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Vijaya Bhaskar

@vijayabhaskar1

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Lead Python developer specializing in scalable microservices, serverless AWS, and healthcare data pipelines.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I seek senior engineering roles building secure, scalable backend and data platforms with strong DevOps practices, observability, and collaborative teams.

I am a Lead Python developer with 15+ years building scalable backend systems, microservices, and serverless applications using Python, Django, Flask, FastAPI, and AWS. I design robust ETL pipelines, data models, and CI/CD workflows, and have delivered production solutions for healthcare, finance, and large enterprises.

My work emphasizes observability, security, and automation: I’ve implemented Prometheus/Grafana and ELK monitoring, OAuth2/JWT/Cognito authentication, Terraform/Ansible infrastructure-as-code, and container orchestration with Kubernetes and Helm. I’ve integrated machine learning into production using scikit-learn, TensorFlow, PyTorch, MLflow and model serving platforms.

I collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to translate requirements into maintainable systems, mentor engineers, and drive migrations and modernizations. I focus on data quality, compliance with healthcare standards (FHIR, HL7v2, DICOM), and delivering measurable operational improvements.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Lead Python Developer

Current

HD Supply

Jun 2022 - Present (3 years 3 months)

Led development of a scalable microservices architecture with Python and Django REST Framework, deployed on AWS EKS/Fargate and improved observability with Prometheus/Grafana while automating CI/CD and infrastructure provisioning.

Python Django REST Framework Kubernetes Terraform Ansible Prometheus Grafana Docker Apache Airflow

Lead Python Developer

Fidelity Investments

Oct 2019 - May 2022 (2 years 7 months)

Consolidated and optimized backend ETL and uploader components, built scalable data workflows into Snowflake and containerized services using Docker/Kubernetes while implementing secure APIs and CI/CD pipelines.

Python Flask fastAPI Docker Kubernetes Snowflake Apache Airflow SQL TeamCity OAUTH2

Sr. Python Developer

Boeing

Oct 2017 - Sep 2019 (1 year 11 months)

Designed secure healthcare data exchange solutions using FHIR/HL7, developed RESTful microservices with Flask/Django, and implemented serverless and streaming data pipelines with AWS Lambda, Kafka, and monitoring via Grafana.

Python Flask Django FHIR HL7 AWS Lambda Kafka Terraform Grafana SQL

Sr. Python Developer

Cardinal Health

Mar 2016 - Oct 2017 (1 year 7 months)

Developed scalable Python applications and real-time data pipelines using Django/Flask, Kafka, Redis and container orchestration with Kubernetes, and implemented serverless functions and monitoring with ELK/Datadog.

Python Django Flask Kafka Redis Kubernetes Docker ELK Celery Pytest

Python Developer

Tesla

Aug 2014 - Mar 2016 (1 year 7 months)

Built and maintained RESTful backend services with Flask and Django, implemented CI/CD with Jenkins, and developed real-time analytics using ELK and Spark Streaming integrated with Kafka.

Python Flask Django Jenkins Kafka Spark ELK Docker PostgreSQL ReactJS

Python Developer

State of NY

Jul 2011 - Aug 2014 (3 years 1 month)

Designed and implemented web portals and data management systems using Django, React and MySQL, and automated ETL processes with Python, Pandas and CI/CD practices to improve data handling and deployment reliability.

Python Django React MySQL Pandas Jenkins Gitlab CI JavaScript HTML5 SQL

Software Developer

Ascensia Diabetes

Sep 2008 - Jul 2011 (2 years 10 months)

Developed Django-based web applications, managed MongoDB environments, and implemented CI/CD with Jenkins and Docker to deliver reliable healthcare software solutions.