Resume | Jayanth Kethineni

Jayanth Kethineni

Backend Software Engineer | Austin, Texas, USA

jayanthkethineni@gmail.com | github.com/jayanth-kethineni

Summary

Backend Software Engineer specializing in low-latency, distributed systems. Experienced in building production-grade services with explicit failure handling, strong consistency guarantees, and measurable performance targets. Focused on idempotency patterns, event-driven architectures, and aggressive latency optimization.

Experience

Software Engineering Intern

CRED

Built Java + Spring Boot services handling 10M+ records in production pipelines
Achieved ~40% performance improvement through SQL query optimization and strategic indexing
Worked on high-scale backend systems with real production constraints

Projects

Real-Time Transaction Processing System

Java | Spring Boot | Postgres | Kafka | Docker

1K+ TPS sustained throughput with sub-50ms p99 latency
Implemented idempotency via unique keys to prevent duplicate transactions
Used Outbox pattern for guaranteed event consistency with database commits
Built immutable audit ledger for compliance tracking

Scalable Analytics & Reporting Backend

Java | Spring Boot | Postgres | Redis | Docker

Sub-500ms uncached queries, sub-20ms cached response times
Implemented cursor-based pagination for large result sets
Built async job processing for heavy analytical workloads
Designed smart cache TTL and eviction strategies

Real-Time Trust & Risk Scoring Platform

Java | Spring Boot | Redis | Postgres | Docker

Cache-first hot path design for real-time scoring with minimal latency
Kafka-based event ingestion for behavior tracking
Append-only audit logs for compliance and debugging
Comprehensive failure handling: rate limiting, circuit breakers, bulkheads

Technical Skills

Languages & Frameworks

Java, Spring Boot, SQL

Databases & Caching

Postgres, Redis

Infrastructure

Docker, Kafka

System Design

Idempotency, Outbox pattern, Circuit breakers, Rate limiting, Cache strategies