Siri Goutham Sagar T

Software Engineer

Chennai,TN

Summary

IIT Madras CSE’24 graduate (AIR 80 in JEE Mains, AIR 487 in JEE Advanced) and Software Engineer II at Appian, with strong expertise in DSA, C++, Java, and backend engineering. Experienced in building scalable backend systems and optimizing performance-critical components in production environments. Actively strengthening system design skills with a focus on designing scalable, reliable, and maintainable distributed systems.

Overview

years of professional experience

Work History

Software Engineer II

Appian

07.2024 - Current

Promoted from Software Engineer I within 1.5 years
Reduced execution latency by 70% in critical backend modules by redesigning execution flow, eliminating redundant computations, and introducing multithreading.
Designed and developed an internal documentation generation system leveraging LLMs (Amazon Q, Bedrock), improving onboarding efficiency and feature discoverability across teams.
Built and automated cross-environment data export pipelines, reducing manual intervention and improving deployment efficiency across environments.
Led end-to-end ownership of 2 major features by driving requirement shaping, collaborating closely with product managers and UX designers to evaluate feasibility, define scalable solutions, and finalize implementation approach.
Acted as feature ambassador for both releases, leading development efforts, coordinating across teams, and ensuring successful delivery of features from design to production within defined timelines; received department-level recognition for successfully shaping and delivering both features simultaneously.
Integrated multiple AWS services (RDS, S3, Bedrock, Translate, Kendra) to enable scalable backend workflows and data-driven features.
Mentored interns and junior developers through code reviews, debugging support, and knowledge transfer sessions, improving development efficiency and reducing ramp-up time for new contributors.

Software Development Intern

Amazon

05.2023 - 07.2023

Developed a new API feature consumed by 3 internal portals, extending core service functionality.
Improved system stability by building integration test coverage for the entire API suite.
Delivered an end-to-end HR feature, integrating backend APIs with frontend components and ensuring production readiness.
Proposed and authored the high-level design (HLD) for new API functionality, enabling scalable and extensible system design.

Education

B.Tech - Computer Science

Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IITM)

01-2024

Skills

Languages: C, Java, Python, SQL, Sail (Appian)

Backend Technologies: Spring Boot, Hibernate, JPA, JUnit, REST APIs, Multithreading, Liquibase

Cloud & DevOps: AWS (RDS, S3, Bedrock, Translate, Kendra, Secrets Manager), AWS SDKs, Terraform

Databases: PostgreSQL (indexing, vector extensions), MySQL

Competitive Programming (Coding Profile)

LeetCode: gouthampokes — Best Rating: 2165 (Guardian Tier), Top 1.09% Global
Solved majority of problems in C++ focusing on complexity optimization and memory-efficient design.

Hobbies

Skating
Ice-skating
Rock climbing
Badminton
Card/Board Games
Mobile E-sports Gaming
Watching Anime, Movies

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