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Pradip Karki

Staff Software Engineer & Cloud Architect

Building resilient, cloud-native systems at scale — from distributed microservices to real-time data pipelines.

Houston, TX 10+ Years Experience
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Overview

About Me

I'm a Staff Software Engineer and Cloud Architect with over 10 years of experience designing and delivering enterprise-grade distributed systems. My work spans the full stack — from crafting efficient APIs and event-driven microservices to building intuitive front-end experiences.

I hold a Master's in Information Management (Big Data Track) from Washington University in St. Louis and graduated Summa Cum Laude in Computer Science from the City University of New York.

Technical Expertise

Skills & Technologies

Cloud & Platform

Public Cloud Kubernetes Docker Linux GitOps

Languages & Frameworks

Java Spring Spring Boot Python C# / .NET SQL GraphQL REST TypeScript Node.js React

Architecture & Patterns

Microservices (MSA) 12-Factor App API Gateway Service Mesh OAuth 2.0 Identity & Access Management OWASP ESAPI MVC SAFE Agile
Career

Work Experience

  1. ExxonMobil Spring, TX
    Current

    Staff Software Engineer / Architect

    Enterprise Architecture

    Jun 2019 — Present
  2. HHS Technology Group Sacramento, CA

    Sr. Full Stack Developer / Architect

    Child Welfare Digital Services — State of California

    Jun 2018 — Jun 2019
  3. The Boeing Company St. Louis, MO

    Cloud Engineer

    Enterprise Cloud Platform

    Feb 2013 — Jun 2018
Civic Tech

Open Source

Contributor & Tech Lead — California Child Welfare Digital Services (ca-cwds)

500K+ Reports processed / year
7K+ Frontline staff served
136+ Commits across 3 repos
58 California counties
ca-cwds /

perry

Central authentication & authorization gateway for all CWDS services. Manages identity, roles, and access control across the entire platform.

  • Implemented user account lock/unlock with full audit trail
  • Built AWS Cognito registration re-submit & resend email services
  • Added role-based access control for CALS admin role separation
  • Duplicate RACFID validation & CWS resource management data model
61 commits
ca-cwds /

cals-api

Facility certification, approval, and licensing API for California child care providers. Integrates CWS/CMS, LIS, and DB2 data sources.

  • Built License Status Dictionary with LIS database integration & caching
  • Implemented Hibernate L2 cache for dictionary query performance
  • Designed beds-available capacity calculation from CWS/CMS data
  • Fixed facility search for special characters, edge cases & data type issues
75 commits
ca-cwds /

intake

Screening tool for child abuse, neglect & exploitation investigations. Used by 7,000+ frontline workers to process 500K+ allegations annually across all 58 CA counties.

  • Led architecture decisions and technical direction for the team
  • Conducted code reviews and PR approvals across all contributors
  • Designed integration contracts with perry auth gateway
  • Guided front-end team on API contracts and state management patterns
Academic Background

Education

Master's in Information Management

Big Data Track

Washington University in St. Louis

Aug 2015 — Jun 2017

Bachelor of Science, Computer Science

Focus: Web Development — Minor: Mathematics

City University of New York

Aug 2009 — Jun 2012
Summa Cum Laude Honors in CS
Recognition

Awards & Honors

Let's Connect

Get In Touch

I'm open to discussing new opportunities, collaborations, or technical challenges. Feel free to reach out.

LinkedIn

linkedin.com/in/pKarki

GitHub

github.com/PradipKarki