About Sandeep Kothapalli
Senior Technical Lead and Solution Architect with 12+ years of experience designing and delivering enterprise-scale, cloud-native platforms. Strong expertise in .NET, Azure, microservices, Dapr, Kubernetes, distributed systems, and system design.
Specialized in:
- Domain-Driven Design (DDD) & Clean Architecture
- Microservices Architecture & Dapr Actor Model
- AI-Enabled Systems: RAG pipelines, agent-driven workflows, vector search
- Event-Driven Architecture & Distributed Systems
- Performance Optimization & Reliability Engineering
- CI/CD, DevOps & Observability
Profile Summary
Senior Technical Lead and Solution Architect with 12+ years of experience designing and delivering enterprise-scale, cloud-native platforms. Strong expertise in .NET, Azure, microservices, Dapr, Kubernetes, distributed systems, and system design, with a proven track record of leading teams, defining technical roadmaps, and modernizing legacy systems.
Over the past year, expanded expertise into AI-enabled systems, contributing to the design and integration of LLM-based features such as RAG pipelines and agent-driven workflows within existing cloud and microservices architectures. Known for balancing scalability, reliability, security, and performance while aligning technology with business outcomes.
Core Skills
Architecture & Design
AI & LLM
Programming & Frameworks
Frontend & Mobile
Cloud & DevOps
Databases
APIs & Services
Tools & Practices
Professional Experience
Technical Lead
Progience Technologies, Hyderabad
Lead end-to-end architecture and delivery of mission-critical enterprise platforms across multiple domains.
Technologies: Next.js, Express.js, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, SQL, Entity Framework, Design Patterns
Key Achievements:
- Define and own the technical roadmap, guiding teams in adopting microservices, Dapr actor model, container orchestration, and cloud-native deployment.
- Design highly available distributed systems supporting horizontal scalability, fault tolerance, and independent deployability.
- Collaborate with product, UX, QA, and DevOps to translate business requirements into robust, maintainable solutions.
- Mentor and coach engineers across levels; conduct code reviews and enforce engineering best practices.
- Improved CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation, reducing release cycles by 30%.
- Reduced production incidents by 50% through improved observability and reliability patterns.
- Partnered with stakeholders to deliver user-centric features, increasing engagement by 60%.
- AI-Enabled Contributions: Contributed to design and implementation of LLM-based features integrated into existing microservices platforms.
- Assisted in building RAG pipelines for internal and client documentation use cases, focusing on chunking strategies, embeddings, and retrieval accuracy.
- Supported agent-driven workflows enabling tool-based automation within business processes.
- Worked on optimizing p95 latency and cost for AI-enabled endpoints through caching and prompt optimization.
- Ensured AI features followed enterprise standards for security, access control, and auditability.
Senior Web Developer / Senior Software Engineer
Rollick, Hyderabad
Designed and developed scalable web platforms using .NET, React, Next.js, AWS, and SQL.
Technologies: NEXT.js, React Native, Express.js, Amazon Web Services (AWS), SQL
Key Achievements:
- Migrated legacy monolithic systems to service-oriented and microservices architectures.
- Improved performance and maintainability through Clean Architecture and systematic refactoring.
- Implemented secure authentication, logging, and error handling, reducing production defects by 90%.
- Established CI/CD pipelines and automated testing, saving 20+ engineering hours per week.
- Implemented fault tolerance and rollback mechanisms, reducing MTTR to under 15 minutes.
Senior Programmer Analyst
Versaterm JusticeTrax, Hyderabad
Designed and maintained enterprise modules using ASP.NET, C#, SQL, Azure.
Technologies: ASP.NET, C#, SQL, Entity Framework, Microsoft Azure
Key Achievements:
- Optimized database models and queries, improving performance by 50%.
- Strengthened SDLC practices with unit testing and peer reviews, lowering defects by 30%.
- Improved delivery velocity by 50% through cross-team coordination.
Software Developer
Pie Software Solutions, Vizag
Developed end-to-end web and desktop applications using ASP.NET, C#, SQL.
Technologies: ASP.NET, C#, SQL, Entity Framework
Key Achievements:
- Owned testing, deployment, and production support, reducing issue resolution time by 12 hours.
Software Engineer
Welfare Group of Companies
Refactored components and built web application modules.
Technologies: ASP.NET, C#, SQL
Key Achievements:
- Refactored components to enhance maintainability, reducing defects by 10%.
- Collaborated on database design and maintenance, improving data integrity by 20%.
Software Engineer
Ram Informatics
Delivered dynamic website development with ASP.NET and C#.
Technologies: ASP.NET, C#, SQL
Key Achievements:
- Executed coding, database design, and maintenance, boosting performance by 40%.
- Assisted deployments and root-cause analysis, reducing support backlog by 20%.
Selected Projects
CrimeTrax - Law Enforcement Analytics Platform
Law Enforcement Agency
Cloud-native microservices platform built with .NET, Dapr, and Kubernetes. Achieved 99.9% uptime, 40% throughput improvement, and serves 100K+ daily active users. Features real-time analytics, predictive policing, and resource optimization.
JusticeTrax LIMS-plus - Laboratory Management System
Versaterm JusticeTrax
Modernized legacy system to microservices using Azure Functions and Blazor WASM. Reduced deployment time by 60%, infrastructure costs by 50%, and improved performance by 45%. Handles complex evidence processing workflows with real-time tracking.
AI-Powered RAG Pipeline for Enterprise Documentation
Internal Project
Built enterprise-grade RAG system enabling intelligent search and Q&A from company knowledge bases. Achieved 85% query accuracy, 2s average response time, and 60% cost reduction. Uses vector embeddings, semantic search, and LLM integration.
Amphion Medical Solutions Web Platform
Amphion Medical Solutions (U.S Company)
HIPAA-compliant healthcare platform with role-based workflows and secure patient data management. Reduced defects by 30%, saved 10 hours/week, and improved efficiency by 20%. Features real-time scheduling, billing integration, and comprehensive audit trails.
Customer Portal Platform (Rollick)
Rollick
Multi-tenant React-based customer portal with .NET microservices backend. Achieved 99.95% uptime, reduced defects by 90%, and saved 20+ hours/week. Features automated CI/CD, fault tolerance, and comprehensive analytics.
ProSight Insurance Portal
Prosight (Insurance domain)
Insurance platform with policy management and claims processing. Increased user engagement by 10%, improved throughput by 20%, and reduced query latency by 1000ms. Features real-time notifications and mobile-responsive design.
Microservices Migration Framework
Internal Project
Reusable framework and tooling for migrating monolithic applications to microservices. Reduced migration time by 50%, enabled 3 successful migrations, and achieved 40% code reusability. Includes code generators, patterns, and deployment automation.
Event-Driven Analytics Platform
Internal Project
Real-time event processing platform handling 1M+ events daily with sub-500ms latency. Achieved 99.9% uptime using event sourcing, CQRS, and stream processing. Provides real-time dashboards, alerts, and comprehensive analytics.
Education & Certifications
Education
MCA, Computer Science
VITAM, Vizag
2010
Certifications
- Microsoft Certified: C# Certified Developer
Interests
Regular speaker and mentor in internal technical forums and team workshops on microservices, cloud architecture, Dapr, Clean Architecture
Strong problem-solving mindset, capable of bridging business requirements and technical execution
Comfortable working with cross-functional and geographically distributed teams
Self-driven continuous learner - keeping up with latest technology trends in cloud, containers, microservices, frontend/mobile frameworks