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Palavalli Himavanth

Full-Stack Software Engineer  ·  Chennai, India

Building enterprise-grade applications and AI-integrated platforms with Java, Spring Boot, Angular & Python. ~3 years turning complex requirements into scalable, production-ready systems.


What I work with

Technical Skills

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Core Languages
Java TypeScript JavaScript Python SQL HTML/CSS
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Frameworks
Spring Boot Angular Flask React REST API
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AI & Databases
Vertex AI Gemini 2.0 RAG pgvector MySQL Vector DBs
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DevOps & Tools
Docker Jenkins Harness OpenShift Git Maven Jira
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Engineering Practices
Microservices CI/CD Agile/Scrum OOP System Design Clean Code
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Cloud & Integrations
OpenShift AWS (EC2/S3/RDS) Zephyr APIs Bitbucket Confluence

Where I've worked

Experience

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) Mar 2025 – Present
Systems Engineer · Chennai, India
  • Developing comprehensive full-stack workflows for Friday.ai, an AI-assisted test planning platform integrating Jira, Confluence, GitHub, and Bitbucket data.
  • Architected a semantic-search microservice using pgvector and Vertex AI embeddings (text-embedding-005) to compute cosine similarity and surface top-k test case insights.
  • Integrated Gemini 2.0 Pro/Flash with dynamic prompt templates to automate requirements analysis, test case evaluation, and Gherkin/glue code generation.
  • Designed bi-directional Zephyr Enterprise API integrations — enabling users to raise PRs and export test data to Excel/Jira directly from the platform UI.
  • Supported continuous delivery and multi-environment orchestration via Harness and OpenShift.
Project-based Prototyping Jul 2024 – Feb 2025
Independent / Peer Collaboration · Remote
  • Collaborated with peers to design, prototype, and refine an end-to-end proof-of-concept SaaS application.
  • Structured RESTful endpoints and data schemas via Java Spring Boot and built functional UI layers.
  • Deepened expertise in distributed system design, relational database modeling, and scalable integration patterns.
STGIT (Systems Technology Group Infotech) Mar 2022 – Jun 2024
Software Engineer · Chennai, India
  • Developed and maintained a full-stack HR and project management system using Angular, Spring Boot, and MySQL.
  • Built scalable REST APIs to drive logic for employee onboarding, payroll processing, and enterprise bid management.
  • Optimized MySQL schema design and query indexing, significantly reducing execution latency at scale.
  • Spearheaded backend modernization — migrating a legacy Struts-based application to Spring Boot.
  • Built dynamic Angular dashboards powered by custom backend queries for internal B2B data visualization.

Things I've built

Projects

Dec 2023 – Jun 2024
Supplier Performance Rating Modernization
Angular 15 · Spring Boot · MySQL
  • Migrated legacy Struts-based application to modern Spring Boot + Angular architecture.
  • Reworked backend APIs and data models to align with RESTful design principles.
  • Developed modular, reusable Angular components ensuring functional parity and improved maintainability.
Mar 2022 – Nov 2023
B2B Visualization & Reporting Tool
Spring Boot · Angular 8 · Docker · Jenkins
  • Built and enhanced backend services for data aggregation and visualization use cases.
  • Developed Angular dashboards displaying employee and business metrics for internal users.
  • Implemented role-based access control and assisted with Docker/Jenkins CI/CD workflows.
Mar 2025 – Present
Friday.ai — AI Test Planning Platform
Spring Boot · Flask · React · pgvector · Gemini 2.0
  • End-to-end AI platform automating test case generation and QA workflows in banking.
  • RAG pipeline with pgvector + Vertex AI embeddings for semantic test case retrieval.
  • Zephyr API integration enabling PR automation and one-click test data exports.

Background

About & Education

Education
NBKR Institute of Science & Technology
B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering · 2017–2021
JNTUA Affiliated · Andhra Pradesh, India
Certification
Oracle Certified Associate
Java SE 8 Programmer (1Z0-808)
Oracle Verified
Languages
🇬🇧 English — Professional 🇮🇳 Telugu — Native 🇮🇳 Hindi — Conversational

Let's talk

Get In Touch

Open to full-time roles, freelance collaborations, and interesting problems. Don't hesitate to reach out.