Uday kiranGundapaneni

Lead Software Engineer · Cloud-Native Full Stack Architect

12+ years building high-impact platforms at Capital One & Discover Financial. Specialist in Java, Spring Boot, React microfrontends, Kafka, and OpenShift on AWS. AWS & AI certified, patent applicant, and multiple hackathon winner.

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12+
Years Experience
$403M
Projected Revenue
43%
Failure Rate Drop
60%
Deploy Dependency↓

Experience

Capital One
May 2025 – Present
Lead Software Engineer · McLean, VA (Post-acquisition of Discover)
  • Led migration of Discover's Auth User applications into Capital One's platform with zero enrollment disruption.
  • Designed batch job & caching architecture to minimize redundant backend calls across Auth User services.
  • Pioneered GitHub Copilot & Claude AI adoption, coaching engineers on AI-assisted practices that improved code quality and test automation velocity.
  • Championed enterprise testing with Pact, Cucumber, & Playwright — reducing change failure rates by 43%.
  • Won internal hackathon for geo-located rewards notification solution.
Java 17Spring BootKafka GraphQLOpenShift/AWSReact Claude APIPlaywright
Discover Financial Services
Jul 2019 – May 2025
Lead Java / Full-Stack Engineer · Riverwoods, IL
  • Led Onboarding Wizard — enrollment platform for eWallets, Amazon, PayPal & Rewards — driving $98M → $124M → $403M projected incremental Year 1 sales across MVP releases.
  • Designed A/B testing framework delivering $19.7M+ in incremental annual sales.
  • Pioneered React microfrontend architecture, cutting deployment dependencies by 60% and improving release velocity.
  • Led cloud migration from PCF to OpenShift on AWS; converted monoliths to Spring Boot microservices using 12-factor methodology.
  • Designed Kafka-based microservices for enrollment events; filed patent for rewards maximization optimization.
Java 8Spring BootKafka ReactJSMicrofrontendPCF→OCP HashiCorp VaultPact
Birlsoft Inc.
Nov 2015 – Jul 2019
Java Software Engineer · Edison, NJ
  • Developed Business Center loan processing app integrating FDR, Surveyor, and VisionPlus with Spring MVC and SOA governance via SOAP/WSDL.
  • Architected Presentation Tier using JSP, HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, and Bootstrap; deployed to WebLogic Application Server.
JavaSpring MVCSOAP JSPBootstrapTDD
Generic Solutions Inc.
Jun 2015 – Nov 2015
Java Developer (Contractor) · Dallas, TX
  • Built healthcare enrollment platform for Medicare Advantage and Supplement member management — enrollment workflows and member lifecycle.
JavaHealthcareEnrollment

Core Skills

Languages
Java 8/17TypeScript JavaScriptPython SQLHTML5/CSS3
Frontend
ReactJSRedux MicrofrontendReact Router BootstrapThymeleaf
Backend
Spring BootSpring MVC Spring SecurityHibernate RESTful APIsGraphQL
Cloud & Platforms
OpenShift/AWSKubernetes PCFAkamai DockerHelm
Streaming & Messaging
Apache KafkaRabbitMQ SolaceApiGee
Databases
OracleMySQL MongoDBCassandra RedisSnowflake
Testing & CI/CD
PactPlaywright CucumberJUnit JenkinsGitHub Actions
AI & Productivity
Claude APIGitHub Copilot LLM APIsCodeWhisperer

Projects

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subscription-tracker
Full-stack finance app with Spring Boot microservices, React frontend, AWS Lambda functions, SNS alerts, JWT auth, and Docker containerization.
JavaSpring Boot ReactAWS Lambda DockerJWT
→ View on GitHub
🤖
ai-home-manager
AI-powered home management CLI tracking tasks, bills & appliances with intelligent insights and recommendations via Claude AI API integration.
JavaClaude API LLMCLI
→ View on GitHub
🏥
ai-health-companion
AI health tracker that analyzes medical reports and delivers personalized lifestyle suggestions via Claude AI API — healthcare meets LLM integration.
JavaClaude API Healthcare AILLM
→ View on GitHub

Achievements & Certifications

🏆
Hackathon Winner
Multiple wins at Discover Financial & Capital One — Geo-located rewards notification solution
📜
Patent Applicant
Rewards Maximization Optimization — filed through Discover Financial internal IP process
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AWS Certified
AWS Certified AI Practitioner (2026) · Pivotal Spring Cloud Developer
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AI Certified
Google Generative AI · IBM AI Fundamentals · Level Access Digital Accessibility

Education

Texas A&M University-Commerce
Jan 2014 – May 2015
Master of Computational Sciences · Commerce, TX
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University
Aug 2006 – May 2010
B.Tech in Information Technology · Hyderabad, India · NIIT Certified Advanced Java Programmer

Let's Connect

Lead/Principal engineer roles in fintech, financial services, or cloud-native platforms. Austin, TX · Open to remote.

✉ uday.info9@gmail.com 📞 (512) 879-8913 in LinkedIn ⌥ GitHub