Raviteja Tholupunoori

Raviteja Tholupunoori

Software Engineer III · Sr. Data Engineer · Deloitte

9+ years of experience in data and AI platform engineering — building production-grade data pipelines, LLM-based platforms, and multi-cloud infrastructure across GCP, Azure, and AWS. Apache Airflow Champion (Astronomer, Cohort 3).

Experience

Deloitte Consulting India Pvt. Ltd.

Software Engineer III

Deloitte Consulting India Pvt. Ltd.

ConvergeCONSUMER — Customer & Marketing / Innovation & Technology

Aug 2024 — Present

Customer Growth Opportunity Platform

PythonFastAPIPostgreSQLKubernetesGCPDatabricksKEDAArgoCD
  • Designed HLD and led containerisation of the Customer Growth app — converting a manual workflow into a fully automated deployment via GitHub Actions CI/CD.
  • Piloted KEDA HTTP-trigger autoscaling, introducing an event-driven scaling pattern that reduced operational complexity vs. the previous DB-trigger approach.
  • Delivered semantic search for opportunity matching by implementing a Gen Model-based search layer in the Customer Growth API.
  • ★ Applause Award — delivering MVP for a client within the timeline

Customer Segmentation

PythonPySparkGCPBigQueryKubernetesPub/Sub
  • Led MRD integration into the Customer Segmentation platform, eliminating manual Jupyter-based preprocessing and enabling fully automated end-to-end ML workflows.
  • Designed a pub/sub-based architecture for multi-application reuse and built a PySpark Data Prep Pipeline with advanced data quality checks.
  • Increased automated test coverage to ~90% across segmentation and clustering modules.

Brand Identity

PythonBigQueryGCPDockerCASS
  • Built and delivered an end-to-end Brand Identity matching MVP within a single sprint — matching logic, CASS integration, BigQuery data layer, testing, containerisation, and CI/CD.
Deloitte Consulting India Pvt. Ltd.

Product Engineer 2

Deloitte Consulting India Pvt. Ltd.

ConvergeCONSUMER — Customer & Marketing / Innovation & Technology

Jul 2021 — Jul 2024

Identity Resolution Platform

Apache SparkAirflowPythonC#GCPAzureAWSDatabricksKubernetesMongoDB
  • Modernised data processing from legacy .NET to Apache Spark — 70% performance gain; core IDR pipeline processes 800 million records with 50% reduction in processing time.
  • Migrated infrastructure to support AWS and Azure within 3 months, enabling automated single-click deployment across three cloud providers.
  • Built an Airflow-orchestrated batch ingestion pipeline (Cleanse, Convert, CASS, Pinning, Stitch) — 25% cost reduction, 20% scalability increase.
  • Maintained 20+ Apache Airflow DAGs on GCP Cloud Composer — custom Docker image builds, Kubernetes pod configs, and pipeline stability.
  • ★ Applause Award · ★ Outstanding Performance Award
Strategic Technology Resources International Pvt. Ltd.

Full Stack Developer

Strategic Technology Resources International Pvt. Ltd.

Apr 2020 — Jun 2021
AngularJSNode.js.NETJavaAzureZoho CreatorSQL
  • Built modular single-page UIs with AngularJS and Node.js; acted as client-facing interface for requirements and backend API integration.
  • Developed a low-code ATS on Zoho Creator and migrated configurable .NET/Java automation apps to Azure for SPS Commerce.
Deloitte Consulting India Pvt. Ltd.

Business Technology Analyst

Deloitte Consulting India Pvt. Ltd.

Apr 2018 — Mar 2020

Built Talend automation pipelines for LGE CDP — 400GB+ file processing reduced from 18 days to 2–3 days. Developed real-time .NET microservices for identity resolution with 23× and 1800× performance improvements. ★ Applause & Spot Awards.

Capgemini Technology Services India Ltd.

Software Engineer

Capgemini Technology Services India Ltd.

Oct 2016 — Apr 2018

Developed and maintained the RBC (Royal Bank of Canada) Sales Platform on C# / .NET MVC; built configurable multi-environment deployment pipelines across dev, staging, and production.

Skills

AI

AI
Claude
CP
Copilot
GPT
ChatGPT
PE
GenAI Prompt Eng.

Languages

PythonPython
C#C#
SQL
SQL

Data Engineering

Apache AirflowApache Airflow
SP
Apache Spark
DB
Databricks
BQ
BigQuery
TL
Talend

Cloud Platforms

GCPGCP
AzureAzure
AWSAWS

Databases

MongoDBMongoDB
PostgreSQLPostgreSQL
SQL ServerSQL Server

Tools & DevOps

DockerDocker
KubernetesKubernetes
KD
KEDA
AC
Argo CD
HM
Helm
FastAPIFastAPI
GitGit

Certifications

Google Cloud Developer & Architect

Google Cloud Developer & Architect

Professional Developer, Architect, ACE & Cloud Digital Leader

Apache Airflow Champion & Fundamentals

Apache Airflow Champion & Fundamentals

Astronomer Certified — Airflow Fundamentals & Astronomer Champion

MongoDB SI Architect & Associate

MongoDB SI Architect & Associate

MongoDB Solution Implementation certifications

Microsoft C# Developer

Microsoft C# Developer

Microsoft Certified Professional (Programming in C#)

AWS Technical Professional

AWS Technical Professional

Amazon Web Services — AWS Technical Professional

GenAI Engineer

GenAI Engineer

Deloitte Certified — GenAI Guild Program

Speaking & Media

Astronomer

Astronomer Podcast — Apache Airflow in Production

Featured on the Astronomer podcast discussing real-world Apache Airflow architectures, orchestration patterns, and lessons learned from running Airflow at scale on Kubernetes across GCP and Azure.

Astronomer · 2024

Achievements

Apache Airflow Champion

Apache Airflow Champion

Selected as Astronomer Champion — a global initiative for passionate Apache Airflow advocates.

Google Skill Badges

Google Skill Badges

Multiple Skill Badges, Arcade Points and Google SWAG via Cloud Skills Boost.

Client & Internal Awards

Client & Internal Awards

Outstanding, Applause & Spot awards for delivery, migration & performance tuning.

TechGig Code Gladiators 2023

TechGig Code Gladiators 2023

Top 10 finalist — one of the world's biggest coding competitions with 300K+ developers.

Recommendations

"I worked closely with Raviteja at Deloitte, and he is an exceptional Senior Data Engineer who brings a high level of ownership to everything he touches. He doesn't just execute tasks; he ensures the end-to-end reliability of the data systems he manages. Raviteja has a standout ability to design and implement complex, Python-based workflows using Apache Airflow. His deep hands-on experience with Databricks was instrumental in building our most critical data pipelines, making them more efficient and scalable. What I appreciate most about working with Raviteja is his proactive nature. He is a 'get-it-done' professional who is always willing to share his knowledge and mentor others on the team. Any organization would be lucky to have a senior engineer with his technical depth and dedication."

Manuraj M R

Principal Engineer (Ex-Deloitte Product Tech Lead) · NOV

Feb 2026

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Education

CVR College of Engineering (JNTUH)

CVR College of Engineering (JNTUH)

B.Tech — Electronics & Communication Engineering

2012 – 2016 · 81%