Ramendra Kotharkar

Software Architect

SkillTune Technologies Inc. · Albany, NY, USA

• Architected and delivered scalable .NET Core applications on Azure (Functions, App Services, Azure SQL), secured RESTful APIs via API Gateway, enabling governed integrations across 30+ services.
• Built and supported HIPAA-compliant web applications using Python and Node.js as a third-party IT technology vendor delivering public health solutions for the New York State Department of Health, ensuring adherence to U.S. healthcare regulations.
• Integrated CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps to accelerate release cycles, improve deployment reliability, and reduce production defects through automated build, test, and deployment workflows.
• Leveraged Docker and Kubernetes to containerize and orchestrate multiple services within a microservices architecture, deploying and managing workloads on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) to enable scalable, resilient, and independently deployable service components.
• Served as Architect leading a high-performing team of 20 technical staff, driving solution design, technical direction, and delivery execution across multiple concurrent workstreams for a state client, contributing to on-time delivery of 95%+ of project milestones.

Senior Technical Architect

Simplify Healthcare · Pune, India

• Developed customized healthcare products in compliance with HIPAA privacy and security requirements for the US market.
• Helped build AI-powered healthcare products that are data-driven, support decision-making and automation, and provide personalized recommendations.
• Automated provisioning via Terraform (IaC), cutting setup time by 40% while enforcing security and compliance; delivered healthcare products (Provider1, Benefits1, etc.) that reduced manual work.

Deputy Vice President – Software Architect

KFin Technologies Ltd. (KFintech) · Hyderabad, India

• Leveraged RabbitMQ for task-queue workloads, achieving lower message latency, reduced infrastructure cost at small scale, and simpler learning overhead for the engineering team.
• Applied Agile practices (sprint planning, Kanban-based triage, retrospectives) to streamline back-end incident response and escalation management, delivering scalable solutions that increased client satisfaction by 30%.
• Collaborated with 28+ stakeholders across Mutual Funds accounts to ensure impeccable requirement traceability, proposing innovative solution architectures that elevated code quality, system performance, and end-to-end delivery efficiency.

Senior Technical Architect

InfoVision Labs (IVL) · Pune, India

• Spearheaded Agile transformation and architecture roadmap, orchestrating Global Catalog development (.NET Core 3.1, Angular) with Module Federation to deliver a dynamic, scalable architecture that enhanced customer satisfaction and accelerated development turnaround.
• Crafted technical documentation and onboarding frameworks, reducing ramp-up time by 50%; implemented SAML 2.0 authentication for single sign-on (SSO), strengthening security across distributed systems.
• Worked on multiple proof-of-concept initiatives to evaluate emerging technologies — Service Bus, Kafka, GraphQL, SeriLog, Grafana, Elastic Search, Splunk, Log Analytics, Keycloak authentication/authorization, etc.
• Mentored 10+ aspiring architects on design principles and technical decision-making; drove adoption of Agile best practices and aligned cross-functional teams with enterprise architectural standards and governance.

Senior Architect

ATOS · Pune, India

• Spearheaded security architecture for COFIS application across multiple modules in 9 geographies, remediating 15,000 SQL inline queries prone to SQL injection and additional vulnerabilities — optimized team composition by strategically incorporating junior and entry-level talent, driving significant profit margin improvements and reducing overall implementation costs.
• Secured Web Applications for finance client and led codebase consolidation across multiple geographies, earning management recognition for eliminating critical vulnerabilities and strengthening enterprise-wide application security posture.

Consultant

Bodhtree Consulting Ltd. · Hyderabad, India

• Led architecture and implementation of Scribe Letter Generation tool, automating letter creation with predefined templates using AngularJS, CKEditor, and ASP.NET Web API — enhancing operational efficiency and ensuring compliance through template-to-output validation.
• Championed solution architecture enhancements for scalability, resolved complex CKEditor performance issues, and conducted client demos that secured stakeholder buy-in for the platform roadmap.

Solution Architect

Wipro Technologies · Pune, India

• Architected Wipro Assessment System with Google speech recognition integration, reducing manual assessment time; drove Auto-Enrolment solution (ASP.NET MVC 4) for Aviva's insurance processes, automating workflows.
• Delivered specialized engineering solutions for Olympus Corporation as Architect, contributing to the development and maintenance of an advanced Wafer Inspection System over a three-year engagement.
• Engineered semi-conductor wafer inspection system for Olympus Corporation – Japan, automating inspection processes with ASP.NET MVC across multiple operation modes — improving defect detection accuracy and reducing manual intervention.
• Contributed to multiple RFP/RFI responses as Architect, with 2–3 successfully converted into qualified leads that resulted in new business engagements with the client.
• Led the Microsoft Practice in Pune as Practice Manager for 2 years, driving strategic resourcing decisions, optimising team utilisation across accounts, and providing technical advisory support to ensure consistent delivery excellence.

Technical Lead

ISRC Otis · Pune, India

Software Design Engineer in Test

Microsoft Corporation · Redmond, WA, USA