Software Development Engineer at Walmart
Arkansas, United States
Sai Sruthi Puchakayala
Council Member
Sai Sruthi Puchakayala is a Software Development Engineer III with over six years of experience architecting and scaling cloud-native enterprise platforms, specializing in microservices architecture, distributed systems, and backend optimization. Based in Centerton, Arkansas, she has built her career around designing secure, high-performance solutions that support large-scale retail operations and enterprise workflow systems.
Since December 2023, Sai Sruthi Puchakayala has served as Software Development Engineer III at Walmart, where she designs and maintains backend microservices using Java, Spring Boot, and Kafka that support over $5 billion in merchandise annually. She built and optimized RESTful APIs that integrate internal systems and third-party vendor platforms, enabling real-time item onboarding and vendor communication. In a notable innovation initiative, she integrated MCP servers using LLM-based intelligence to automatically detect code issues, configuration vulnerabilities, and runtime anomalies, improving debugging accuracy and developer productivity by 35%. She implemented the Shield Enforcer plugin in the Spring Boot build process to continuously check for outdated libraries, version mismatches, and dependency vulnerabilities in POM files, ensuring compliance and security best practices. Her work with cloud-native solutions across AWS, GCP, and Azure improved reliability and cost efficiency throughout distributed environments. She engineered event-driven, fault-tolerant architectures using Kubernetes and Kafka that increased throughput and scalability by 3x, while implementing API performance testing with JMeter that further enhanced system capacity. She modernized deployment workflows by implementing CI/CD pipelines and GitHub Actions to automate build, testing, and deployment processes. Her database work spans MySQL, DynamoDB, AWS S3, and MongoDB, ensuring optimized data retrieval, indexing, and secure data handling across platforms. She automated error reporting using OpenObserve to capture downstream and vendor data issues, enhancing observability and response time across systems.
Since December 2023, Sai Sruthi Puchakayala has served as Software Development Engineer III at Walmart, where she designs and maintains backend microservices using Java, Spring Boot, and Kafka that support over $5 billion in merchandise annually. She built and optimized RESTful APIs that integrate internal systems and third-party vendor platforms, enabling real-time item onboarding and vendor communication. In a notable innovation initiative, she integrated MCP servers using LLM-based intelligence to automatically detect code issues, configuration vulnerabilities, and runtime anomalies, improving debugging accuracy and developer productivity by 35%. She implemented the Shield Enforcer plugin in the Spring Boot build process to continuously check for outdated libraries, version mismatches, and dependency vulnerabilities in POM files, ensuring compliance and security best practices. Her work with cloud-native solutions across AWS, GCP, and Azure improved reliability and cost efficiency throughout distributed environments. She engineered event-driven, fault-tolerant architectures using Kubernetes and Kafka that increased throughput and scalability by 3x, while implementing API performance testing with JMeter that further enhanced system capacity. She modernized deployment workflows by implementing CI/CD pipelines and GitHub Actions to automate build, testing, and deployment processes. Her database work spans MySQL, DynamoDB, AWS S3, and MongoDB, ensuring optimized data retrieval, indexing, and secure data handling across platforms. She automated error reporting using OpenObserve to capture downstream and vendor data issues, enhancing observability and response time across systems.
From August 2022 to December 2023, Sai Sruthi Puchakayala worked as Software Development Engineer II at Walmart, where she developed backend REST APIs and microservices using Java, Spring Boot, and GraphQL to manage enterprise-level product allocation systems. She optimized backend services with caching and database tuning strategies that reduced response time by 63%, directly improving system performance for end users. She integrated machine learning models with backend systems to improve allocation efficiency across more than 4,000 retail locations nationwide. She created reusable React component libraries to streamline frontend development and improve UI consistency across applications. She implemented CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins and Git for automated deployment and version control, collaborating with cross-functional teams in Agile sprints to deliver new features ahead of schedule.
Earlier in her career, from June 2018 to December 2020, Sai Sruthi Puchakayala worked as a Software Developer at Virtusa, where she developed the Next Generation Workflow Management Tool for British Telecommunications using Java, Spring, and AngularJS. She automated complex order and workflow management processes, reducing manual intervention by 40% and significantly improving operational efficiency. She built dashboards for real-time monitoring of telecommunication services including FOD and EAD, improving data transparency and stakeholder visibility. She participated in code reviews, unit testing, and Agile sprints while collaborating across international teams using GIT, JIRA, and Oracle WebLogic for deployment and tracking.
Sai Sruthi Puchakayala has been recognized for operational excellence and innovation at Walmart, and received Best Performer and Associate of the Month awards at Virtusa. She earned her PEGA Certified System Architect and PEGA Certified Senior System Architect certifications. She was awarded the Gold Medal at Anna University, ranking in the top 0.03% among 60,000 computer science graduates.
Earlier in her career, from June 2018 to December 2020, Sai Sruthi Puchakayala worked as a Software Developer at Virtusa, where she developed the Next Generation Workflow Management Tool for British Telecommunications using Java, Spring, and AngularJS. She automated complex order and workflow management processes, reducing manual intervention by 40% and significantly improving operational efficiency. She built dashboards for real-time monitoring of telecommunication services including FOD and EAD, improving data transparency and stakeholder visibility. She participated in code reviews, unit testing, and Agile sprints while collaborating across international teams using GIT, JIRA, and Oracle WebLogic for deployment and tracking.
Sai Sruthi Puchakayala has been recognized for operational excellence and innovation at Walmart, and received Best Performer and Associate of the Month awards at Virtusa. She earned her PEGA Certified System Architect and PEGA Certified Senior System Architect certifications. She was awarded the Gold Medal at Anna University, ranking in the top 0.03% among 60,000 computer science graduates.