Goutham Velagapudi
Sr. Software Engineer at Anyword
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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Top SchoolGoutham Velagapudi is a senior software engineer based in Bengaluru with 14 years of experience building scalable web and telecom systems, and eight years focused on web programming using Ruby on Rails and Elixir. He has worked across startups and as an independent contractor, delivering full-stack products, API-driven backends, and DevOps automation for high-throughput environments. Notable contributions include back-end engineering and Rails configuration work for the open-source PupilFirst LMS, where he implemented Unicorn integration, DB schema versioning, and API versioning. His background includes performance-focused tooling at MobME that reduced a bitmap search from 1.5 hours to 20 seconds and autoscaling architectures at #nwplyng to support production traffic. Comfortable owning projects end-to-end, he blends pragmatic engineering with strong troubleshooting, debugging, and documentation skills. He brings a pattern-oriented approach to migrating and hardening systems in AWS and is equally adept at shipping new features and optimizing existing platforms.
14 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Computer Software Engineering, Class A with Distinction., Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Computer Software Engineering, Class A with Distinction. at JNTUH College of Engineering Hyderabad
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Github Skills (19)
apidoc10
rails10
api10
unicorn10
database-schema10
ruby-on-rails10
graphql8
wordpress-graphql8
lms8
wpgraphql8
rescript7
guard6
chef-infra6
rspec6
capistrano6
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
pupilfirst/pupilfirst
Dec 2013 - Apr 2014
A learning management system (LMS) that lets you run an asynchronous online school, where learning is achieved through focused tasks, directed feedback, an iterative workflow, and community interaction.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:163 commits in 4 months
Contributions summary:Goutham contributed significantly to setting up and configuring the PupilFirst learning management system (LMS). They focused on back-end development tasks, including the integration of Unicorn, and setting up database schema versioning. Furthermore, the user worked on establishing API versioning and related configurations within the Ruby on Rails framework, demonstrating proficiency in web application setup and maintenance.
online-schooliterativemhealthrescriptreactjs
gouthamvel/bitmapper
Jun 2012 - Jul 2012
Contributions:41 commits in 1 month
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