Gopal Krushna Pattanaik — Software Engineer
Strategic Engineering Leader & Principal Architect with 17 years of experience designing internet-scale distributed systems. I specialise in transforming complex monolithic architectures into high-throughput, cloud-native microservices that maximize business agility and drive billions in revenue Currently, as a Senior Architect at Walmart Global Tech, I lead the technical strategy for the Sam's Club Order Management System. My focus is on building fault-tolerant, event-driven platforms capable of handling 50,000+ transactions per minute with zero downtime.Core Competencies & Impact:High-Scale System Design: Architected and led the migration strategy for the Omni-Order Search Service, successfully handling 350+ TB of 7-year historical order data and indexing massive scale requirements from both online and club orders. Simultaneously designed fulfillment orchestration platforms managing 60k+ orders/min during peak. (Black Friday/Cyber Monday).Legacy Modernization: Led the zero-downtime, multi-year migration of Sterling OMS to a custom cloud-native solution. This strategic initiative unlocked $1B+ in annual GMV benefits and additional business opportunities.Payments & Security: Designed robust payment services managing 14M+ tokenized cards and PCI compliance for Walmart Mexico and Global markets.Technical Leadership: Member of the Architecture Review Board (ARB), driving organization-wide engineering excellence, implementing Chaos Engineering principles (Self-Healing systems), and mentoring Staff and Senior Engineering talentTech Stack: Java, Spring Boot, Kafka, Azure (Cosmos, Event Hub, Service Bus, SQL), Kubernetes, Elasticsearch, and GenAI integrations.I am passionate about solving "impossible" scale problems and building engineering cultures centered on resilience , excellence and innovation.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Backend-heavy Fullstack Architect in the Retail and Fintech industries.
Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Experience: 17 yrs 3 mos
Skills
- Microservices
- Solution Architecture
- Event Driven Programming
- Fulfillment Management
Career Highlights
- Transformed monolithic architectures into cloud-native microservices.
- Led high-scale system design for Walmart's order management.
- Achieved $1B+ in annual GMV benefits through legacy modernization.
Work Experience
Walmart Global Tech India
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Staff Software Engineer / Architect (1 yr 9 mos)
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Education
B.Tech at Kalinga Institute of industrial and Technology