Pradeep Konka

Principal Software Engineer with 13+ years building and evolving enterprise Java platforms. Currently at Unilog, owning technical direction for the CX1 B2B e-commerce and product information management (PIM) platform used by distributors, manufacturers and specialty retailers. Led the decomposition of a legacy JSF/Oracle monolith into Spring Boot REST services and microservices on PostgreSQL, and upgraded applications across the Java 7 to Java 17 range.

Deep in production engineering: root-cause analysis, performance tuning, and large-volume data pipelines (Solr indexing, bulk imports). Mentors engineers, drives code-review standards, and works across QA, CloudOps, Production Support and customer teams. Uses AI coding assistants (GitHub Copilot, Claude, Kilocode) to raise team delivery speed.

Principal Software Engineer at Unilog (2016-01 – 2026-09) CX1 B2B E-commerce and Product Information Management (PIM) platform. Senior technical contributor across two flagship programs: sustaining and evolving the production CIMM2 platform, and architecting its migration to a REST/microservices stack (Keystone). Accountable for design quality, production stability, release readiness and engineering practices across the teams I work with.

• Keystone — Platform Modernization (Microservices Migration): Re-platforming CX1 CIMM2 legacy applications to REST APIs and a microservices architecture to improve scalability, maintainability and integration.
• Architecture & modernization: Drive the migration of legacy Java/JSF functionality to Spring Boot REST services and microservices on PostgreSQL, defining service boundaries, API contracts and data-access patterns for the target architecture.
• Backend engineering: Design and build production-grade services, business logic and RESTful APIs, including secure API integration using JWT and JSON.
• Migration strategy: Break large legacy modules into incremental, independently deployable pieces so the existing platform keeps running while functionality moves to the new stack.
• Data layer: Own database design, integration and CRUD/query patterns on PostgreSQL; tune queries and service performance for scale.
• Event-driven integration: Apply Apache Kafka messaging where asynchronous integration between services is required.
• Java upgrades: Modernize applications across the Java 7 to Java 17 range, handling dependency, framework and runtime compatibility.
• CI/CD & cloud: Automate build, test and deployment with Jenkins and GitHub Actions; containerize with Docker and deploy to Kubernetes on GCP with CloudOps.
• Quality & troubleshooting: Resolve cross-layer defects across application, API, database and integration tiers; run code reviews and partner with QA on test coverage before release.
• Team enablement: Mentor engineers on design, code quality and debugging; introduced AI-assisted development (GitHub Copilot, Claude, Kilocode) into everyday workflows.
• Environment: Java 17, Spring Boot, Microservices, REST APIs, PostgreSQL, Kafka, Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GCP, Maven/Gradle • CIMM2 — Product Information Management / E-commerce Platform: Core B2B e-commerce and PIM product serving distributors, manufacturers and specialty retailers with complex catalogs and online sales.
• Ownership: Own and evolve the core PIM and e-commerce application (Java, JSF, Oracle 19c), delivering new features, enhancements and fixes for enterprise customers.
• Services & APIs: Develop and maintain backend services, business logic and RESTful APIs, including database integration and third-party system integrations.
• Production incident leadership: Lead root-cause analysis for customer-impacting issues spanning application code, Oracle data and integrations, working with Production Support and CloudOps to restore service and prevent recurrence.
• Performance engineering: Investigate performance bottlenecks in large-volume product data processing; optimize queries, batch jobs and processing paths for very large catalogs.
• Search & indexing: Support and optimize Apache Solr indexing and bulk data imports, keeping product search accurate and current as catalogs scale.
• Data pipelines: Troubleshoot and harden Excel imports, FTP-based file processing and Oracle sequence issues that affect catalog data integrity.
• Release & environments: Deploy and support applications on JBoss and Tomcat; coordinate releases and environment issues with QA and CloudOps.
• Collaboration: Work with QA, CloudOps, Production Support, UI and customer-facing teams in Agile/Scrum to clarify requirements, estimate work and deliver predictably.
• Environment: Java, JSF, Oracle 19c, PL/SQL, Apache Solr, JBoss, Tomcat, REST APIs, Agile/Scrum Senior Software Engineer at Xalted Information Systems (2012-06 – 2015-06) Client: CDOT (Centre for Development of Telematics), Government of India. C Intelli-CENTER — Telecom Security and Data-Mining Platform. Analytics platform processing telecom-provider data to support law-enforcement predictive analysis, investigation and post-event analysis.
• Team leadership: Led the development team on feature delivery and technical issue resolution; allocated work, unblocked engineers and tracked deliverables against client milestones.
• API development: Designed, developed and enhanced RESTful APIs to business requirements for a data-intensive investigation platform.
• User interface: Built responsive, data-rich UI components using JSP, JSF and RichFaces for analysts and investigators.
• Code quality: Performed code reviews and code merging, and drove defect resolution to keep the codebase stable across releases.
• Cross-team coordination: Analyzed technical issues and managed dependencies between teams, keeping delivery on track for the client.
• Mentoring: Coached team members on best practices, coding standards and project deliverables.
• Delivery: Worked in Agile with cross-functional teams on Oracle-backed applications deployed on JBoss/Tomcat.
• Environment: Java, JSF, JSP, RichFaces, Oracle, JBoss, Tomcat, REST APIs, Agile

B.Tech in Computer Science & Engineering – JNTU Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh (2008)