👋 Hi there, I'm

Jayanth Appalla

Data Engineer & Software Developer

Transforming data into insights with Azure Databricks, AWS, and cutting-edge cloud technologies. Passionate about building scalable data pipelines and delivering high-performance solutions that drive real impact.

Who I Am

Software engineer with expertise in data engineering, cloud platforms, and scalable systems

4
YEARS EXPERIENCE
4
CERTIFICATIONS
5
COMPANIES
1
PUBLICATION

I'm a Software Engineer currently working at SPV Consulting, where I build and optimize data pipelines using Azure Databricks for gigabyte-scale data processing. My work focuses on creating scalable data workflows across Bronze, Silver, and Gold layers, enabling efficient downstream analytics and machine learning use cases.

Previously, I worked as a Software Development Engineer at Amazon Web Services on the DynamoDB team, where I enhanced the import system to handle 100,000+ S3 objects, reducing import time by 20% for large datasets. I've also contributed to ServiceNow ITSM implementations and built analytics dashboards using SAP Analytics Cloud.

With a Master's in Computer Science from the University of Illinois at Chicago and published research in computer vision, I bring both theoretical knowledge and practical experience to every project. I'm passionate about leveraging cutting-edge technologies to build systems that scale and deliver measurable impact.

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Current Focus

Data engineering with Azure Databricks, optimizing ETL pipelines, and building scalable data workflows

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AWS Experience

Contributed to DynamoDB service, handling multi-TB backups and high-volume data imports at scale

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Research

Published paper on real-time object detection using deep learning and neural networks

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Interests

Natural Language Processing, Computer Vision, Deep Learning, and Artificial Intelligence

Professional Experience

Dec 2024 - Present

Data Engineer

SPV Consulting LLC • Marlton, NJ (Remote)

  • Built and optimized data pipelines using Azure Databricks for gigabyte-scale data using partitioning, Z-ordering and caching mechanisms to improve ETL runtimes
  • Engineered scalable data workflows to process, cleanse, and aggregate large datasets across Bronze, Silver, and Gold layers, enabling efficient downstream analytics and machine learning use cases
  • Used Git for version control to ensure seamless tracking of development progress
  • Integrated Databricks to PowerBI to create dashboards and interactive reports leading to enhanced operational efficiency
Azure Databricks PySpark Delta Lake PowerBI Git
Aug 2023 - Oct 2024

Software Development Engineer

Amazon Web Services • Seattle, WA

  • Contributed to the AWS DynamoDB team, developing and maintaining a scalable service enabling customers to create multi-TB backups, import high volumes of data, and restore data into the database with reliability and performance
  • Enhanced the import system by increasing the S3 object count limit to 100,000 from the existing 10,000 resulting in an average reduction of 20% in import time for large datasets
  • Responsible for service operations, monitoring dashboards, metrics, and performance indicators to keep the service running at times of very high traffic
  • Managed on-call operations requiring immediate bug fixes that impact import and restore operations with an average response time of 2 hours
AWS DynamoDB S3 Java Spring Boot
Feb 2023 - Aug 2023

Programmer

I-ConnectResources Inc. • Columbus, OH

  • Worked on ITSM modules including Incident, Problem, Change, and Request Management using ServiceNow, contributing to streamlined service delivery and improved operational efficiency
  • Assisted with ITOM modules such as CMDB, Discovery and integrated AWS and ServiceNow to discover AWS resources
  • Partnered with multiple teams to create self-service modules like service catalog and catalog item creation
  • Managed ServiceNow environment as a Certified ServiceNow Administrator and worked on Appian application modules as a certified Appian developer
ServiceNow Appian AWS ITSM CMDB
Oct 2020 - May 2021

Associate Software Engineer

Incture Technologies • Bangalore, India

  • Developed dashboards and reports using SAP Analytics Cloud, Python, and R, delivering actionable insights to clients
  • Managed data from multiple sources of an oil and gas client to build an SAP analytics dashboard enhancing the efficiency by 30%
  • Built backend microservices in Java/Spring MVC for a geospatial analytics application, leveraging Esri ArcGIS APIs
  • Collaborated with teams to develop Savory Stop, an e-commerce platform, implementing 14 backend Java microservices with Spring MVC
SAP Analytics Cloud Java Spring MVC Python R
Aug 2019 - Nov 2019

Software Development Intern

Hindustan Unilever Pvt. Ltd • Bangalore, India

  • Contributed to the Chatbots and NLP team, developing a Russian-language bot for email responses using Google Dialogflow
  • Created a Python script to convert multiple file formats into text for GRASP, an in-house document search and conversion tool
  • Built an MVC application using C# and .NET to replicate Microsoft Power BI for internal usage
NLP Dialogflow Python C# .NET

Skills & Technologies

Languages & Frameworks

Python R SQL Java C# Spring Spring Boot Django TensorFlow

Data & Cloud Platforms

Azure Databricks Azure DataFactory Snowflake AWS Apache Kafka Apache Spark PySpark Delta Lake

Analytics & Visualization

PowerBI Tableau SAP Analytics Cloud NumPy Pandas SciKitLearn NLTK

Tools & Platforms

Git Maven Gradle Visual Studio ServiceNow Appian Windows Linux macOS Android

Featured Projects

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Spring 2022 • Course Project

In-Vehicle Coupon Recommendation System

Examined 13,000 driving scenarios with 27 attributes such as weather, hour, and profession. Achieved 80% accuracy in predicting acceptability of coupons using logistic regression and decision trees. Created and contrasted 5 machine learning models to optimize model accuracy.

Python Machine Learning Scikit-Learn
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Spring 2022 • Course Project

UIC Web Search Engine

Designed and implemented a search engine restricted to the UIC domain. Scraped and indexed over 3000 web pages and applied text preprocessing and vector space models. Ranked query results using cosine similarity, enabling retrieval across a multi-thousand corpus.

Python NLP Information Retrieval
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Spring 2020 • Undergraduate Research

Real-time Object Detection for Visually Impaired

Built an Android app which uses technologies such as deep learning and neural networks to detect objects and people. Processed real-time video streams with Apache Kafka and frame-level analysis. Applied YOLO for object detection and Google API for text-to-speech conversion.

Deep Learning YOLO Apache Kafka Android


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Education

Master of Science in Computer Science

The University of Illinois at Chicago

📅 Aug 2021 - Dec 2022
🎓 GPA: 3.22/4.0
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Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science

National Institute of Engineering, Mysore, India

📅 Aug 2016 - Aug 2020
🎓 GPA: 9.09/10
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Professional Certifications

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Microsoft Certified Fabric Data Engineer

2025

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Databricks Certified Associate Data Engineer

2025

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Microsoft Certified Administrator Associate

2025

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Tableau Certified Desktop Specialist

2024

Let's Connect

Location

Marlton, New Jersey

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