Software Engineer

Navneetha Rajan

Building systems that scale.

Curious about the why.
Energised by hard things.

About

“I don't wait until I'm ready. I jump, and figure it out on the way down.”

JavaSpring BootKafkaAWSPythonKubernetesFastAPIDocker

Backend engineer with 3 years of production experience building systems at real scale. At SIXT, I worked on platforms serving 8M+ monthly users across 110+ countries — optimizing reservation flows, migrating monoliths to microservices, and building fault-tolerant pipelines processing 1M+ bookings/month.

Outside of code, I'm endlessly curious — always finding energy in new ideas and people who challenge me to think differently.

Experience

Software Engineer

Arizona State University

Apr 2025 — Present · Tempe, AZ

AI pipeline for parking lot SVG generation · 200+ campus lots · 100+ hours saved

Software Development Engineer II

SIXT Research & Development

Aug 2021 — Jul 2024 · Bengaluru, India

20% booking uplift · 65% latency reduction · 8M+ users · 1M+ reservations/month

★ Most Valuable Player Award

Software Engineering Intern

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Feb 2021 — Jul 2021 · Bengaluru, India

40K+ records automated · 82% reduction in manual QA

Education

MS Information Technology — AI Concentration

Arizona State University

Aug 2024 — May 2026 · GPA 4.0

BTech Computer Science & Engineering

PES University

Aug 2017 — May 2021

Projects

view all →

Policy Lens

🏆 Winner · Innovation Hacks 2.0 · ASU

Real-time drug coverage intelligence for market access analysts. Cross-payer comparison across 400+ payers, PA Friction Score, and field-level policy change detection from 1,400+ ingested documents.

PythonFastAPIReactClaude APIPostgreSQL

github →

QuestMind

Retro RPG where the enemy is your psychological state. 4-phase LLM pipeline with confidence-gated classification, schema validation, and a crisis intercept layer active across all game states.

React 19Vite 6Claude APIJWT

github →demo →

Ride Share

Cloud-native ride-sharing platform engineered for millions of concurrent requests with fault-tolerant microservices.

AWSMicroservicesDockerLoad Balancing

github →

Blogs

all posts →

Jul 15, 2025Building MindMate: A 3-Hour Sprint12 min read

What Happens When You Give Your Feelings an Interface

Jun 8, 2024Building Scalable Microservices with Spring Boot7 min read

Breaking down the monolith

Jan 3, 2024The Future of Cloud-Native Development9 min read

Where we're headed next

From people I've built with

Consistently demonstrated technical expertise in delivering scalable solutions and building critical integrations. An outstanding engineer with exceptional work ethic, professionalism, and technical abilities.

Amey Gadgil

Senior Engineering Manager · SIXT

Combines impressive technical expertise in Java and Spring Boot with dedication and teamwork. Balances technical excellence with collaboration, making a dependable and impactful team member.

Bhushan Kakulte

Staff Software Engineer · SIXT

Stands out for genuine curiosity and the ability to quickly grasp complex systems. Actively leverages GenAI tools to solve challenges efficiently while maintaining high code quality.

Rajasekar Venkatesan

Senior Software Engineer · SIXT

Demonstrates exceptional backend development skills in Java Spring Boot, building robust and efficient systems that meet high scalability demands.

Mithun Shivaramiah

Software Engineer · SIXT

Amey Gadgil

Senior Engineering Manager · SIXT

Contact

Let's build something.

Open to backend and full-stack roles · New York City

Email me LinkedIn