Karanam Venkata Kousik

Bengaluru, India · Available for hire

Karanam Venkata Kousik

Software Engineer

Software Engineer focused on building scalable backend systems and distributed platforms using Java and Spring Boot. Interested in system design, event-driven architectures, and developing reliable software systems that scale. Enjoy solving complex engineering problems while exploring AI-enabled applications and intelligent software systems.

Skills

Concepts

Distributed Systems
Event-driven Architecture
System Design
Data Structures & Algorithms
OOP

Data & Cloud

PostgreSQL
MongoDB
AWS
GCP

Languages

Java
Python
C
JavaScript/TypeScript

Technologies

REST APIs
Microservices
Gradle

Frameworks

Spring Boot
React

Experience

Leucine – AI for Pharma

Bengaluru, India

Jun 2024Present

Software Engineer

Engineering Experience & Contributions

  • Developed and shipped 30+ production features across backend services and web applications, expanding platform capabilities for enterprise client workflows.

Backend Development

  • Built and maintained Java Spring Boot microservices and REST APIs powering workflow automation, validation pipelines, and operational processes.
  • Designed and implemented a migration utility service enabling automated data imports, revision workflows, and schema transformations across environments.
  • Built workflow audit tracking systems providing traceability and compliance visibility across distributed workflow executions.
  • Designed backend report generation services using iTextPDF to generate audit-ready operational reports for enterprise workflows.

Distributed Systems & Integrations

  • Integrated Kafka-based messaging to support event-driven communication and real-time service integrations.
  • Implemented Redis caching and asynchronous processing to improve system performance and background job execution.

Observability & Performance

  • Integrated real-time observability using Grafana, Prometheus, and Loki, reducing incident detection and debugging time by 70%.
  • Optimized PostgreSQL and MongoDB migration workflows, reducing migration windows by 60%.

Engineering Practices

  • Reviewed and merged 500+ pull requests across multiple repositories, maintaining strong engineering and code quality standards.

Infrastructure & Deployment

  • Managed deployments using Docker on AWS EC2 and Linux servers, maintaining 90%+ system uptime.
JavaSpring BootREST APIsMicroservicesGradleRedisKafkaDockerPostgreSQLMongoDBAWSGCP
Work GitHub

Projects

fullstack

Portfolio Platform

A dynamic, AI-powered portfolio generator where developers can build, customize, and publish stunning portfolio websites — completely free.

other

Focus Tracker

Electron + FastAPI application with on-device MediaPipe gaze tracking for productivity monitoring

ElectronFastAPIMediaPipe
web

Kanika

Hackathon MERN marketplace with multilingual product translation using Google Translate API

MERNGoogle Translate API
web

NewZen Factory Management

React + Spring Boot manufacturing dashboard with inventory KPIs and RBAC

ReactSpring Boot

GitHub

Certifications

AWS Cloud Practitioner

AWS

Issued Jan 2023

Red Hat Enterprise Application Developer

Red Hat

Issued Jan 2024

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