Ashwathi C

I’m a Staff/Lead software engineer with 10+ years designing and scaling distributed systems, microservices, and cloud-native architecture. I build production-grade solutions on AWS and Kubernetes, with a focus on reliability and scalability.

I lead across cross-functional, cross-time-zone teams by driving architecture decisions and engineering standards through documentation and influence—especially using written RFCs/ADRs. I’m fluent in asynchronous, RFC/ADR-driven decision making, and I enjoy owning outcomes without needing formal authority.

At JP Morgan Chase, I led a large-scale Hadoop-to-cloud exit migration as technical lead, coordinating architecture decisions across distributed engineering pods and delivering to production with zero disruption. I authored Architecture Decision Records and design docs to align stakeholders, designed microservices from the ground up on Kubernetes, owned AWS infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines end-to-end, and managed end-to-end production release management (planning, deployment, hotfixes, rollback strategy) across multi-team Agile/Scrum delivery.

I also bring strong full-stack depth—shipping Java/Spring Boot/React/TypeScript applications adopted by 2,000+ active users and growing engagement 15% through iterative system design improvements. I mentor through architecture and code reviews, adopt AI-native development practices like GitHub Copilot and Claude to accelerate delivery while sustaining code quality, and I build and ship independent end-to-end portfolio projects outside of work to stay self-managed and remote-ready.