# Poojitha Griddhati > Senior Software Engineer @ HomeLight | AWS Certified Solutions Architect | Built Scalable systems | AI Engineer Location: Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/poojithagriddhati ❏ More than 5 years of extensive experience in Software Industry involved in various levels of software development life cycle, developing multi-tier distributed standalone, web, and mobile applications ❏ Amazon certified AWS Solutions Architect ❏ Exceptional problem solving, analytical, development and programming skills ❏ Experienced in Full-stack software development ❏ Hard-working and detail-oriented with the ability to articulate and resolve a complex technical matter ❏ Proficient in a variety of programming languages and platforms ❏ Skilled at team collaboration while working independently in remote environments ## Work Experience ### Senior Software Engineer @ HomeLight Jan 2022 – Present | Austin, TX Scaled AI-powered property valuation workflows by integrating public financial data with risk-aware models, increasing monthly assessments from dozens to thousands without additional headcount. Built AI-driven Extend pipelines to extract borrower 1003 data and automatically generate loan files in MeridianLink, eliminating manual data entry and saving hundreds of engineering and operations hours per month. Designed and delivered a GPT-powered Buy Before You Sell platform, combining eligibility checks, home equity modeling, real-time affordability insights, and CRM automation to streamline lead intake and operations. Replaced DocuSign with a custom internal digital signature solution, delivering an end-to-end closing workflow that reduced third-party costs by $40K+ annually while meeting compliance requirements. Partnered with product, operations, and business stakeholders to translate complex domain requirements into reliable, production-grade systems. ### Software Engineer @ HomeLight Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States ### Senior Software Engineer @ Total Expert Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States Architected and delivered new platform capabilities improving experiences for financial institutions using TotalExpert’s marketing and engagement tools. Collaborated closely with product and business stakeholders to analyze complex requirements and implement scalable solutions. Led agile ceremonies including sprint planning, estimation, and delivery tracking, helping unblock teams and improve execution. Provided ongoing ownership and production support for critical system components. ### Software Engineer II @ SportsEngine Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States Software Engineer in Financial technology team involved in all software development lifecycles from requirements gathering to production deployment. Designed and developed using Ruby on Rails, Angular JS, REST, node js, React, MySql, AWS APIs, HTML5, CSS3, Bootstrap, Rspec and Minitest. Managed continuous integration and AGILE methodology principles using GIT, GitHub and JIRA. Involved in writing regression automated test suite for entire platform using Selenium framework and Ruby. ### Software Engineer II @ SportsEngine Jan 2016 – Jan 2021 | Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area Software Engineer in Financial technology team involved in all software development lifecycles from requirements gathering to production deployment. Designed and developed using Ruby on Rails, Angular JS, REST, node js, React, MySql, AWS APIs, HTML5, CSS3, Bootstrap, Rspec and Minitest. Managed continuous integration and AGILE methodology principles using GIT, GitHub and JIRA. Involved in writing regression automated test suite for entire platform using Selenium framework and Ruby. ### Software Engineer II @ Universal Studios Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | Toronto, Ontario, Canada Software Engineer in Financial technology team involved in all software development lifecycles from requirements gathering to production deployment. Designed and developed using Ruby on Rails, Angular JS, Angular, REST, node js, React, MySql, AWS APIs, HTML5, CSS3, Bootstrap, Rspec and Minitest. Managed continuous integration and AGILE methodology principles using GIT, GitHub and JIRA. Involved in writing regression automated test suite for entire platform using Selenium framework and Ruby. Experience working with Stripe API for credit card payment processing and Plaid for Ach payments ### Senior Application Developer @ Life Touch Portraits Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | Eden prairie Lead backend developer for introducing rewards program for an ecommerce application. Developed using Groovy on Grails, Hibernate, Spring framework and Oracle 11g, consumed XML, WSDL and SOAP services provided by SalesForce Exact Target and exposed REST APIs. Achieved quality assurance through continuous integration using Maven scripts and automated build and deploy using Jenkins. Adhered Test-Driven Development approach using Junit, Mockito frameworks ### Java/J2EE Developer @ Wells Fargo Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area Worked as Java/J2EE developer for Wall Street Suite application to manage accounting, transactions, tax and foreign exchange. Developed using Java, JDBC, Oracle 11g, Spring, Websphere app server, Perl, JSP, HTML5, CSS3 and Javascript. Wrote extensive stored procedures and Database Triggers using PL/SQL ### Software Engineer Intern @ Rain Industries Inc Jan 2011 – Jan 2013 | Hyderabad Area, India Rain Industries Lmt, leverages its business process knowledge, technological competence, strategic alliances and strong global presence to offer innovative IT solutions to the Retail Industry. Collaborated with UX designers to create clean, simple, intuitive, experience rich graphical user interfaces. Designed and developed business intelligence dashboard that displays the status of metrics and key performance indicators(KPIs) using Java, JSP, HTML5, CSS3 and javascript. Involved in pair programming, code reviews and post deployment support. Implemented using complex data structures and algorithms. ## Education ### Master’s Degree in Electronics and Communications Engineering Northern Illinois University Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 ### Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore Jan 2009 – Jan 2013 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/poojitha-griddhati --- Source: https://flows.cv/poojithagriddhati JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/poojithagriddhati/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-22