Arjun Reddy
Bengaluru, India•8+ Years Experience

Software Engineer. Builder. Problem Solver.

Building reliable software and exploring better ways to solve complex problems.

I'm Arjun Reddy, a software engineer with 8+ years of experience building and maintaining enterprise applications. My work spans backend engineering, frontend development, database optimization, automation, and application architecture. I also explore modern web technologies, AI-powered applications, self-hosted infrastructure, and independent software products.

Selected Case Studies & Software

Featured Work

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2026

Query Gate

Creator & Lead Architect

An enterprise database access gateway with fail-closed auditing, granular object permissions, in-flight data masking, and multi-engine SQL support.

Supported EnginesSQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB
Audit Assurance100% Fail-Closed Guarantee
ComplianceIn-flight Dynamic Masking
C#.NET 10Blazor ServerSQL ServerPostgreSQLMySQLMariaDBMonaco EditorDocker
Case Studyenterprise
2023 – 2024

Enterprise Reporting Engine

Senior / Lead Backend Engineer

Architecting a high-throughput, configurable reporting pipeline for complex multi-worksheet Excel exports and asynchronous background execution.

Throughput500K+ rows / batch
Memory Ceiling< 250MB fixed ceiling
Web TierZero thread starvation
C#.NETASP.NET CoreSQL ServerHangfireEPPlus
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Case Studyenterprise
2023

SQL Server Performance Engineering

Senior Backend & Database Engineer

Diagnosing execution plans, resolving severe table scan bottlenecks, and redesigning indexing strategies for high-volume relational tables.

Query Latency8.4s → 115ms (98% reduction)
Logical Reads1.2M reads → 3.8K reads
CPU UtilizationReduced peak SQL CPU by ~45%
SQL ServerT-SQLExecution Plan AnalysisIndex OptimizationC#
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Career Progression

Professional Journey

Full career history

Lead Engineer

Current
Starmark Software•Bengaluru, India

Leading backend architecture, system reliability, and engineering standards across enterprise platforms.

2026 – Present

Associate Lead Engineer

Starmark Software•Bengaluru, India

Guided technical design, code quality standards, and system modernization for enterprise applications.

August 2025 – December 2025

Senior Software Engineer

Starmark Software•Bengaluru, India

Built high-throughput backend APIs, background job processors, and optimized database performance.

July 2022 – September 2025

Software Engineer

Starmark Software•Bengaluru, India

Built full-stack web applications, backend APIs, and end-to-end automated test suites.

June 2018 – July 2022
Engineering Domains

Capabilities & Technical Focus

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Backend Engineering

Designing resilient, scalable APIs, scheduled workers, and secure data access pipelines.

Production Depth
  • C# & .NET 10 / .NET Core
  • ASP.NET Core Web API
  • Entity Framework Core & Dapper
  • RESTful API Design & OpenAPI
  • JWT & ASP.NET Identity Auth
  • Background Workers & Schedulers
Exploring

High-performance Minimal APIs • Distributed Tracing with OpenTelemetry

Frontend Engineering

Delivering responsive, accessible, and reactive user experiences with clean state management.

Production Depth
  • Angular & TypeScript
  • Modern JavaScript (ESNext)
  • RxJS & Reactive State Patterns
  • Tailwind CSS & SCSS
  • Blazor Server
  • Accessible UI Components
Exploring

Next.js App Router • React Server Components • Micro-frontend architectures

Database Engineering

Modeling relational schemas, optimizing slow queries, and managing governed access.

Production Depth
  • Microsoft SQL Server & T-SQL
  • Execution Plan Analysis
  • Index Tuning & Performance Engineering
  • PostgreSQL
  • MySQL & MariaDB
  • Dynamic Data Masking & Auditing
Exploring

pgvector & semantic search • Database Sharding & Read Replicas

Automation & Reliability

Building automated safety nets and workflows so production systems never regress.

Production Depth
  • Playwright Automated Testing
  • Selenium WebDriver & Page Object Model
  • xUnit & Integration Testing
  • Hangfire Scheduled Processing
  • Database Auditing & Access Controls
Exploring

Chaos engineering testing • Contract testing with Pact

Infrastructure & DevOps

Containerizing services and configuring reproducible deployment and local environments.

Production Depth
  • Docker & Docker Compose
  • Linux Server Administration
  • Reverse Proxies (Nginx, Traefik)
  • GitHub Actions CI/CD
  • Kestrel SSL Configuration
Exploring

Self-hosted homelab monitoring • Kubernetes cluster operations

AI & Developer Tooling

Building developer tools and integrating AI agents into practical engineering workflows.

Production Depth
  • AI Agent Skills & Custom Tooling
  • AI Coding Agent Workflows
  • Monaco Editor Custom Integrations
  • Git & Nx Monorepo Tooling
Exploring

RAG with grounded citations • LLM Structured Tool Calling • Local model inference

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Open to backend and database engineering, technical roles, and independent software collaboration.