# Manoj Kalluri > Software Engineer Ex-Microsoft , Ex-BlackRock Location: Greater Philadelphia, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/manojkalluri • Senior Software Engineer with 9 years in backend & full-stack development at leading tech & finance companies • Improved user adoption, reduced operational errors and streamlined releases with data-driven, scalable solutions • Skilled in cloud infrastructure, CI/CD, experimentation platforms, distributed systems, and financial applications ## Work Experience ### Software Engineer @ PEAK6 Jan 2026 – Present | New York City Metropolitan Area Apex Fintech Solutions | Trade Execution Systems • Developed an Offshore ETF trading support by implementing NAV-based pricing, Kafka-driven routing, intelligent order handling, and eliminating external testing dependencies through a simulator. • Built automated file-processing service for financial workflows using cloud storage, reducing manual distribution effort and improving reliability of downstream reporting pipelines. ### Software Engineer @ Microsoft Jan 2021 – Present | New York City Metropolitan Area • User Growth via Experimentation: Increased Azure Storage account sign-ups through targeted A/B experiments and telemetry-driven UX redesign using Azure Synapse & Data Explorer with PySpark for big data analysis. • Release Engineering: Designed and deployed Azure DevOps YAML-based CI/CD pipelines, improving release speed and reducing manual errors by 40%. • Full-Stack Feature Development: Led end-to-end development of Azure Storage Soft Delete and Restore feature, enabling recovery of deleted volumes to meet compliance requirements. • Cloud Network Modernization: Implemented IPv6 support for Azure Storage accounts, contributing to customer network flexibility and cloud-native modernization. • Platform Reliability: Developed an experimentation pipeline for staged rollouts, which reduced release regressions by 25% through gradual feature deployments and automated rollback metrics. ### Software Engineer @ BlackRock Jan 2018 – Jan 2021 | Greater New York City Area • Aladdin Platform – Alternative Investments: Engineered backend services for BlackRock’s Aladdin platform, enabling Alternative Investments workflows such as trade allocation and lifecycle management. Used Java, Spring, and Sybase. • Portfolio Management System (Java): Optimized cash flow management across portfolios by designing a trade allocation microservice in Java (Spring, Hibernate) to automate and balance multi-fund transactions. • Private Credit (C#): Engineered backend infrastructure for Private Credit applications using C#/.NET Core and SQL Server, improving system scalability and data processing throughput. • Quality & Observability: Improved software quality and reliability by implementing robust unit testing (TDD practices) and integrating a structured logging framework for enhanced monitoring, debugging, and observability across services. ### Software Engineer @ S&P Global Jan 2016 – Jan 2018 | Greater New York City Area • Logging Platform: Improved system observability by implementing a centralized logging platform using C#, Apache Kafka, and the ELK stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana) to aggregate and search application telemetry in real time. • Monitoring & Alerts: Boosted incident response and operations efficiency by developing a real-time monitoring and alerting system (C#, ASP.NET, Elasticsearch) that notifies support teams of critical events and anomalies. • System Resilience: Implemented a rate-limiting throttling mechanism (sliding window algorithm) to prevent denial-of-service scenarios, safeguarding application availability under high traffic. • Data Pipeline & NLP: Automated market intelligence by building a Python-based web crawler for S&P 500 companies' social media data, leveraging NLP to extract sentiment and trends for analysts. ### Technical Support Engineer @ New York University Tisch School of the Arts Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | Greater New York City Area Provided end-to-end AV and technical support for film screenings, seminars, classes, and special events at the Cantor Film Center. Operated and maintained professional-grade projection, sound, and recording systems, ensuring seamless execution of daily events. Collaborated with faculty, students, and guest speakers to deliver reliable technical setups for live and recorded sessions. ## Education ### Master of Science - MS in Computer Science New York University ### Bachelor of Technology - BTech in Electronics Amara Engineering College ### NanoDegree in Machine Learning Udacity ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/vkalluri --- Source: https://flows.cv/manojkalluri JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/manojkalluri/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-13