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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
    Boeing Pride Award →
Civic Tech

Open Source

Contributor and Tech Lead, California Child Welfare Digital Services (ca-cwds)

Reports processed per year
500K+
Frontline staff served
7K+
Commits across 3 repositories
136+
California counties
58
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
Authentication Access Control Cloud Identity
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
API Design Data Integration Backend Development
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
Software Design Software Development Cloud Deployment
Academic Background

Education

Master's in Information Management

Big Data Track

Washington University in St. Louis

Aug 2015 — Jun 2017
View Project →

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
View Project → See honors →

Data Sciences Summer Institute

Research: Topic Modeling & Expert Search

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Summer 2011
View Project → See award →
Recognition

Awards & Honors

  • Boeing Pride Award

    Awarded for outstanding contributions to enterprise cloud engineering and platform modernization efforts.

    2013 & 2017

  • Graduated Summa Cum Laude & Honors in Computer Science

    Graduated with highest distinction from the City University of New York.

    2012

  • Dean's List

    Recognized for academic excellence across multiple consecutive semesters.

    2010, 2011 & 2012

  • YAHOO! DSSI Outstanding Project Award

    Recognized for an outstanding project at the Data Science Summer Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

    2011
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