# Sai Nikitha Chava

> Senior Software Engineer (.NET) | C#, ASP.NET Core, Web API, SQL Server | Azure | Microservices | Financial & Data Platforms

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

Senior .NET Full Stack Engineer with 7+ years of experience building and supporting enterprise-grade, high-availability web applications across financial services, trading, payments, and public-sector platforms.

I specialize in designing and delivering scalable backend systems using C#, ASP.NET Core, Web API, SQL Server, and Azure. My experience spans microservices, event-driven architectures, ETL/data pipelines, and performance-critical financial systems.

I have a strong track record of owning features end-to-end, from requirements and design to development, deployment, and production support, while improving system reliability, performance, and maintainability.

Technical Expertise:
• C#, ASP.NET Core, ASP.NET MVC, Web API
• SQL Server, T-SQL, Stored Procedures, Performance Tuning
• Microservices, Event-Driven Architecture, RabbitMQ
• Azure Functions, Azure Data Factory, Azure Synapse
• CI/CD: Azure DevOps, TeamCity, Octopus Deploy
• Frontend: JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3, Bootstrap, React, Kendo UI

Domains: Financial Services, Payments, Trading Systems, Public Sector Data Platforms

I enjoy solving complex business problems, collaborating cross-functionally in Agile teams, and building reliable systems that scale. I’m always interested in challenging backend or full-stack roles focused on .NET, cloud, and distributed systems.

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Varsun eTechnologies PVT.LTD
Jan 2023 – Present | United States
CLIENT: NEWMARK – Revenue Management System
• Designed and delivered enhancements to a mission-critical revenue management platform supporting commissions, invoicing, invoicing, approvals, and financial workflows.
• Owned full lifecycle delivery from requirements and design through development, deployment, and production support.
• Built and optimized ASP.NET MVC and Web API services using C#, improving response times through SQL optimization.
• Developed and tuned SQL Server stored procedures, views, and UDFs for reporting and transaction processing.
• Implemented background jobs and scheduled tasks to automate financial processing.
• Used Azure DevOps for CI/CD, sprint planning, and release management.

### Software Engineer @ Varsun eTechnologies PVT.LTD
Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | United States
CLIENT: SOUTH COAST AQMD – Air Quality Data Platform
• Enhanced a data-intensive platform performing ETL, aggregation, and visualization of environmental sensor data.
• Built Azure Functions, Azure Synapse pipelines, linked services, and dataflows for scalable ingestion and processing.
• Optimized backend SQL operations and Web API performance for high-volume workloads.
• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to deliver regulatory and reporting enhancements.

### Software Engineer @ Varsun eTechnologies PVT.LTD
Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | Hyderabad, Telangana, India
• Delivered feature enhancements and performance improvements for an enterprise revenue management system supporting large-scale financial transactions.
• Strengthened three-tier architecture by refining business logic and data access layers for improved scalability and maintainability.
• Optimized SQL Server stored procedures and queries, reducing response times for high-usage modules.
• Played a key role in production support, root-cause analysis, and defect resolution to maintain system stability.
• Worked in an Agile/Scrum environment with QA and business teams to deliver high-quality releases on schedule.

### Software Developer @ StoneX Global Payments
Jan 2018 – Jan 2022 | Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
• Designed, developed, and maintained enterprise financial, trading, and payments platforms supporting SWIFT messaging, ACH processing, and payment tracking.
• Built ASP.NET MVC and Web API applications using C# for secure, high-availability systems used by global operations teams.
• Implemented microservices and event-driven architectures using RabbitMQ to enable asynchronous processing and improve system resilience.
• Created a reusable NuGet package for SWIFT MT103 message validation, adopted across multiple applications to standardize validation and reduce defects.
• Designed and optimized SQL Server databases, stored procedures, views, triggers, and UDFs; performed performance tuning and query optimization.
• Developed Windows Services and background processing services for automated ingestion, reconciliation, and archival workflows.
• Built REST APIs for real-time dashboards and operational monitoring.
• Implemented SignalR-based dashboards for near real-time visibility into transaction status.
• Worked closely with business stakeholders and QA in Agile teams, contributing to sprint planning, estimation, and production support.


## Education
### Bachelor of Technology - BTech in Information Technology
Shanmugha Arts, Science, Technology and Research Academy


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/chavasainikitha

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Last updated: 2026-04-10