Nikhil Sridhar

I specialize in designing and implementing REST APIs, microservices, and web apps. I have developed software professionally for Order and Inventory management teams, Platforms and Infrastructure teams, and Auto Insurance teams in Germany, India, and USA.

Technical Consultant at HTC Global Services (2020-09 – 2023-08)

Client: State Farm, Bloomington, IL

• Developed and executed scalable REST microservices through AWS Lambda and Amazon API Gateway, optimizing application throughput.
• Employed Python 3.8's functional programming for efficient REST API development, enhancing system performance.
• Elevated API performance by integrating a caching mechanism, leading to substantial application throughput improvements.
• Designed an AWS vault secret engine, facilitating dynamic credentials generation to seamlessly accommodate client application resource consumption demands.
• Configured cross-account SNS-SQS subscriptions through AWS resource policies, facilitating seamless communication.
• Created a template for establishing private API Gateways among internal State Farm services, enhancing security and integration.
• Orchestrated end-to-end deployment of service infrastructure using Docker, Terraform, and key AWS services, adhering to Microservices architecture.
• Utilized AWS Lambda and Amazon SQS for decoupled scalability.
• Developed AWS components within Serverless framework and Terraform via GitLab CI/CD pipeline.
• Crafted robust retry strategies through AWS EventBridge/Step Functions, facilitating seamless retries and backoffs for third-party API failures.
• Designed and implemented a Lambda function to determine which vehicles are eligible for specific policies, with a team of 5-7 developers supporting similar functionality.
• Leveraged EventBridge scheduler to track policy statuses and generate automated email notifications for stakeholders, enhancing policy management processes.
• Designed and deployed a private API Gateway for seamless data transfer and integration between State Farm services.
• Developed a JSON structure validation Lambda to ensure incoming customer data is correctly formatted before processing by AWS Step Functions, with error handling and feedback for incorrect payloads.
• Orchestrated data enrichment workflows in AWS Step Functions, utilizing independent microservices for scalability and reusability across multiple event types (e.g., Quote) and integrated with downstream systems like Billing

Senior Software Engineer at Bosch (2011-07 – 2018-08)

• Collaborated with clients to understand their EDI requirements, business processes, and trading partner relationships.
• Designed and implemented EDI solutions tailored to each client's needs, ensuring compliance with industry standards and best practices.
• Conducted thorough data mapping between various formats (X12, EDIFACT, XSLT, etc.) to facilitate smooth data exchange.
• Assembled a new EDI team from the ground up at our Stuttgart office, Germany
• Led a 12-month on-site coordination role in Germany (Jan-Dec 2016), orchestrating the migration of EDI packages from Webmethods Integration suite to Axway EDI environment, promptly implementing 200 EDI interfaces.
• Streamlined North American EDI packages and Condensed 350 interfaces into a lean 45 through the utilization of XSLT mapping within Axway EDI system.
• Proficiently employed HTML5, Bootstrap, SASS, and SCSS techniques for responsive web design. Developed Restful web services utilizing Node.js and Express.js frameworks.
• Implemented design patterns such as factory, singleton, and MVC for optimal code reusability and maintainability.
• Orchestrated the creation of an Online Task Dashboard reporting tool using Node.js, Express.js, jQuery's Datatables plugin, and MSSQL. This activity significantly enhanced productivity.

Master of Science in Computer Science – California State University, Fullerton (2018-08 – 2020-05)

Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science – Anna University (2007-08 – 2011-05)