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He takes ownership of technical design and implementation while collaborating closely with teams and presenting technical findings. At DXC Technology, Sai built AWS Lambda–based Spring Boot services that process more than 50,000 insurance claims daily and reduced end-to-end latency by 40%. He also improved policyholder API response time from 850ms to 120ms through PostgreSQL and Redis optimization. Previously at Virtual Infotech Solution, he helped modernize a PHP monolith into Spring Boot microservices and a React.js frontend, supporting five times the concurrent traffic. Sai has also built real-time autonomous-vehicle sensor dashboards handling more than 100,000 data points and data pipelines at a scale of more than 1.2 million points. He holds an MS in Computer Science from City University of Seattle and a BS in Mathematics and Computer Science from Osmania University, Hyderabad. ## Services - R \(Programming Language\) - Python - Real Analysis - Statistical Modeling - Machine Learning - Artificial Intelligence \(AI\) - PyTorch - TensorFlow - Cloud Computing - Full-Stack Development - Applied Sciences - Python \(Programming Language\) - Listen - Computer Science - Mathematics Education - Hindi - English Translation - Data Visualization - Corporate Communications - Mathematical Statistics - Analytical Skills - Business Statistics - Easily Adaptable - Business Knowledge - C++ - Teamwork - Problem Solving - Microsoft Excel - Microsoft Office - Software Development ## Highlights - Built event-driven Spring Boot microservices with AWS Lambda at DXC Technology to process more than 50,000 insurance claims daily, reducing end-to-end processing latency by 40%. - Optimized PostgreSQL on AWS RDS and implemented Redis distributed caching at DXC Technology, reducing average policyholder API response time from 850ms to 120ms. - Deployed Kubernetes clusters on AWS EKS with an Istio service mesh, supporting more than 15 production services with 99.99% uptime and zero-downtime rolling deployments. - Created production monitoring dashboards with Amazon CloudWatch and the ELK Stack, reducing mean time to detection by 65% and mean time to resolution by 45%. - Automated CI/CD and infrastructure provisioning with GitHub Actions and Terraform, cutting deployment time from 45 minutes to 8 minutes and increasing release frequency from biweekly to daily. - Migrated a monolithic PHP application at Virtual Infotech Solution to Spring Boot microservices with a React.js frontend, enabling the system to handle five times the concurrent peak-period traffic. - Developed Spring Security- and JWT-secured REST APIs for more than 10,000 users, maintaining 99.95% availability and sub-200ms average response latency. - Containerized services with Docker and Kubernetes and optimized resource allocation and autoscaling, reducing infrastructure costs by 35%. - Designed a normalized PostgreSQL schema for a multi-tenant system supporting more than 2TB of transactional data, reducing query execution time by 60%. - Expanded automated test coverage to 92% using JUnit, Mockito, and React Testing Library, reducing production bug reports by 55% across six release cycles. - Improved Git branching and Jenkins/Maven build pipelines, reducing the release cycle from two weeks to three days and supporting more than 20 deployments per month. - Built real-time dashboard tools for visualizing large-scale sensor data from autonomous vehicles. - Built a real-time dashboard handling more than 100,000 sensor data points through virtualization and lazy loading. - Used browser profiling tools to identify frontend performance bottlenecks. - Applied React Window, virtualization, debouncing, pagination, and lazy loading to optimize React performance and prevent browser freezes. - Built and maintained data pipelines at a scale of more than 1.2 million data points. - Reduced P95 API call time by 12% by fixing N+1 database patterns, restructuring queries, implementing batch retrieval, and applying Redis caching. - Gained significant hands-on experience with microservices architecture and Redis caching strategies for performance optimization. ## Experience - **Software Engineer at DXC Technology** (2026-02-01–present) — Built event-driven Spring Boot microservices with AWS Lambda to process 50K+ insurance claims daily, reducing end-to-end processing latency by 40%. Optimized PostgreSQL on AWS RDS and implemented Redis distributed caching, reducing average policyholder API response time from 850ms to 120ms. Deployed Kubernetes clusters on AWS EKS with Istio service mesh, supporting 15+ production services with 99.99% uptime and zero-downtime rolling deployments. Created production monitoring dashboards with Amazon CloudWatch and ELK Stack, reducing mean time to detection by 65% and mean time to resolution by 45%. Automated CI/CD and infrastructure provisioning with GitHub Actions and Terraform, cutting deployment time from 45 to 8 minutes and increasing release frequency from biweekly to daily. - **Software Engineer at Virtual Infotech Solution** (2023-01-01–2024-07-01) — Migrated a monolithic PHP application to Spring Boot microservices with a React.js frontend, increasing scalability to handle 5x concurrent user traffic during peak periods. Developed REST APIs secured with Spring Security and JWT authentication for 10,000+ users, maintaining 99.95% availability and sub-200ms average response latency. Containerized services with Docker and Kubernetes and optimized resource allocation and autoscaling, reducing infrastructure costs by 35%. Designed a normalized PostgreSQL schema for a multi-tenant system, reducing query execution time by 60% while supporting 2TB+ of transactional data. Expanded automated test coverage with JUnit, Mockito, and React