Lakshmi Kolla

Senior Software Engineer at Thryv, Inc.

Handle

@lakshmi

Role

Senior Software Engineer

Company

Thryv, Inc.

Location

Chantilly, VA 20152

About

I design, scale, and operate distributed microservices using Java, Spring Boot, and Micronaut. I build event-driven integrations, high-throughput data pipelines, resilient services, secure authentication systems, and AI-augmented backend workflows. I work with product and business stakeholders to translate ambiguous requirements into technical specifications and phased delivery plans.

Experience

• Senior Software Engineer at Thryv, Inc.
  Jun 2025 to now - Remote
  Lead design and development of scalable, high-throughput microservices in Java and Micronaut for the Keap CRM platform. Build event-driven integrations on Google Cloud Pub/Sub, secure authentication and authorization, Redis caching, resilient inter-service calls, and containerized services across AWS and Google Cloud.
• Senior Software Engineer at Walmart Global Tech
  Nov 2022 to May 2025 - Reston, VA
  Owned Inbound Documents, Walmart's enterprise repository for in-transit receiving documents, processing millions of items per day. Led decomposition of a legacy monolithic receiving application into domain-aligned microservices using Java 11, Spring Boot, Apache Camel, Kafka, IBM MQ, and Cassandra.
• Software Engineer III at Walmart Global Tech
  Jan 2020 to Nov 2022 - Reston, VA
  Delivered NextGen Receiving, an Android-based inventory management system used across 5, 000+ Walmart stores. Built RESTful APIs in Java 8 and Spring Boot, optimized data processing with Kafka and Cassandra, and developed the front-end interface in Angular.
• Software Engineer II at Walmart Global Tech
  Sep 2016 to Nov 2019 - Bentonville, AR
  Designed and implemented core functionality for Sam's Receiving, a mobile inventory system used by club associates. Migrated data models from Informix to Cassandra, developed Kafka-based real-time data processing pipelines, and built Kibana dashboards for operational monitoring.
• Java Developer at Datamatics Global Services, Inc.
  Mar 2016 to Aug 2016 - Livonia, MI
  Developed RESTful services for Supplier Audits, automating shipment audit capture and reporting for Walmart suppliers. Optimized SQL queries and stored procedures and deployed applications to Walmart's private cloud using OneOps.
• Software Engineer at Tech Mahindra
  Oct 2012 to Jul 2014 - Bengaluru, India
  Developed MyPage, a self-service portal for Apple retail employees to manage schedules and personal information. Built the interactive front end with Sencha Touch, JSP, and JavaScript and designed database schemas and optimized MySQL queries.
• Software Engineer at Tech Mahindra
  Jun 2011 to Sep 2012 - Bengaluru, India
  Developed communication network solutions for Meteorcomm's Interoperable Train Control System, a safety-critical rail messaging platform. Built software components using core Java, JDBC, and Servlets and automated builds with Maven and Jenkins.

Education

• Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Anantapur, India
  Bachelor of Science, Electronics & Communication Engineering
  2011

Skills

• Java
• Spring Boot
• Micronaut
• Apache Kafka
• Google Pub/Sub
• Apache Cassandra
• Redis
• Kubernetes
• Docker
• REST APIs
• Microservices
• LLM API integration

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