Naveena Surakanti

Software Engineer @ Meta (WhatsApp) | Full Stack & Backend Engineering | Java, Kotlin, Spring boot, React, Angular | Distributed Systems & Cloud Infrastructure

United States

About

As a Software Engineer with experience across Meta, Epic, and Deloitte, I am passionate about building scalable full-stack applications, distributed systems, and cloud-native platforms that power impactful user experiences at scale. I specialize in developing high-performance backend systems and modern frontend applications with a strong focus on scalability, reliability, security, and engineering excellence. My expertise spans Java, Kotlin, Spring Boot, React, Angular, Node.js, GraphQL, distributed systems, and cloud platforms like AWS and Azure. I enjoy solving complex engineering and product challenges, from designing scalable microservices and IAM platforms to building production-grade APIs and user-facing applications operating in large-scale production environments. At Meta, I contributed to large-scale account linking and onboarding systems across WhatsApp and Meta surfaces, helping drive a +19M increase in successfully linked users through scalable distributed services, GraphQL APIs, and backend platform initiatives. I owned production-critical backend systems, improved observability and incident response workflows, reduced issue resolution time by 35%, and built automation solutions that improved deployment reliability and engineering productivity across production environments. My experience includes: ✅ Building scalable full-stack applications using React, Angular, Java Spring Boot, and Node.js ✅ Designing distributed systems, microservices, GraphQL/REST APIs, and cloud-native applications ✅ Developing secure IAM and authentication solutions using OAuth 2.0, JWT, RBAC, SailPoint, LDAP, and Active Directory ✅ Improving reliability, observability, and deployment stability through monitoring, incident response workflows, and testing automation ✅ Optimizing cloud infrastructure and CI/CD workflows using AWS, Docker, Lambda, and automation pipelines ✅ Enhancing engineering productivity through automation, scalable architecture, and clean engineering practices With experience across enterprise systems, healthcare platforms, and large-scale consumer products, I’m always excited to collaborate, innovate, and build impactful software that solves real-world problems at scale. Feel free to connect or reach out at: 📧 [email protected]

Experience

  • Software Engineer Product at Meta
    Sep 2025 - Present · 10 mos

    Designed and developed scalable distributed services, GraphQL APIs, and platform components in Kotlin and Java for WhatsApp and Meta surfaces, driving a +19M increase in successfully linked users post-feature launch in production.  Led end-to-end delivery of account linking and registration initiatives across cross-platform integrations, collaborating with Product, Infrastructure, Security/Privacy to drive technical direction and scalable production launches.   Owned production-critical distributed systems by leveraging Scuba, ODS monitoring, alerting, and incident response workflows to improve service reliability, reducing issue resolution time by 35% and strengthening backend stability.   Built AI-assisted developer tooling and intelligent automation workflows for log analysis, failure classification, incident detection and debugging workflows to improve engineering productivity and release efficiency.  Developed automated Jest end-to-end testing pipelines for backend services and implemented AWB agents with scheduled cron jobs increasing regression coverage by 40% and improving deployment stability across production.  Improved engineering velocity and maintainability through automation, CI/CD optimization, design and code  reviews, mentorship, technical documentation and engineering best practices, reducing manual operational effort by 30%.

  • Software Developer at Epic
    Feb 2025 - Aug 2025 · 7 mos

    Designed and architected scalable distributed microservices using Java, Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, and REST APIs, enabling secure, low-latency data exchange for millions of patient records nationwide. Engineered backend modules with Spring Security (OAuth 2.0) and PostgreSQL for high-volume data processing, ensuring HIPAA compliance and improving query performance by 25% while maintaining high availability. Collaborated with PMs and UX designers to deliver interactive UI components in React 18 and Tailwind CSS, integrating Twilio and SendGrid for real-time notifications, improving patient engagement workflows. Led end-to-end delivery of containerized services on AWS EKS, optimizing CI/CD pipelines with CodePipeline and CodeBuild, cutting release cycles from weeks to hours. Improved code quality through JUnit 5,Mockito and SonarQube, achieving 85%+ coverage and reducing defects.

  • Deloitte (1 yr 6 mos)
    • Advisory Analyst
      Jun 2022 - Jul 2023 · 1 yr 2 mos

      Owned the secure backend APIs and IAM services(Java 17, SailPoint IIQ, REST APIs, OAuth 2.0/JWT))  for University supporting over 1M monthly identity and account operations across LDAP, Active Directory, and HR integrations.  Automated identity lifecycle management and custom IAM workflows, reducing manual provisioning effort by approximately 90% while supporting RBAC, access certification, and SOX/GDPR compliance.  Built Angular-based self-service access portals integrated with REST APIs, improving RBAC request efficiency and reducing manual administrative processing time by 40% through streamlined provisioning and reporting workflows.  Tuned SQL Server workflows and deployed serverless IAM microservices using AWS Lambda, EC2, RDS, and S3.

    • Technology Intern
      Feb 2022 - May 2022 · 4 mos

  • Software Development Engineer at DC Ikigai Private Limited
    Jan 2021 - Jan 2022 · 1 yr 1 mo

    Developed event-driven microservices in Java Spring Boot using RabbitMQ for asynchronous inter-service communication, ensuring fault tolerance and consistent message delivery in a distributed architecture. Created scheduling and payment modules using FullCalendar.js, Stripe, and PayPal, improving scheduling efficiency by 80% and reducing payment processing errors. Built responsive UI in Angular 13 with real-time updates via Twilio and SendGrid, enhancing confirmation rates and user engagement.Integrated MySQL with Spring Data JPA for secure storage and retrieval of data. Deployed services on AWS Lambda and Amazon RDS, leveraging serverless architecture to cut infrastructure costs by 25% while maintaining scalability.