# Bala Shekar Reddy > Sr. Full Stack Engineer @ IBM | Data & AI/ML | AWS Certified Location: Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/balashekarreddy I’m a Sr. Full Stack Engineer with 8+ years of experience building enterprise-scale, cloud-native, and data-driven applications. Skilled in Java, Spring Boot, React/Angular, and cloud platforms (AWS & IBM Cloud), I specialize in creating secure, scalable solutions that deliver measurable business impact. I’ve led projects for IBM, Aflac, and Fidelity, where I architected microservices, modernized legacy systems, and integrated AI/ML-driven personalization into production platforms. Along the way, I’ve collaborated with cross-functional teams, mentored developers, and driven Agile best practices to accelerate delivery. Passionate about cloud, data, and AI, I thrive on solving complex problems and helping organizations build resilient, user-focused digital experiences. ## Work Experience ### Sr. Software Engineer @ IBM Jan 2024 – Present | Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Area Built and deployed cloud-native microservices on IBM Cloud using Java 17, Spring Boot, WebFlux, Quarkus, and Kafka, enabling scalable, event-driven behavioral data processing. Developed RESTful/GraphQL APIs and integrated Watson AI + TensorFlow models for real-time personalization, customer insights, and marketing dashboards. Implemented enterprise security & compliance (OAuth2/JWT, HashiCorp Vault, GDPR/CCPA) and optimized DB2 PL/SQL + MongoDB for high-throughput data handling. Championed DevSecOps pipelines (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, ArgoCD) with automated testing, secure deployments, and mentored teams on reactive + AI-driven architectures. ### Sr. Full Stack Developer @ Aflac Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | Tampa, Florida, United States • Worked on various phases of the project right from collecting business requirements, architectural designs, development, testing, and deployment. • Used Agile methodology for implementing the features & participated in scrum meetings and all other agile ceremonies. Did pair programming, conducted code reviews, and provided guidance to fellow developers for continuous improvement. • Developing and maintaining cloud-based architecture in AWS. Deployed java-based applications using git as version control system. • Worked on redux with react to handle large chunks of data for better performance. Implemented react-autocomplete for generating addresses for provider search. • Extensively worked on Core Java concepts such as Multi-threading, Exception Handling and OOPS concepts. • Implemented Micro Web-Services to integrate between different applications components using Restful in Spring Boot. • Implemented security by configuring Secured Socket Layer (SSL) for client authentication and data encryption. • Streamlined database deployment process using Liquibase in combination with Jenkins CI tools. • Created PostgreSQL tables, views, procedures, triggers based on the requirements for PDM. And created indexes on the tables as required for faster retrieval of the data to enhance database performance. • Created and managed Jenkins pipelines to auto trigger build process and publish artifacts to the artifactory. ### Full Stack Engineer @ Fidelity Investments Jan 2018 – Jan 2022 | Jersey City, NJ • Involved in the requirements gathering, analysis, design, development, and testing phases of Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC). • Started a POC where we were trying to connect Java APIs with AWS S3 Services for storing and retrieving data stored in the S3 buckets. • Worked on single page applications as part of FCAS re architecture project and developed using Angular6 framework targeting all the modern web browsers. Added headers/footers with the corporate action status change buttons with entitlements, which are accessed by multiple external clients. • Developed modal, non-modal dialogs. Worked on ag grids, added filters, enabled sorting, and made the popups auto sizeable. Implemented snack bar for notifications like unsaved alerts for page navigation etc. • Implemented the project based on Spring MVC architecture using Spring Boot Framework. • Responsible for creating tables and automating the static data inserts using Liquibase scripts. Created multiple PL SQL scripts and executed successfully execute in both prod and non-prod environments to clean up the data as part of the FIPI Data Lineage project. • Extensively worked on shell scripting to load the vendor data into the application. • Heavily used Perl to retrieve scrubbed/cleansed corporate action data using complex SQL queries, and write it to excel files, and send out the generated reports to external clients using SMTP. • Developed and performed unit testing using JUnit and Mockito framework in a Test-Driven environment (TDD). • Worked on the VeraCode scan, made fixes as required and worked with Fidelity Enterprise Cyber Security team to get the prerelease approvals on time. • Used Maven for dependency management. Configured CI/CD with Jenkins on Kubernetes environment, utilized Kubernetes and Docker for the runtime environment to build, test, and deploy. ### Full Stack Developer @ Veridic Solutions Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Duluth, Georgia, United States • Developed Java API to connect with AWS S3 Services for storing and retrieving data stored in the S3 buckets and closely worked with the devops teams. • Extensively worked on Core Java concepts such as Multi-threading, Exception Handling and OOPS concepts. • Implemented the application using Spring Boot Framework and handles the security using spring security. • Implemented Micro Web-Services to integrate between different applications components using Restful in Spring Boot. • Used Hibernate, Object Relational Mapping (ORM) solution, technique of mapping data representation from MVC model to Oracle Relational data model with a SQL-based schema. • Responsible for creating tables in development schema and oracle packages, procedures, and functions in Oracle 10g. ### Java Developer @ Metanoia Solutions Inc Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Centreville, Virginia, United States ## Education ### Master's degree in Computer Science Indiana State University ### Bachelor of Technology - BTech in Computer Science Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/balashekar --- Source: https://flows.cv/balashekarreddy JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/balashekarreddy/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-30