Manasi Suthar
Bengaluru
Summary
Senior Backend Engineer with experience in building high-scale distributed systems across retail and banking. Strong expertise in Java, Spring Boot, Kafka, microservices, event-driven architecture, and system design. Built systems processing lakhs of orders and returns at Walmart and built AI-assisted credit analysis workflows using Temporal and agentic AI at Kotak. Experienced in designing reliable, observable, auditable systems and translating complex business and regulatory workflows into scalable backend platforms.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Software Development Engineer 3 (SDE-3)
Kotak Mahindra Bank
Bengaluru
12.2025 - Current
- Engineered and deployed a production-grade Agentic AI platform using Java, Spring Boot, and Temporal, automating complex credit analysis workflows and reducing manual processing dependency by 40%.
- Architected a secure LLM orchestration pipeline using LangChain and Python (FastAPI) that embedded robust Human-in-the-Loop (HITL) gates, safeguarding critical financial decisions against AI hallucinations.
- Designed compliant backend decision engines that translated stringent banking risk and regulatory frameworks into highly observable, auditable distributed systems.
- Partnered directly with cross-functional leadership across Risk, Compliance, and Product teams to scope technical roadmaps, ensuring 100% adherence to institutional data governance standards.
Senior Software Engineer
Walmart
Bengaluru
11.2022 - 12.2025
- Designed a high-throughput, event-driven warehouse management platform using Java, Spring Boot, and Apache Kafka, reliably processing up to 200,000 orders per release cycle under tight operational windows.
- Optimized distributed service resilience across hybrid cloud environments (AWS/Azure), introducing custom retry strategies, circuit breakers, and async processing patterns that improved service availability to 99.99%.
- Led the end-to-end architectural redesign of the core Returns Management engine, orchestrating 3-4 microservices via synchronous REST APIs and asynchronous messaging to reduce system bottlenecks.
- Drove engineering excellence by mentoring 3-4 engineers within an 8-10 member squad; instituted strict code review standards, system design workshops, and enhanced observability using Prometheus and Grafana.
Software Engineer III
Walmart
Bengaluru
02.2020 - 11.2022
- Owned backend fulfillment microservices handling over 300,000 customer returns daily, scaling ingestion layer capacity by integrating heavy event-driven streaming frameworks with relational databases (PostgreSQL).
- Enhanced Order Management System (OMS) platform health by implementing distributed tracing and centralized logging frameworks, slashing Mean Time to Resolution (MTTR) for critical production incidents by 30%.
- Contributed to high-level system design blueprints focused on horizontal scalability, database sharding strategies, and fault-tolerant architecture to support holiday season traffic spikes.
Package Solution Consultant
IBM
Bengaluru
08.2018 - 01.2020
Associate Consultant.
Infosys
Bengaluru
07.2017 - 08.2018
Consultant
Xformics Inc
Bengaluru
12.2016 - 07.2017
Associate System Engineer
IBM India Ltd
Bengaluru
08.2014 - 11.2016
Education
Bachelor's Degree - Information Technology
Vishwakarma Government Engineering College
01-2014
Skills
Languages: Java, Python, SQL
AI/GenAI: Agentic AI, LLM Workflows, Temporal, Human-in-the-Loop, AI Decision Systems, LangChain
Coding Agent: Claude Code, Codex
DSA & Algorithms: Data Structures, Algorithms, Problem Solving, Complexity Analysis
Backend: Spring Boot, Spring Framework, REST APIs, Microservices, FastAPI
Distributed Systems: Kafka, Event-Driven Architecture, Distributed Systems, Async Processing, Fault Tolerance
System Design: Scalability, High Availability, API Design, Reliability Engineering, Observability
Cloud: AWS, S3, Azure
Database: PostgreSQL, MySQL, DynamoDB
Observability: Prometheus, Grafana
Timeline
Software Development Engineer 3 (SDE-3)
Kotak Mahindra Bank
12.2025 - Current
Senior Software Engineer
Walmart
11.2022 - 12.2025
Software Engineer III
Walmart
02.2020 - 11.2022
Package Solution Consultant
IBM
08.2018 - 01.2020
Associate Consultant.
Infosys
07.2017 - 08.2018
Consultant
Xformics Inc
12.2016 - 07.2017
Associate System Engineer
IBM India Ltd
08.2014 - 11.2016
Bachelor's Degree - Information Technology
Vishwakarma Government Engineering College