Sai Pavan Dronavalli

Software Engineer

Hyderabad, Telangana, India6 yrs 11 mos experience

AI ML PractitionerAI Enabled

Key Highlights

Expert in building scalable distributed systems.
Proven track record in optimizing data processing.
Strong background in AI and machine learning applications.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS expert with a strong focus on distributed systems and data engineering.

Contact

sdronavalli@microsoft.com LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

Distributed SystemsBig DataJavascript

Other Skills

Algorithm DevelopmentAmazon Web Services (AWS)Apache KafkaApache SparkArtificial Intelligence (AI)C++CUDAComputer ScienceComputer VisionConcurrent ProgrammingData StructuresDeep LearningJavaMachine LearningMongoDB

About

Computer Science grad from IIT Madras. Currently working as a Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft

Experience

Microsoft

Senior Software Engineer

Aug 2025 – Present · 7 mos · Hyderabad · Hybrid

Building Microsoft Discovery - Agentic AI for scientific research.

Distributed SystemsBig DataConcurrent ProgrammingAmazon Web Services (AWS)C++Python+1

Cohesity

Member of Technical Staff

Sep 2022 – Aug 2025 · 2 yrs 11 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Remote

Co-developed a high-scale S3 backup & recovery product handling petabytes of data and billions of objects. Continuously maintained the product with bug fixes, performance optimisations and customer issue resolutions. Mentored new hires.

Distributed SystemsBig DataConcurrent ProgrammingAmazon Web Services (AWS)C++Python+1

Clevertap

3 roles

Staff Backend Engineer (Data Storage and Processing Platform)

Jan 2022 – Sep 2022 · 8 mos

Built a high-throughput key-value store micro service (20M+ request per min per account, 100GB per account). Stepped up as interim team lead during a sabbatical, handling team responsibilities and project coordination.

Distributed SystemsBig DataConcurrent ProgrammingJavaRedisApache Kafka+3

Backend Engineer (Data Storage and Processing Platform)

Promoted

Jan 2021 – Dec 2021 · 11 mos

Improved data ingestion latency - P95 from 30 mins to 5 secs. Developed a dynamic DB sharding framework with automated data integrity checks. Implemented SLA monitoring dashboards and alerts with Splunk.

Distributed SystemsBig DataConcurrent ProgrammingJavaRedisApache Kafka+3

Full Stack Engineer (Data and Analytics Platform)

Jul 2019 – Dec 2020 · 1 yr 5 mos

Built a schema framework to govern data ingestion, developed a time series analytics tool with function-based aggregation, optimized user funnel analytics (reduced memory usage), and added VAPID support for web push notifications.

JavaJavaScriptjQueryVue.jsDistributed SystemsMongoDB+2

Qualcomm

Interim Engineering Intern

May 2017 – Jul 2017 · 2 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India

SDE intern in the camera systems team. Developed an automated end-to-end testing platform for Spectra 280 ISP simulator and also helped move the simulator to a private cloud.

Telennium solutions

Web Development Intern

May 2016 – Jul 2016 · 2 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Worked on MovileDin Wallet - a platform for mobile money services UI. Tasks include creating RESTful services and migration of the Web App to Google’s material design.

Netech

Software Engineering Intern

Feb 2016 – Jul 2016 · 5 mos · Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Worked on front end dev and C++ dev. Projects include web apps which explain code flow and driver programs which verify the correctness of C++ programs.