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Harish Madineni

SSE(SDE2) @ Birla Pivot | 4.6 YOE | Java | AI | ML Engineering

Bengaluru

4+ years of work experience

Birla Pivot
Jul 20251 yr 2 mosPresent

On-site

• Built and productized a configurable Rule Engine (SaaS platform) adopted across multiple business entities, leveraging a custom DSL and AI-powered natural language interface to enable business users to create decisioning, scoring, and validation rules, significantly reducing engineering dependency. • Designed and implemented AI-powered document processing and agentic workflows integrated with event-driven microservices, enabling automated extraction, summarization, and transformation of unstructured documents into structured business data, improving pricing accuracy and reducing manual effort. • Led backend architecture and technical design initiatives for Java-based distributed microservices, driving scalability, maintainability, extensibility, and reliability across systems handling high-volume transaction workloads. • Contributed to platform engineering and cloud-native operations through CI/CD automation, infrastructure-as-code, observability, distributed tracing, and Kafka-based event-driven architecture, improving deployment reliability, system monitoring, and operational excellence.
Birla Pivot
Jul 20241 yrJun 2025

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

- Led end-to-end architecture and development of Logistics RFQ and Sales Pipeline platforms, implementing vendor negotiation and quotation tracking workflows that improved lead conversion by 60% and reduced sales cycle time by 50%, while designing scalable REST APIs consumed by React frontends. - Architected high-throughput event-driven microservices using Java, Spring Boot, and Spring State Machine, processing 10,000+ events/sec with 99.99% reliability; optimized database schemas, caching strategies, and query performance to reduce API latency from 800ms to 120ms (85% improvement) and decrease state transition errors by 99.99%. - Improved platform reliability and engineering productivity by implementing observability with Jaeger, Kibana, and Prometheus for faster root cause analysis (99.9% uptime), and mentoring engineers on clean architecture, system design, and performance optimization to accelerate team delivery.
ZopSmart
Apr 20244 mosJul 2024

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

- Led a team of 8 engineers to deliver 3 major distributed system features ahead of schedule with 95% test coverage and zero critical production defects, translating business requirements into scalable technical solutions through direct client collaboration. - Architected and implemented an Apache Storm-based orchestration pipeline processing 100M+ records daily with 99.99% uptime, enhancing system reliability and enabling high-volume distributed data processing.
ZopSmart
Aug 20221 yr 9 mosApr 2024

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

- Led a team of 7 engineers delivering high-availability retail platform features for Kroger, ensuring 99.9% uptime and zero critical production incidents across multiple releases. - Designed Domain-Driven distributed architecture processing 10M+ events daily from Azure Event Hubs, improving data consistency by 99.9% using Kafka, Yugabyte Cassandra, and resilient microservice patterns (Circuit Breaker, REST APIs). - Improved system performance and engineering quality through code optimization, production issue resolution, and implementation of observability and scalability practices using Apache Storm, Kubernetes, and Prometheus; recognized with Employee of the Month (Dec 2022).
ZopSmart
Feb 20227 mosAug 2022

Banglore

- Designed and developed the Rocket Java Framework with reusable components for authentication, validation, logging, configuration, Prometheus metrics, and cloud file operations, reducing development effort by 50% and increasing framework adoption by 200% through documentation and developer enablement. - Improved system reliability and release efficiency by achieving 95% unit test coverage (reducing production defects by 90%) and implementing automated semantic versioning and CI/CD pipelines that reduced deployment time by 70%.
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Harish’s AI Stack

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cursor
langfuse
langfuse
langgraph
langgraph
v0
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Dify
Dify
vLLM
vLLM

Education

Sree Vidyanikethan Education Trust (SVET), Tirupati

Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Computer Science

Sree Vidyanikethan Education Trust (SVET), Tirupati

20184 yrs2022

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Headline

SSE(SDE2) @ Birla Pivot | 4.6 YOE | Java | AI | ML Engineering

About

Senior Backend Engineer with 4+ years of experience designing scalable microservices, distributed systems, and AI-enabled backend platforms. Proven track record of architecting event-driven systems processing 10k–100M+ events/day with high reliability and low latency. Strong expertise in Java, Spring Boot, distributed processing (Kafka, Storm), Kubernetes, and cloud-native architectures. Hands-on experience integrating LLM-powered workflows using LangGraph, Deep Agents, and LangChain to automate decision-making and improve business outcomes. Known for driving technical direction, mentoring engineers, improving system performance, and delivering production-grade platforms that scale reliably.

