Rahul Podugu

I am a backend and distributed systems engineer with 4 years of experience in building high-throughput services within the FinTech and e-commerce sectors. My expertise lies in scaling systems from greenfield to handling 1.8 million transactions per day while ensuring latency service level objectives are met. I specialize in Java 17, Spring Boot 3, Kafka, Redis, and SQL, and I have a proven track record of translating business goals into technical outcomes, such as reducing checkout latency by 57% and boosting conversion rates by 3.8% on a platform with 110,000 daily active users.

Throughout my career, I have consistently demonstrated my ability to lead design sessions and mentor junior engineers, resulting in significant improvements in team velocity and system performance. My work has included re-platforming APIs on AWS, implementing CI/CD practices, and utilizing advanced technologies like GitHub Copilot to enhance testing efficiency. I am passionate about building resilient microservices and event-driven architectures that prioritize fault tolerance and high availability.