Summary
Rajiv Jalakam is a Software Engineer III with a decade of experience building full-stack and cloud-native applications, currently driving engineering at Walmart Global Tech. He combines hands-on expertise in Java, Python, C#, Node.js and React Native with practical experience containerizing and orchestrating services using Docker and Kubernetes. Rajiv has delivered mission-critical systems—from a cross-platform dispatcher and administrative tools used by thousands to a unified voice/messaging mobile app—and has a track record of improving performance and scalability in production. As an ASU graduate student and former teaching assistant he automated grading workflows with Python, showing a penchant for practical automation that boosts team productivity. He actively pursues certifications in ML and AWS and contributes to open-source projects in his spare time, reflecting a continuous-learning mindset. Based in Sunnyvale, he blends enterprise-grade engineering rigor with startup-style product collaboration to turn complex requirements into reliable, deployable solutions.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree Computer Science, Master's degree Computer Science at Arizona State University
Bachelor’s Degree Computer Science, Bachelor’s Degree Computer Science at National Institute of Technology Warangal
High School, High School at Indian School Muscat
English, Hindi, Telugu