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Software Engineer @ Lowe’s — Java, Spring Boot, Microservices, Kafka, Azure, AWS and Agentic AI

About

Java Backend Specialist | Enterprise AI & Microservices Engineer 6+ years of experience engineering high-scale,event driven, resilient backend platforms across payments, e-commerce, and retail technology. Key Achievements & Capabilities: ⚡ Scale & Performance: Built payment & invoicing platforms at Lowe’s handling 1M+ daily transactions at 99.9% uptime. ☕ Java Core: Deep expertise in Java (8/17/21), Spring Boot, Spring Data, and Hexagonal Microservice Architectures. 🤖 Applied GenAI: Production experience deploying Agentic AI systems, RAG pipelines (LangChain/LangGraph), and LLM workflows—reducing system response latency by 35% and automating 60% of support flows. 🌐 Distributed Infrastructure: Kafka event streams, Redis caching, multi-database architecture (PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Elasticsearch), and cloud deployment on Azure/AWS with Kubernetes. 🌍 Targeting: Senior / Staff / Lead Backend & AI Engineering roles across the globe.

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

claude code

langchain

openai

windsurf

Devin

Google ADK

Work experience

Software Engineer at Lowe's India, Feb 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 8 mos, Bengaluru, • Designed and built AI-powered backend services for a customer-facing Order Agent, integrating LLM + RAG workflows into core order and payment systems for intelligent, context-aware automation • Developed orchestration layers and REST APIs to connect the AI agent with Order Management, Payment, and Fulfillment microservices, enabling real-time decisioning and seamless fallback to human support • Built and scaled production-grade AI agent workflows interacting with distributed microservices, bridging GenAI systems with real-world transaction processing • Engineered high-throughput payment and invoicing microservices in Java, supporting 20,000+ daily online orders in a mission-critical retail environment • Implemented resilient payment features (Partial Pay, Circuit Breaker) using Spring Boot and Kafka, reducing payment failures by 25% and improving system stability • Designed event-driven architecture (Kafka) for authorization, charge, settlement, and invoicing workflows, improving transaction processing speed by 30% • Optimized system performance and reliability using multithreading, efficient database interactions (Oracle), and fault-tolerant design patterns, ensuring 99.9% uptime during peak events (BFCM) • Built observability and monitoring (Grafana, logging, metrics) to track order volumes (~6,000 orders / $4M revenue), enabling data-driven scaling and proactive issue resolution

Software Engineer at Sasken Technologies Limited, Oct 2022 - Feb 2024 · 1 yr 5 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, • Developed Dealer Service Portal enabling subscription-based machine access for dealers • Designed and built RESTful APIs using Java 8 and Spring Boot to support portal functionalities • Implemented backend services with microservices architecture, ensuring scalability and modular design • Integrated SQL databases using Hibernate for efficient data storage, retrieval, and ORM management • Secured application using HTTPS, implementing authentication and authorization mechanisms • Wrote unit tests using JUnit to ensure code quality and reliability • Collaborated with cross-functional teams (product, QA, frontend) to deliver features aligned with business requirements • Followed Agile methodology for development, tracking progress and documentation • Troubleshot and resolved complex production issues, ensuring system stability and performance • Continuously improved codebase by adopting modern Java best practices and design patterns

Software Engineer at Cognizant, Oct 2020 - Oct 2022 · 2 yrs 1 mo, Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India, • Working as Full Stack Java Developer to develop, modify, debug software code according to functional or technical design specifications following agile methodologies. • Following software engineering standards, release processes, to ensure code is maintainable, scalable, and supportable, and demo the software products to stakeholders. • Investigating issues by reviewing/debugging code, provide fixes and workarounds, and review changes for operability to maintain existing software solutions. • Working within a team, collaborate and add value through participation in peer code reviews, provide comments and suggestions, and work with cross functional teams to achieve goals.

Intern at Datum Guy, Jun 2019 - Nov 2019 · 6 mos, Noida Area, India, Curated Machine Learning Content in the form of blogs, concept description with python code.

Education

Bachelor of Technology, Electronics and instrumentation, GALGOTIA S COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY, GREATER NOIDA

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