Muralikrishna S

Senior Lead Software Engineer with 16+ years of end-to-end delivery experience in Fintech, Tax, and Investment Banking domains. Proven track record architecting and scaling Java/Spring Boot microservices platforms at Intuit (TurboTax/QuickBooks), leading high-impact cloud migrations, and driving measurable gains in reliability, latency, and team productivity. Now expanding expertise into Agentic AI and MCP-based architectures.

Seeking a Staff/Principal Engineer role where deep technical leadership, system design, and AI-augmented engineering can accelerate platform modernization and product growth.

Senior Lead Software Engineer at Intuit (2022-04 – Present)

• Led technical design and documentation for high-impact TurboTax/QuickBooks features, reducing critical bugs by 20% and improving product stability.
• Drove end-to-end delivery of TIP/TVP, BYP BizTaxPersonalTax, and BizTaxCA features — directly increasing user satisfaction scores by 15%.
• Designed and implemented scalable microservices and API architectures, reducing P95 latency by 10%.
• Executed Oracle→PostgreSQL migration, IBM MQ→Pulsar transition, Mule→Spring Boot refactoring, and Java version upgrades (see Key Projects).
• Collaborated with cross-functional product, design, and infrastructure teams to define technical roadmaps aligned to business OKRs.
• Championed Agile ceremonies (sprint planning, stand-ups, retrospectives) and fostered a culture of continuous improvement.
• Began applying Agentic AI concepts and MCP tooling to accelerate internal developer workflows.

Technical Architect at Persistent Systems (client: Intuit) (2018-08 – 2022-04)

• Delivered end-to-end software development across multiple projects with 98% on-time delivery rate, within budget.
• Elevated code quality through comprehensive unit test suites — 25% reduction in integration issues, 30% increase in code coverage.
• Decreased production downtime by 15% by resolving 100+ critical issues across release phases.
• Migrated IHP platform to AWS and refactored Mule applications to Spring Boot, significantly reducing maintenance burden.
• Mentored junior engineers on architectural best practices and design patterns, boosting team productivity by 15%.
• Accelerated release velocity by 10% and reduced bug re-open rates by 20% through expert QA support and structured release governance.

Associate (Software Engineer) at Deutsche Bank (2016-09 – 2018-07)

• Contributed to banking application development achieving 12% improvement in response times through algorithmic optimisation and profiling.
• Reduced scope creep and rework by 15% via precise requirement gathering and proactive on-site team coordination.
• Increased test coverage by 40% by implementing Cucumber BDD scenarios, setting a new quality benchmark for the team.
• Onboarded and mentored 15+ new team members, accelerating ramp-up time by 25%.
• Reduced post-release critical incidents by 20% through root cause analysis and preventative measures during release cycles.

Tech Lead at Societe Generale (2014-09 – 2016-09)

• Spearheaded ISTHMUS project migration (PARIS → SGSC) achieving 99.9% uptime with zero operational disruption.
• Built BDD framework with 200+ Cucumber scenarios and trained 3 teams, boosting test automation efficiency by 40%.
• Configured Jenkins + SonarQube for CI/CD, cutting build times by 25% and reducing bug injection rate by 18%.
• Optimised incident management with ELK stack, reducing average resolution time by 30%.
• Mentored 5 engineers; improved team productivity by 20%.

Senior Technical Associate at Tech Mahindra Ltd. (2012-05 – 2014-09)

• Optimised Java-based software solutions, improving application performance by 10%.
• Reduced post-development defects by 15% through TDD acceptance test practices.
• Delivered successful Oracle SOA retail and wholesale projects for British Telecom (BT).

Senior Subject Matter Expert at Amdocs (2009-11 – 2012-04)

• Authored Interface and Detailed Design Documents for complex Telecom OSS system integrations (Vodafone, Telkomsel, Claro).
• Improved code quality by 20% and reduced technical debt through rigorous design and code reviews.
• Achieved sub-2% defect rate on delivered components through active coding and unit testing.
• Accelerated new team member project contribution by 30% through structured mentorship of 4 individuals.

Master of Computer Applications in Computer Applications – Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad

BSc in Computers – Acharya Nagarjuna University