Thapaswini Thota

Aug 2024 — Present

• Engineered and scaled backend services and infrastructure using TypeScript, Node.js, and Java, supporting high-throughput financial data processing and reducing latency by 30%.
• Architected reliable distributed system components, implementing robust request validation and centralized exception handling to minimize security defects by 30%.
• Optimized PostgreSQL database performance through advanced indexing strategies and query tuning, resulting in a 30% reduction in API response times.
• Streamlined CI/CD automation by developing custom Bash and Python deployment scripts, increasing deployment success rates and reducing manual operational overhead by 40%.
• Proactively managed production reliability on AWS EC2, leading incident response and performing comprehensive root cause analysis to eliminate recurring system failures.
• Partnered with cross-functional product teams to design scalable architecture, embedding best practices for observability and system health monitoring across service deployments.

Oct 2019 — Dec 2022

• Designed and implemented scalable RESTful APIs and middleware components for complex healthcare data workflows, increasing system integration throughput by 30%.
• Collaborated on cloud infrastructure maintenance on AWS, configuring and troubleshooting Linux-based production environments to ensure high availability for clinical operations.
• Enhanced application observability and quality assurance by expanding test coverage with Jest and implementing rigorous logging standards, decreasing regression defects by 25%.
• Owned performance optimization initiatives for MongoDB and PostgreSQL databases, tuning schema designs and query execution paths to decrease report generation times by 35%.
• Standardized backend service reliability through reusable authentication and authorization middleware, reducing implementation effort for new features by 30%.
• Facilitated cross-team technical coordination during agile release cycles, translating requirements into robust architectural solutions that improved overall system reliability and stakeholder satisfaction.