Keerthana Prabhakaran

Software Engineer

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India9 yrs 11 mos experience

Highly StableAI Enabled

Key Highlights

9+ years of software development experience.
Expert in microservices and REST API development.
Strong background in cloud technologies like AWS and Azure.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS-focused software engineer with expertise in microservices and cloud technologies.

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Skills

Core Skills

MicroservicesRest ApisMicrosoft Azure

Other Skills

Technical Project LeadershipSmall Team ManagementDockerData StructuresJavaMySQLMongoDBMicrosoft CopilotSQLOpenAI APIC#Azure DatabricksAzure Data FactoryCross-platform DevelopmentAgile Application Development

About

Software Developer with 9+ years of experience with a flair for creating elegant solutions by grasping new technical concepts quickly and utilising them in an effective manner; skilled in Python, Java, .C#, Scala, .Net, SQL, AWS, Azure services, Docker, OpenAI/Cursor AI. Strong engineering professional with a Bachelor of Engineering (BE) focused in Computer Science from SSNCE.

Experience

9 yrs 11 mos

Total Experience

2 yrs 11 mos

Average Tenure

1 yr

Current Experience

Freshworks

Lead Software Engineer

Jun 2025 – Present · 1 yr · Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · Hybrid

. Built and maintained scalable backend systems using Ruby on Rails and Java-based microservices.
. Designed and developed REST APIs to support high-traffic SaaS products.
. Worked on microservice architecture, service communication, and performance optimization.
. Collaborated with product managers and frontend teams to deliver reliable features end-to-end.
. Improved system stability and reduced latency through code optimization and monitoring.

Technical Project LeadershipSmall Team ManagementDockerData StructuresJavaMicroservices+3

Microsoft

Software Engineer 2

Sep 2022 – Jun 2025 · 2 yrs 9 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Remote

. Designed and implemented features for the Partner Center Referrals team, driving technical solutions and feature development.
. Championed Safe Secret Standard efforts for Storage, CosmosDB, Service Bus, and Release Pipelines, ensuring security by design through documentation and team learning sessions.
. Improved data quality by exploring and integrating the Deequ library.
. Integrated AutoMapper into a primary data model, leveraging GitHub Copilot to develop extensive unit tests.
. Migrated test environments, optimizing infrastructure for a seamless transition without any disruptions to testing/UAT.
. Facilitated retrospective meetings, driving team reflection and continuous improvement.

Microsoft CopilotSQLOpenAI APIMicroservicesC#Microsoft Azure+10

Chargebee

2 roles

Senior Software Engineer

Promoted

Jan 2021 – Sep 2022 · 1 yr 8 mos

⋅ Integral contributor in core Invoices & Taxes Team.
⋅ Worked on designing and developing feature requirements including E-Invoicing, taxes API for Chargebee marketplace to enhance Subscription Management and Recurring Billing experience.

MicroservicesCross-platform DevelopmentREST APIsAgile Application Development

Software Engineer

Apr 2019 – Dec 2020 · 1 yr 8 mos

⋅ Core responsibility was to design modules, components and drive implementation for the business and tech requirements for core Invoices and Taxes module along with Avalara and Taxjar integrations.
⋅ Coordinated on integrating Spock(Unit Testing) into Chargebee Framework and drove initiatives to ensure tests coverage is improved for legacy codebase.
⋅ Drove change and transformation in the process of feature delivery and agile practises.

MicroservicesCross-platform DevelopmentREST APIsAgile Application Development

Gain credit (formerly global analytics)

Software Engineer

Jun 2016 – Apr 2019 · 2 yrs 10 mos · Chennai

⋅ Played a key role in design and test-driven development of micro-services with multi-tenant architecture in an agile environment with extensive software documentation.
⋅ Developed modules and components for the business requirements by programming and testing them, and deploy the release.
⋅ Developed significant system enhancements, and deployed the same.

MicroservicesCross-platform DevelopmentREST APIsAgile Application Development