J2EE Technologies: Java, Spring MVC, Spring boot, Hibernate, Microservices, Struts, Servlets, JDBC,Design Patterns
Ramesh Kukkapally
Software Engineering Manager
Bengaluru
Summary
19 + Years of extensive Focused Software Engineering Manager with a proven track record of leading high-performing software development teams. Adept at strategic planning, project management,and fostering a collaborative work environment.
Expertise in Software System Analysis Design,implementation, Testing, and deployment of Enterprise applications using Java/J2ee Technologies. Software Professional with rich experience in all phases of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) following Agile/Scrum methodologies for enterprise applications .Experience in working with multiple vendors and geographically distributed teams. proven track record of delivering high-quality Projects on time.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
2
2
Certifications
Work History
Software Engineering Manager
Appfire
11.2023 - Current
- Streamlined software deployment processes, significantly reducing release times and improving customer satisfaction.
- Orchestrated the full lifecycle development, rollout, and customer adoption of a more then 12 apps integrated with Confluence & Jira.
- Providing solutions and participating in design and architectural discussions within team as well as wider community.
- Collaborated with product managers to define clear project requirements, aligning engineering efforts with business goals.
- Oversaw an engineering team of 20+ personnel across phases of the project lifecycle and drove process improvements to improve throughput and production capabilities.
- Proactively get engaged with al project/product stakeholders throughout lifecycle to ensure timely delivery of quality software.
- Improved software development processes by implementing agile methodologies and facilitating cross-functional team collaboration.
- Led organizational changes that alow teams to deliver better quality at faster rate.
- Manage Engineering Scrum team ,Sprints, Work Estimation, Task breakdown and Collaborate.
- Building directional road map on broad strategic programs, technology initiatives which team should work over next 3-6-9-12 months.
Software Engineering Manager
Cardinal Health
12.2019 - 11.2023
- Managed software release cycles with careful planning, Organizing, Staffing and Succession plan, Leading ,coordination, and communication across various departments.
- Orchestrated the full lifecycle development, rollout, and user adoption of a Pharmacy Management System features set for a Fortune 10 clients, managing complexity and delivering value to 13 million active users.
- Initiated process to align all similar pharmacy brands under same release cycle, resulting in reduction of operational costs by $3,000 per month .
- Generated a larger user base through user-friendly UI flows and monitoring, resulting in a significant increase in user feedback.
- Responsible for building out new cache interface that reduced the average message filter latency from 7 seconds to 1.5 second.
- Proactively get engaged with all project/product stakeholders throughout lifecycle to ensure timely delivery of quality software.
- Manage 3-4 Scrum teams ,Sprints, Work Estimation, Task breakdown and Collaborate.
- Deliverables Deployment in Collaboration with INFRA, Validation, Sign-off with Release Details, Monitoring the Production environment for Service availability.
- Established a coaching culture, managing a diverse team of 35 with regular 1:1s and annual performance evaluations, emphasizing individual growth and compensation fairness.
Technologist
Sears Holdings
04.2016 - 11.2019
- Analyzed customer requirements and designed appropriate solutions using various technologies.
- Ownership of key releases in project with stipulated timelines by adhering to standards and guidelines of architecture Designed ,Developed, tested and deployed ecommerce software applications to meet customer requirements.
- Collaborated with other technologists in order to develop innovative solutions for customer needs.
- Designed end to end micro service architecture and replaced Legacy Grouping feature using Spring boot and REST services.
- Define and enforce coding standards, best practices, and architectural guidelines.
- Proactively managed projects risks and issues, mitigate them and minimize their impact on project.
- Performed root cause analysis on reported bugs or errors within system. Managed sprint planning and driven scrum activities. Discussed project progress with customers, collected feedback on different stages and directly addressed concerns.
- Responsible for Order management system development and maintenance from offshore.
Associate Project Architect
Etisalat
10.2007 - 03.2016
- Translated business requirements into technical requirements utilizing established standards.
- Preparing detailed technical design documents to facilitate smooth and effective development processes.
- Developed End-to-End screens based on functionality, batch jobs. Formulated and provided guidelines to support software engineers.
- Formulated and provided technical guidelines to support software engineers. led the team in the enhancements proposed and maintenance of the corporate billing and customer management system.
- End to End application development using Java, Struts, My SQL.
- Designed and developed a Web service based on WSDL document provided by the Number Porting System (TRA - UAE).
Software Engineer
Melstar
02.2007 - 09.2007
Software Consultant
Marlabs
01.2006 - 02.2007
Education
B.Tech - Computer Science And Engineering
Vardhaman Collage Of Engineering
Hyderabad 04.2001 -
Skills
Engineering Management, Software/Application Development
Project Lifecycle Management, Agile & Scrum Methodologies, Product Development
Technical Delivery Management, Stakeholder Management
Team Management & Organizational Leadership
OOPs Programming & System Design, Process Improvement
Software
JavaScript , Jsp , HTML, NodeJS,ReactJS
Data Base: MySQL, Oracle ,MongoDB
Kafka , JMS
Atlassian services ,Maven, SVN, GIT, Jenkin, Splunk, Atlassian products, Check Marx, Veracode
AWS Services, Webservices,Rest API's, CI/CD, DevOps, Kubernetes(Knowledge)
Certification
Certified ScrumMaster® (CSM®) from Scrum Alliance
Effective Software Engineering Manager
Domains Worked
Ecommerce, Healthcare, Telecom and Banking
Timeline
Software Engineering Manager
Appfire
11.2023 - Current
Software Engineering Manager
Cardinal Health
12.2019 - 11.2023
Technologist
Sears Holdings
04.2016 - 11.2019
Associate Project Architect
Etisalat
10.2007 - 03.2016
Software Engineer
Melstar
02.2007 - 09.2007
Software Consultant
Marlabs
01.2006 - 02.2007
B.Tech - Computer Science And Engineering
Vardhaman Collage Of Engineering
04.2001 -
Certified ScrumMaster® (CSM®) from Scrum Alliance
Effective Software Engineering Manager
Similar Profiles
Aslam K. BashaAslam K. Basha
Senior Technical Support Engineer at AppfireSenior Technical Support Engineer at Appfire
Dhrudeep ShahDhrudeep Shah
Marketing cloud consultant at AppfireMarketing cloud consultant at Appfire
Avinash BhagawatiAvinash Bhagawati
Principal - Product Support Engineer at Appfire TechnologiesPrincipal - Product Support Engineer at Appfire Technologies