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

cursor

langfuse

langgraph

v0

Dify

vLLM

Work experience

Senior Software Engineer (SDE2) at Birla Pivot, Jul 2025 - Present · 1 yr 2 mos, On-site, • Built and productized a configurable Rule Engine (SaaS platform) adopted across multiple business entities, leveraging a custom DSL and AI-powered natural language interface to enable business users to create decisioning, scoring, and validation rules, significantly reducing engineering dependency. • Designed and implemented AI-powered document processing and agentic workflows integrated with event-driven microservices, enabling automated extraction, summarization, and transformation of unstructured documents into structured business data, improving pricing accuracy and reducing manual effort. • Led backend architecture and technical design initiatives for Java-based distributed microservices, driving scalability, maintainability, extensibility, and reliability across systems handling high-volume transaction workloads. • Contributed to platform engineering and cloud-native operations through CI/CD automation, infrastructure-as-code, observability, distributed tracing, and Kafka-based event-driven architecture, improving deployment reliability, system monitoring, and operational excellence.

Software Engineer at Birla Pivot, Jul 2024 - Jun 2025 · 1 yr, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, - Led end-to-end architecture and development of Logistics RFQ and Sales Pipeline platforms, implementing vendor negotiation and quotation tracking workflows that improved lead conversion by 60% and reduced sales cycle time by 50%, while designing scalable REST APIs consumed by React frontends. - Architected high-throughput event-driven microservices using Java, Spring Boot, and Spring State Machine, processing 10,000+ events/sec with 99.99% reliability; optimized database schemas, caching strategies, and query performance to reduce API latency from 800ms to 120ms (85% improvement) and decrease state transition errors by 99.99%. - Improved platform reliability and engineering productivity by implementing observability with Jaeger, Kibana, and Prometheus for faster root cause analysis (99.9% uptime), and mentoring engineers on clean architecture, system design, and performance optimization to accelerate team delivery.

Senior Software Development Engineer at ZopSmart, Apr 2024 - Jul 2024 · 4 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, - Led a team of 8 engineers to deliver 3 major distributed system features ahead of schedule with 95% test coverage and zero critical production defects, translating business requirements into scalable technical solutions through direct client collaboration. - Architected and implemented an Apache Storm-based orchestration pipeline processing 100M+ records daily with 99.99% uptime, enhancing system reliability and enabling high-volume distributed data processing.

Software Development Engineer 2 at ZopSmart, Aug 2022 - Apr 2024 · 1 yr 9 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, - Led a team of 7 engineers delivering high-availability retail platform features for Kroger, ensuring 99.9% uptime and zero critical production incidents across multiple releases. - Designed Domain-Driven distributed architecture processing 10M+ events daily from Azure Event Hubs, improving data consistency by 99.9% using Kafka, Yugabyte Cassandra, and resilient microservice patterns (Circuit Breaker, REST APIs). - Improved system performance and engineering quality through code optimization, production issue resolution, and implementation of observability and scalability practices using Apache Storm, Kubernetes, and Prometheus; recognized with Employee of the Month (Dec 2022).

Software Development Engineer at ZopSmart, Feb 2022 - Aug 2022 · 7 mos, Banglore, - Designed and developed the Rocket Java Framework with reusable components for authentication, validation, logging, configuration, Prometheus metrics, and cloud file operations, reducing development effort by 50% and increasing framework adoption by 200% through documentation and developer enablement. - Improved system reliability and release efficiency by achieving 95% unit test coverage (reducing production defects by 90%) and implementing automated semantic versioning and CI/CD pipelines that reduced deployment time by 70%.

Education

Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Computer Science, Sree Vidyanikethan Education Trust (SVET), Tirupati

Public links

github: https://github.com/mharish12

medium: https://medium.com/@mharish12