Akhila V

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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
 Python Full Stack Developer with 7+ years of experience delivering secure, customer-facing web applications
and APIs in fast-paced Agile teams.
 Recent experience in the financial services domain, supporting workflows such as customer onboarding,
transaction processing, account servicing, and operational reporting.
 Hands-on with Django / Django REST Framework and FastAPI for RESTful API development, validation, and
API documentation (OpenAPI/Swagger).
 Strong SQL and data modeling experience with PostgreSQL; comfortable with migrations, indexes, data
integrity constraints, and troubleshooting slow queries.
 Built responsive UI features using React and modern JavaScript (ES6+), focusing on reusable components,
form-heavy screens, and predictable state handling.
 Implemented authentication and authorization (JWT/session concepts) with role-based access and
permissions aligned to business roles (agent, supervisor, admin).
 Worked on audit-friendly designs: traceable changes, consistent request IDs, and structured logs to support
investigations and compliance reviews.
 Experience with background processing and async workloads (Celery/worker patterns) for notifications,
batch jobs, and report generation.
 Comfortable with production support and incident triage using logs/monitoring; translate recurring incidents
into permanent fixes and better guardrails.
 Built integration points with external/internal services using REST; handle retries, timeouts, idempotency
patterns, and safe failure behavior.
 Solid testing mindset: pytest/unittest, API testing with Postman, and regression coverage for critical business
flows (auth and high-risk actions).
 Supported releases through CI/CD and Docker-based environments; familiar with environment promotions,
configuration via environment variables, and release readiness checks.

Education:
 Masters in Business Analytics
University of North Texas – Denton, TX.
 Bachelor of Technology
Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering and Technology (GRIET) - India.

Technical Skills:
Category Tools / Technologies
Programming Languages Python, JavaScript (ES6+), TypeScript, SQL, HTML5, CSS3, Shell Scripting
Databases PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis, ORM, migrations
Backend Django, Django REST Framework, FastAPI, Flask, REST APIs,
OpenAPI/Swagger, Celery, OAuth2/JWT concepts
Frontend React, React Router, Redux/Context, Material UI or Bootstrap, AJAX/Fetch
Cloud & DevOps AWS (EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda), Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD (Jenkins/GitHub
Actions), Nginx
Testing & Quality PyTest, unittest, Postman, basic automation, code reviews, lint/format
(flake8/black), Sonar (exposure)
Tools Git/GitHub, JIRA, Confluence, VS Code, PyCharm, Linux/Unix, Splunk/New
Relic/Sentry
Practices Agile/Scrum, SDLC, documentation, troubleshooting, secure coding basics,
performance profiling basics
Professional Experience:
Charles Schwab, Charlotte, NC Dec 2023 - Present
Sr. Python Full Stack Developer
Responsibilities:
 Built and maintained Python services (FastAPI/Django REST Framework) powering customer and operations
portals for financial workflows such as onboarding, servicing, and transaction support.
 Designed REST APIs with clear contracts and validation, including pagination/filtering for high-volume
datasets (accounts, transactions, case records).
 Modeled core entities in PostgreSQL (customers, accounts, transactions, limits, case notes) and
implemented migrations with safe rollout steps in production.
 Implemented audit-friendly behavior by tracking change history for sensitive actions and ensuring requests
were traceable through consistent IDs and structured logs.
 Improved reliability of transaction-like endpoints by applying idempotency-style checks and safer retry
handling to reduce duplicate processing.
 Optimized performance on read-heavy screens by tightening query patterns, adding indexes where needed,
and caching frequently accessed reference data using Redis.
 Developed React features for operations teams (search, filters, pagination, bulk actions) with strong
attention to usability, validation, and clear error messaging.
 Integrated with internal/external services via REST (identity/verification, notifications, document storage),
handling timeouts, retries, and graceful fallbacks.
 Implemented authentication/authorization (JWT/OAuth2 concepts) and enforced role-based access controls
aligned to business roles and least-privilege principles.
 Added background processing with Celery/worker patterns for batch jobs (daily reports, reconciliation-style
exports, notification retries).
 Strengthened quality with pytest-based unit/integration tests and API tests (Postman collections), focusing
on auth and high-risk business flows.
 Supported releases through Docker and CI/CD; participated in on-call rotations, investigated production
incidents, and delivered root-cause fixes and runbook updates.
 Environment: Python, FastAPI, Django, Django REST Framework, React, JavaScript/TypeScript, PostgreSQL,
Redis, Celery, Docker, AWS, Git, Jenkins/GitHub Actions, Postman, Linux

Tata Consultancy Services – Hyderabad, India Oct 2018 – May 2022

Python Full Stack Developer
Responsibilities:
 Developed REST APIs in Django/Flask to support customer-facing features, including input validation, pagination,
and consistent response handling.
 Built reusable UI components in React and improved user flows with better form validation, clear error
messaging, and polished empty states.
 Integrated third-party services (identity/payments/data providers) via REST; handled timeouts, retries, and safe
failure behavior.
 Created database objects and wrote complex SQL (joins, aggregates) to support reporting needs and resolve data
issues quickly.
 Introduced structured logging and improved exception handling to make troubleshooting faster for on-call
engineers.
 Added basic caching and reduced duplicate calls by reusing service responses where appropriate, improving page
responsiveness for end users.
 Worked closely with QA to reproduce defects, add regression coverage, and close issues with clear release notes.
 Participated in sprint planning and estimations; communicated progress early when dependencies or scope risks
appeared.
 Assisted with containerization and environment setup; maintained configuration through environment variables
and secrets management basics.
  Contributed to documentation (API specs, runbooks) so new team members could onboard without repeated
hand-holding.
 Helped clean up technical debt by extracting shared utilities and tightening validation rules that prevented bad
data from entering the system.
 Supported production releases and hotfixes when needed; coordinated with stakeholders to confirm impact and
verification steps.
Environment: Python, Django/Flask, REST, React, HTML/CSS, PostgreSQL/MySQL, Docker, AWS (S3/RDS), Git, JIRA,
Swagger/OpenAPI

Knowx Innovations Private Limited – Hyderabad, India Jan 2017 – Sep 2017
Python Developer
Responsibilities:
 Implemented backend features in Python under guidance from senior engineers, following established patterns
and coding standards.
 Wrote utility scripts to automate routine operational work (data imports/exports, report generation, log parsing),
reducing manual effort for the team.
 Worked with SQL to extract and validate data, investigate inconsistencies, and support application
troubleshooting.
 Assisted with API maintenance work such as bug fixes, input checks, and small enhancements requested by
business users.
 Helped set up local/dev environments and resolved dependency issues using virtual environments and package
management.
 Supported deployments by preparing configuration changes and verifying smoke tests after releases.
 Created clear technical notes for recurring issues and fixes so they didn’t come back every week.
 Participated in code reviews as a reviewer and author; incorporated feedback to improve readability and
reliability.
 Collaborated with cross-functional teammates (QA/BA) to confirm expected behavior and validate fixes before
closing tickets.
 Learned and applied REST conventions, status codes, and basic request/response patterns while working on real
tickets.
 Built small UI pages or templates when needed, focusing on correct data display and basic usability rather than
heavy styling.
 Helped maintain task tracking and status updates in JIRA, keeping work transparent and reducing surprises during
releases.

Environment: Python, Django/Flask, SQL, PostgreSQL/MySQL, Git, Linux, Postman