# Aditya Sagam > Software Engineer | Building Scalable Microservices & Secure APIs | Java, Python & AWS Enthusiast | Helping businesses build backend foundations that are resilient, fast, and future-proof. Location: Milpitas, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/adityasagam As a Backend Software Engineer with over 7 years of experience, I specialize in building scalable microservices, secure REST APIs, and cloud-native systems that power mission-critical platforms used by millions globally. I hold a Master’s in Computer Science from UT Arlington and have delivered high-impact solutions at Amazon AWS and fast-growing fintech platforms such as BrightPlan. I have hands-on experience developing and operating financial systems, including data ingestion pipelines, rules-driven decision engines, compliance automation workflows, and multi-region backend services supporting regulated financial operations. My work focuses on data integrity, auditability, system reliability, and secure cross-service communication. Proficient in Java, Python, Kafka, Redis, and cloud platforms (AWS), I have a strong track record of optimizing performance, improving observability, and strengthening system security. I am passionate about building reliable distributed systems, improving operational efficiency, and collaborating across teams to solve complex engineering challenges that drive measurable business impact. ## Work Experience ### Software Engineer @ BrightPlan Jan 2021 – Present | California, United States - Designed and scaled data ingestion pipelines that automated customer data processing, accelerating onboarding from days to hours while improving data accuracy and auditability. - Architected a rules-driven financial advice and decision engine, leveraging metadata configuration, distributed batch processing, and in-memory caching to deliver low-latency, deterministic outcomes at scale. - Built and operated high-throughput, event-driven systems using RabbitMQ, enabling real-time financial notifications and personalized workflows, increasing customer engagement by 75%. - Architected multi-region backend services across 40+ countries, scaling to support millions of users via REST APIs and multi-region databases. - Implemented token-based API authentication and centralized secret management, cutting auth errors by 40% and strengthening cross-service security. - Automated compliance workflows, reducing audit prep time by 80% and strengthening regulatory readiness. - Expanded test coverage by 70%, improving release stability and reducing production incidents. ### Software Develoment Engineer @ Amazon Web Services (AWS) Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | United States - Designed, delivered, and operated a serverless classification system using AWS Lambda, SQS, and DynamoDB, improving cross-service data accuracy and reducing end-to-end latency by 25%. - Owned service reliability and deployment workflows, enhancing CI/CD and Infrastructure-as-Code pipelines to improve deployment stability and accelerate feature delivery by 35%. - Strengthened monitoring, logging, and observability, reducing deployment-related incidents by 30% and improving operational confidence for internal stakeholders. ### Software Engineering Intern @ Copart Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Dallas/Fort Worth Area - Designed and implemented Kafka-based async messaging to enable real-time, cross-service communication, supporting 100K+ active users and improving backend throughput and reliability. - Contributed to scaling high-traffic auction workflows by enhancing Spring Boot backend services, reducing end-to-end latency and improving system stability under peak load. ### Website Modification Assistant @ The University of Texas at Arlington Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Arlington Working collaboratively in developing and maintaining the University of Texas, Arlington's website using Cascade and Sitecore (Content Management Systems). Made enhancements to the existing code with HTML / CSS / jquery thereby improving UI and UX for the website. ### Senior Associate Consultant @ Infosys Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Pune Area, India - Improved the recruitment system for an Insurance Company by automating tasks by creating web pages for registration, using Triggers and Scheduler logic and system to send SMS (via TWILIO API) using Lighting Components (MVC) and Design system. - Developed a training and assessment system using Brainshark API to automatically create users and generate reports. - Created webhooks using RESTful API webservices to expose and sync data to external systems. Efficiently led and instructed the offshore team. - Demonstrated and Documented POC (Proof of Concept), Technical Design Document (TDD) for the project and status reports for administrative reviewers. ### Associate Consultant @ Infosys Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Pune SEZ ### Salesforce Developer @ Dreamwares Jan 2015 – Jan 2017 | Nasik - Developed dynamic and interactive website by tracking page views, improving indexing for SEO using sitemap.xml and robots.txt and other features like search filters, integration with Amazon S3 for image upload and download, search page, product page, 360-degree view, payment portal, canonical URLs, etc. as a sole project executor. - Integrated with various APIs such as Pardot, Exacttarget.com, Chargent, Facebook, Contactually using SOAP and REST. - Worked closely with clients to understand requirements and resolve issues. Responsible for working on the entire lifecycle of the project: Requirement gathering, planning, development, testing, deployment and maintenance. - Worked on multiple projects simultaneously and delivered quality solutions both in time and in budget. - Received client praise multiple times for product as well as code quality and consistent timely delivery of projects. ## Education ### Master of Science - MS in Computer Science The University of Texas at Arlington ### Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering Savitribai Phule Pune University ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/adityasagam --- Source: https://flows.cv/adityasagam JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/adityasagam/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-10