Sai Srinivas Gada
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Professional Summary — Java Full Stack Developer with 4 years of experience delivering enterprise applications across
healthcare and insurance domains (2 years). Skilled in building REST APIs and microservices with Spring Boot, Hibernate, and
Kafka to deliver scalable, event-driven solutions, and in developing responsive frontends with React, JavaScript, and
HTML/CSS. Proven track record of improving claims and prior authorization workflows through automation, optimizing
large-scale data processing, and enhancing user experiences across portals. Recognized for writing clean, reliable code,
collaborating in Agile teams, and ensuring quality through code reviews, testing, and CI/CD practices.
Experience
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Mississippi May 2023 – June 2025
Java Full Stack Developer
– Designed and maintained enterprise-level insurance applications for claims, prior authorizations, and provider
workflows using Spring Boot, React, RESTful APIs, Kafka, and AWS, ensuring compliance with HIPAA and strict
insurance regulations while delivering scalable, high-performance, reliable, secure, and maintainable solutions
– Developed RESTful APIs and Spring Boot microservices to automate prior authorization and pre-certification workflows,
reducing claim cycle times by 30% and improving provider satisfaction through faster approvals
– Implemented Apache Kafka event-driven messaging pipelines to deliver real-time claim status updates and provider
notifications, improving transparency, reliability, timeliness, and overall efficiency of insurance workflows
– Led the migration from monolithic to microservices architecture, improving scalability and modularity while reducing
deployment times by 50% using GitLab CI/CD pipelines and AWS (EC2, S3, IAM) for faster and reliable deployments
– Optimized complex queries and data access layers using SQL, Hibernate, MyBatis, and iBatis ORM frameworks,
improving overall system performance by 60%, and enabling seamless real-time access across insurance applications
– Enhanced provider, member, and agent portals with React, JavaScript, HTML/CSS, and JSP, improving cross-device
usability by 25% and ensuring seamless, consistent front-end/back-end interaction across platforms
– Developed a survey modal for providers, agents, and members to capture feedback after claim submissions, prior
authorizations, and new group enrollments, increasing feedback response rates by 45%; the collected data was later
leveraged by the reporting team to generate actionable reports that improved service quality and customer satisfaction
– Automated document generation and archival by integrating iText PDF with secure Content Manager storage,
streamlining policy and claim documentation while ensuring consistency, audit readiness, and compliance
Virtusa Consulting Services Private Limited Jan 2020 – July 2021
Associate Software Engineer
– Developed enterprise applications using Java, Spring Boot, and SQL Server, contributing to multiple end-to-end SDLCs
– Built and optimized RESTful APIs and backend services, improving response times by 30% and ensuring smooth, reliable
integration with critical client-facing applications, ultimately enhancing customer experience and business efficiency
– Participated in code reviews, debugging, and exception handling, ensuring high-quality and maintainable code
– Collaborated in Agile teams to translate client requirements into technical designs and deliver scalable solutions
Virtusa Consulting Services Private Limited June 2019 – Dec 2019
Associate Software Engineer
– Designed and implemented applications using Python, JavaScript, and SQL Server, focusing on automation opportunities
to improve system efficiency after receiving formal training in advanced Python development practices
– Performed unit testing and code optimization, improving performance and reducing runtime errors by 25%
– Coordinated with product owners and IT teams to align technical development with business requirements
Education
University of Missouri Kansas City
Master of Science in Computer Science (GPA: 3.6/4.0) Aug 2021 - Dec 2022
Kansas City, Missouri, USA.
Keshav Memorial Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science Engineering (GPA: 3.7/4.0) Aug 2015 - May 2019
Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
Skills
Programming Languages: Java, Python, HTML, CSS, JavaScript.
Frameworks & Libraries: Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Spring Security, [Link], JSP/Servlets, RESTful APIs.
Databases & ORM: Oracle, MySQL, MS SQL Server, IBM DB2, Hibernate/JPA, MyBatis, iBatis.
Cloud, Messaging & Tools: AWS (EC2, S3, IAM, CloudWatch), Apache Kafka, Git, GitLab, Maven, Docker, Postman, Jenkins.
Testing & Practices: JUnit, Selenium, JMeter, Microservices, Event-Driven Architecture, CI/CD, Agile/Scrum.