About

Giri Prakash Reddy Gangula is an accomplished Senior Engineer with over 8 years of diversified experience in Software engineering, Data engineering, Cloud, and Distributed Systems. He has a proven track record of building and maintaining large-scale enterprise products, web, and analytical applications in various domains, including e-commerce, retail, Internet of Things (IoT), and telecom. Giri is a specialist in Cassandra data modelling, CQL, design patterns, Cassandra administration, and building applications with Cassandra as big data storage for Analytics and Operational aspects. He has industrial experience in building Big data applications, Data pipelines using Hadoop eco-system tools, Spark, Kafka, Data lake technologies. He is also experienced in building enterprise web applications using Java, Spring, REST web services, Micro Services, MySQL, and NoSQL databases. Moreover, Giri has experience in Graph database, gremlin query language, and building applications of real-world connected data like Internet Of Things(IoT) using Graph database technology stack. He is capable of installing, configuring, and administering small size clusters to develop POCs for both Cassandra and Hadoop. Giri has worked for the world's largest telecom, e-commerce, and retail companies. He has excellent exposure to Agile software development methodology, agile tools, and ITIL. He is able to contribute independently as well as an excellent team player, technology geek, data enthusiast with strong analytical and problem-solving skills. His key technical skills include Java Technologies, Database Technologies, Big data Technologies, Development Tools, and Operating Systems. He is currently working as a Senior Engineer - Big Data platform at Target, where he is building big data platforms and data pipelines to effectively deal with a huge amount of data. Giri has worked for Walmart as a Senior Engineer, where he worked for Cross Border trade team under payments and Data modules to enable seamless shopping experience for customers across international marketplaces. He also worked for Verizon as a Specialist, where he worked for Internet Of Things(IoT) based product called VZprobe, which analyzes telecom transactions and performance of Verizon 4G LTE network for an IoT device. Giri holds a Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) in Computer Science & Engineering from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University and completed his High School from APRS Gorantla, Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh. His relevant experience is 11.11 years, and his tech stack includes Big Data, Cassandra, Spark,