# Kiruthikaa Palaniappan

> Software Engineer @ Poshmark | E-Commerce, Shipping | Ex-Walmart, Ex -SAP

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/kiruthikaa

Software Development Engineer | Backend & Microservices | Java, Ruby, Python, NoSQL
Authorized to work in USA without sponsorship now or in the future

Software engineer with 7+ years of experience building scalable microservices across fashion, healthcare, and enterprise domains. Skilled in Java, Ruby, Python, MongoDB/NoSQL, RabbitMQ, and Spring Boot.

I enjoy solving backend challenges, building reliable systems, and learning new frameworks and technologies to deliver impactful solutions. 

Recently developed production AI integrations with GPT-4 Vision and exploring LLM-powered applications, RAG pipelines, and prompt engineering.

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Poshmark
Jan 2024 – Present | Redwood City, CA
- Developed Flask backend for StyleLab, an AI-powered look generator at PoshFest 2025. Integrated Poshmark APIs and GPT-4 Vision with prompt engineering to generate aesthetic-specific outfit visualizations (e.g., “Modern Romance”). Built real-time voting system. This application generated 596 looks for ~300 participants in a 10-day sprint.
- Enabled a new shipping provider within existing framework in 6 weeks and built specialized features (customs, refunds, packing slips), improving shipping rates for customers and the company, saving $1.1M annually.
- Independently scoped, designed, and implemented a fully automated invoice processing system for a newly added shipping carrier, with 90% test coverage. Integrated reconciliation data into the platform and data warehouse, eliminating manual accounting work and enabling easy audits.
- Onboarded an alternative shipping carrier during the Canada Post strike, restoring Canadian GMV to pre-strike levels and stabilizing shipping operations. Led high-risk MongoDB updates for Canadian User Stats Adjustment, preserving a ~25% boost in key seller metrics.

### Member @ Rewriting the Code
Jan 2024 – Present

### Software Developer (Volunteer) @ 8Billionminds
Jan 2021 – Jan 2025
- Migrated a legacy monolith to a microservice-based architecture using Quarkus framework, improving scalability and maintainability.
- Authored and designed a proposal, securing $25,000 funding from the NVIDIA Inception program for a machine learning-based recommendation system platform.
- Contributed to beta release, performing testing, bug fixes, and hot fixes to ensure platform stability (released May 10, 2023).
- Onboarded and mentored new developer volunteers, helped establishing coding standards and best practices for the team.

### Software Development Engineer @ Walmart Labs India
Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | Greater Bengaluru Area
- Automated pricing workflows, optimizing queries and reducing manual effort from 5 hours/day to 45 minutes/day, improving team efficiency.
- Built multiple microservices from scratch for a cloud-based pharmacy pricing platform, using Kafka to consume pricing data from upstream and push it to the data lake, creating a scalable, maintainable architecture that enabled future feature expansion.
- Consolidated and processed large-scale pricing data using HiveQL, enabling microservices to consume upstream data reliably and support downstream analytics.
-First engineer on the team, set up the initial architecture, established coding standards, onboarded new engineers, and collaborated with Product, QA, and UAT teams to validate workflows and ensure smooth, reliable feature rollout.

### Software Developer - Enterprise Asset Management @ SAP
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Greater Bengaluru Area
- Developed Enterprise Search models for Plant Maintenance in SAP S/4 Cloud, helping users quickly find and act on maintenance data.
- Built RESTful services using Spring Boot and RabbitMQ to keep data consistent between SAP S/4 Cloud and SAP Cloud Platform.

### Software Developer - Master Data Management (Integration) @ SAP
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Greater Bengaluru Area
- Built microservices for Business Partner components (Address, Contact Person) on Cloud Foundry, streamlining data integration across systems.
- Developed Spring Boot services for data replication using RabbitMQ, improving reliability of master data.
- Maintained legacy SOAP services to ensure uninterrupted enterprise data flow.
- Created OData services for Business Partner and Product Master Data, enabling faster and accurate data access.

### Software Developer - Master Data Management (Business Partner) @ SAP
Jan 2015 – Jan 2017 | Greater Bengaluru Area
- Developed backend services for customer and supplier applications, supporting smooth business operations.
- Assisted customers migrating to S/4 HANA Cloud, enabling seamless ERP transitions.


## Education
### Masters in Computer Science
Arizona State University

### Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) in Computer Science
Coimbatore Institute of Technology

### ST.JOSEPH'S MATRICULATION HR. SEC.SCHOOL,COIMBATORE


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/kiruthikaap
- Portfolio: https://kiruthikaa.github.io/kiruthikaa-palaniappan-about-me/

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Last updated: 2026-04-11