Hi, I'm Shiva Gudivada
Senior Software Engineer | Cloud & Distributed Systems
8+ years of experience building scalable, cloud-native systems in AWS and Azure. Skilled in Java, Go, Spring Boot, Kafka, Redis, and distributed systems design.
Experience & Education
2023
Compunnel
Senior Software Engineer
- Scaled Cassandra databases, boosting throughput by 40%
- Led a 6-member team, meeting all delivery timelines and improving code quality
- Built Go/AWS cloud-native apps with touchless CI/CD, cutting deployment errors by 25%
- Added monitoring & API security checks, reducing downtime and catching issues earlier
2022 – 2023
The Gap Inc.
Senior Software Engineer
- Reduced AWS cloud costs by 25% via smarter scaling and resource optimization
- Built real-time Kafka app processing 100k+ events/hour, improving partner data sync
- Automated test data tools, boosting QA efficiency by 35%
- Improved microservices resilience, reducing production issues and increasing uptime
2019 – 2022
g2o
Software Engineer
- Delivered high-volume microservices with Spring Boot, Kafka, and Azure Event Hubs
- Reduced failed event processing by 50% with Redis caching and reprocessing
- Increased automated QA coverage by 40% through Cucumber integration
2018 – 2019
American Smart Lending Group
Software Engineer
- Built a mortgage portal with Vue.js & AWS, driving a 10x increase in applications
- Deployed with blue/green strategies for zero-downtime releases
2017 - 2019
Master of Engineering, Computer Science
University of Cincinnati
GPA: 3.8/4.0
2015 – 2017
Tata Consultancy Services
Assistant Systems Engineer
- Automated processes that cut manual effort by 75%
- Won "On the Spot" award for resolving a critical client issue quickly
2011 - 2015
Bachelor of Technology, Electronics & Communication
G.V.P. College of Engineering
Skills
Core Technologies
• Java
• Go
• SQL
• Spring Boot
• Node.js
• Microservices
• Distributed Systems
Cloud Platforms
• AWS (Lambda, S3, EC2, CI/CD)
• Azure (Event Hubs, Redis, Key Vault)
Databases
• Oracle
• MySQL
• Apache Cassandra
• DynamoDB
• MongoDB
• Cosmos DB
• Yugabyte
Messaging & Streaming
• Kafka
• NATS
• IBM MQ
• JMS
DevOps & CI/CD
• Jenkins
• Docker
• Git
• Sonar
• Jacoco
Testing & QA
• Cucumber
• JUnit
• Mockito
• PowerMock
• Mockery
• Apache JMeter
• Rushhour
Monitoring & Observability
• Splunk
• New Relic
• Datadog
• Amazon CloudWatch
• Graphite