Headline

Senior Backend Engineer | Java, Spring Boot, Microservices, Kafka, Redis, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Azure | Monolith to Microservices | Supply Chain Logistics - Last Mile Delivery, Mid Mile Delivery

About

Enthusiastic senior software engineer with 8+ years of experience designing and building Java-based, cloud-ready backend systems across core banking, supply chain, and logistics domains. Specialized in Spring Boot microservices, event-driven architectures, and RESTful APIs using Java 11/17, Kafka, Redis, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and Azure, with hands-on ownership from HLD/LLD. Recently contributed to an enterprise delivery routing platform at Lowe’s, customizing Google OR-Tools and ESRI VRP engines to optimize last-mile and mid-mile routes, improving on-time deliveries and driver utilization while handling high-volume, performance-sensitive workloads. Past experience spans consulting roles at EY, ThoughtWorks, and TietoEvry, where responsibilities included migrating monoliths to microservices, implementing caching and auditing, and leading workstreams that improved scalability and reliability of core banking and retail systems. Key strengths include clean API and data model design, event-driven patterns, CI/CD, Kubernetes, observability (Splunk, Grafana), and test automation with JUnit, Mockito, and Cucumber. Enjoy mentoring, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and using modern engineering practices (Agile, TDD) to deliver robust, maintainable services that solve complex business problems.

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

codex

openai

windsurf

Work experience

Senior Software Engineer at Lowe's India, Jun 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 4 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Senior Consultant at EY, Aug 2023 - Jun 2024 · 11 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Application Developer at Thoughtworks, Dec 2021 - Jul 2023 · 1 yr 8 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Software Engineer at TietoEVRY, Apr 2020 - Dec 2021 · 1 yr 9 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Provided object-oriented software can design and development, customize software for diverse customer base. ● Contributed software engineering expertise in the development of products through software lifecycle from requirements definition through successful deployment. ● Involved in migration of legacy monolith applications to enterprise microservices architecture and upgrading existing technologies and interfaces to enhance performance for core banking products. ● Actively participated in code review and test automation techniques implementation to ensure best quality.

Associate Software Engineer at TietoEVRY, Jul 2018 - Apr 2020 · 1 yr 10 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Assisted in design and development of web services and solutions as per wide range of customer requirements for banking products. ● Involved in user requirement analysis, design, and development of webservices. ● Involved in updating technical stacks and coding support for enhancement of existing banking products/applications. ● Actively participated in code review and test automation techniques implementation to ensure best quality.

Intern at TietoEVRY, Jan 2018 - Jun 2018 · 6 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Education

MCA, Computer Science, Nmam Institute of Technology

Public links

github: https://github.com/punithsr

dribbble.com: https://dribbble.com/punith-kumar-s-r