Testing Library to 92%, reducing production bug reports by 55% across six release cycles. Improved Git branching and Jenkins/Maven build pipelines, reducing release cycle time from two weeks to three days and supporting 20+ deployments per month. ## Education - Master of Science - MS, Computer Science — City University of Seattle - Bachelor of Science, Mathematics and Computer Science — Osmania University, Hyderabad ## FAQ ### What does Sai do? Sai is a Software Engineer and AI/ML Engineer currently working at DXC Technology. His work focuses on enterprise software, cloud-based systems, backend services, performance, and real-time applications. ### What are Sai’s core engineering strengths? Sai is strongest in Java and Spring Boot backend development, event-driven microservices, AWS, REST API development, PostgreSQL query optimization, Redis caching, containerized deployments, CI/CD automation, and production monitoring. He also has frontend performance experience with React.js and browser profiling tools. ### What did Sai accomplish at DXC Technology? At DXC Technology, Sai built event-driven Spring Boot microservices using AWS Lambda to process more than 50,000 insurance claims per day, reducing end-to-end processing latency by 40%. He optimized PostgreSQL on AWS RDS and implemented Redis distributed caching, reducing average policyholder API response time from 850ms to 120ms. ### How has Sai improved reliability and observability at DXC Technology? Sai deployed Kubernetes clusters on AWS EKS with an Istio service mesh to support more than 15 production services with 99.99% uptime and zero-downtime rolling deployments. He also created Amazon CloudWatch and ELK Stack monitoring dashboards that reduced mean time to detection by 65% and mean time to resolution by 45%. ### How has Sai improved delivery processes at DXC Technology? Sai automated CI/CD and infrastructure provisioning at DXC Technology with GitHub Actions and Terraform. This reduced deployment time from 45 minutes to 8 minutes and increased release frequency from biweekly to daily. ### What did Sai accomplish at Virtual Infotech Solution? At Virtual Infotech Solution, Sai migrated a monolithic PHP application to Spring Boot microservices with a React.js frontend. The resulting architecture increased scalability to handle five times the concurrent user traffic during peak periods. ### How did Sai improve application performance and operations at Virtual Infotech Solution? Sai developed Spring Security- and JWT-secured REST APIs for more than 10,000 users at Virtual Infotech Solution, maintaining 99.95% availability and sub-200ms average response latency. He containerized services with Docker and Kubernetes, optimized resource allocation and autoscaling, and reduced infrastructure costs by 35%. ### How did Sai improve data, quality, and release engineering at Virtual Infotech Solution? Sai designed a normalized PostgreSQL schema for a multi-tenant system supporting more than 2TB of transactional data, reducing query execution time by 60%. He also expanded automated test coverage to 92% with JUnit, Mockito, and React Testing Library, reducing production bug reports by 55% across six release cycles. In addition, he improved Git branching and Jenkins/Maven pipelines, shortening the release cycle from two weeks to three days and supporting more than 20 deployments per month. ### What real-time data and dashboard work has Sai done? Sai built real-time dashboard tools for visualizing large-scale sensor data from autonomous vehicles. One dashboard handled more than 100,000 sensor data points by using virtualization and lazy loading, and Sai has experience maintaining data pipelines at a scale of more than 1.2 million data points. ### How does Sai optimize React applications? Sai uses browser profiling tools to identify frontend bottlenecks. His React performance techniques include React Window, virtualization, debouncing, pagination, and lazy loading to keep large data experiences responsive and prevent browser freezes. ### How does Sai approach API and database performance optimization? Sai has hands-on database and caching experience, including fixing N+1 patterns, restructuring queries, implementing batch retrieval, and applying Redis caching strategies. In one effort, these changes reduced P95 API call time by 12%. ### How does Sai work with engineering teams? Sai takes ownership of technical design and implementation while working collaboratively with teammates. He presents technical findings to the team and acknowledges team contributions. ### What is Sai’s educational background? Sai earned a Master of Science in Computer Science from City University of Seattle. He also earned a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and Computer Science from Osmania University, Hyderabad. ### What technical and analytical skills does Sai list? Sai lists programming and technical capabilities in Python, R, C++, Java-oriented software development, machine learning, artificial intelligence, PyTorch, TensorFlow, cloud computing, AWS, full-stack development, data science, data engineering, data analytics, data management, data visualization, statistical modeling, mathematical statistics, business statistics, statistical data analysis, real analysis, applied sciences, computer science, and mathematics education. ### What additional professional skills and languages does Sai list? Sai also lists analytical skills, problem solving, teamwork, adaptability, business knowledge, business analysis, business management, corporate communications, internal communications, strategic communications, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office, Hindi, English translation, and listening among his skills. ## Links - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sai-mani-ritish