engineer/ Solutions Architect Feb 2022 - Present
    Disputes Automated Tracking | WellsFargo

    Re-architected a high-volume claim processing system (handling ~12k claims daily) using microservices and Spring Boot, reducing claim creation time by 66% and doubling banker productivity from 5 to 10 claims/hour. Led cross-functional technical initiatives by establishing architectural governance and design patterns, ensuring alignment with enterprise standards while reducing technical debt by 40%.

    • Developed technical roadmaps and migration strategies for legacy systems, prioritizing initiatives based on business impact and establishing technology selection criteria for future implementations.
    • This role encompasses system-wide architectural decisions, team leadership, and strategic planning

    Skills: System Architecture & Design (Microservices, Distributed Systems), Technical Leadership & Team Management, Java/Spring Boot, Container Orchestration (Kubernetes, Docker), API Design and Management

  • Senior Software Engineer Dec 2013 - Feb 2022
    Disputes Automated Tracking | WellsFargo

    Developed and delivered a CI/CD pipeline using Jenkins and uDeploy, resulting in a 40% reduction in deployment time and a 25% decrease in deployment failures which previously occurred due to manual processes. Designed and implemented an observability dashboard for monitoring application performance using Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana, improving system stability and reducing critical incidents by 30%.

    • Established and enforced code quality standards through implementation of automated testing, code reviews, and static code analysis, reducing post-release defects by 35%.

    • This role focuses on technical implementation excellence, hands-on development and mentoring

    Skills: Java/Spring Boot, CI/CD Tools (Jenkins, uDeploy), ELK Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana)

  • Software Engineer Oct 2011 - Dec 2013
    eCustoms | E2Open

    Assisted in developing components of a supply chain management application under senior supervision, using Spring MVC and Java for backend logic, JSP for UI implementation, and UML diagrams to document module workflows.

    • This role focuses on implementation assistance rather than system design ownership

    Skills: Core Java, Spring MVC Basics, JSP/Servlet Development, UML Diagram Interpretation, Bug Fixing & Unit Testing