Sairamakrishna Karri

Lead Software Developer & Solution Architect

Lead software developer and solution architect with 14+ years building cloud-native platforms across fintech, healthcare, and enterprise technology.

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14+ years of engineering leadership

Building reliable systems with Java, Python, and Go across cloud and data platforms.

Sairamakrishna BuchiReddy Karri is a Lead Software Developer and Solution Architect based in Detroit, Michigan, with more than 14 years of experience designing and operating enterprise applications. His background spans fintech payments, fraud and risk systems, healthcare platforms, retail operations, and automotive technology at Ford Motor Company, Capital One, Evolent Health, Eli Lilly, and Tyson Foods.

He works across microservices, multi-cloud architecture (AWS, GCP, Azure), data engineering, and applied AI. Beyond delivery roles, he publishes peer-reviewed research, speaks at international conferences, serves as a reviewer and session chair, and mentors engineers through ADPList.

Languages & frameworks

Java / Spring Boot Python Go Kafka REST / Microservices

Cloud & data

AWS GCP Azure Databricks PySpark Docker

Domains

Fintech Healthcare Retail Automotive

Career highlights

Architecture and engineering leadership at Ford Motor Company, Capital One, and other enterprise organizations.

  1. Nov 2024 – Present · Detroit, Michigan

    Lead Software Developer / Solution Architect

    Ford Motor Company

  2. Jul 2019 – Nov 2024 · McLean, VA

    Sr. Lead Software Developer / Solution Architect

    Capital One · PAYEX NextGen

  3. May 2018 – Jun 2019 · McLean, VA

    Lead Software Developer / Data Engineer

    Capital One · Model Monitoring

  4. Apr 2017 – May 2018 · Arlington, VA

    Sr Software Engineer

    Evolent Health

  5. Jul 2016 – Mar 2017 · McLean, VA

    Lead Java Full Stack Developer

    Capital One

  6. 2011 – 2016

    Software Engineering Roles

    Eli Lilly · Tyson Foods · Ramsai Software Solutions · Hadiamondstar Software Solutions, LLC

Leadership beyond full-time roles

Co-founding and engineering leadership in technology organizations.

Co-Founder & CFO

SS Software Solutions, LLC · Mar 2024 – Present

Director of Engineering

The AI Lab · Mar 2025 – Present

Advisory Board Member

Soft Computing Research Society (SCRS) · Jun 2026 – Present

Cloud and professional credentials

AWS, Project Management Professional (PMP), and Oracle Database certifications.

AWS Certified Advanced Networking – Specialty

Amazon Web Services · Issued Jan 2025 · Valid through Jan 2028

Project Management Professional (PMP)

Project Management Institute · Issued Feb 2024 · Valid through Feb 2027

AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional

Amazon Web Services · Issued Jan 2024 · Valid through Jan 2027

AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional

Amazon Web Services · Issued Jun 2021 · Valid through May 2027

AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate

Amazon Web Services · Issued Jun 2021 · Valid through May 2027

Oracle Database 11g Administrator Certified Associate

Oracle · Issued Apr 2015

AWS Certified Developer – Associate

Amazon Web Services

Professional societies

Fellow and senior memberships with leading engineering and technology societies.

BCS Fellowship

BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT

Jul 2026 – Present

Distinguished Fellow

Soft Computing Research Society (SCRS)

May 2026 – Present · Certificate No. SCRS/DisFellow/2115

Associate

ACM, Association for Computing Machinery

Aug 2025 – Present

Member

Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)

Apr 2025 – Present

Research Fellowship

IETE — The Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers

Nov 2024 – Present

Keynote speaking & conference service

Keynotes, session chair roles, organizing committee, panels, and hackathon judging — by year.

  1. 2026

    Keynote Speaker — IEEE ESCI 2026

    8th IEEE International Conference on Emerging Smart Computing and Informatics · Special session on AI-Driven Business Development and Management · Mar 11–13, 2026

    Session Chair — IEEE ESCI 2026

    8th IEEE International Conference on Emerging Smart Computing and Informatics · Special Session track · Mar 11–13, 2026 · AISSMS IOIT, Pune

    Special Session Proposal — IEEE ESCI 2026

    8th IEEE International Conference on Emerging Smart Computing and Informatics · AI-Driven Business Development and Management · Mar 11–13, 2026

    Keynote Speaker — ICACA-2026

    International Conference on Advanced Computing and Applications · RTC Institute of Technology, Ranchi · IETE · Mar 6–7, 2026

    Paper Presentation — ICACA-2026 (IETE)

    International Conference on Advanced Computing and Applications · “Dynamic Request Routing for LLM Interface Optimization using Token-Complexity Analysis” · Mar 6–7, 2026

    Keynote Speaker — ICSETI-2026

    International Conference on Sustainable Engineering and Technology Innovations · JSS Academy of Technical Education, Noida · Feb 5–6, 2026

    Keynote Speaker — ICCTDN-2026

    International Conference on Communication, Technology & Digital Networks · Ford Motor Company, USA

    Keynote Speaker — SEATNGA 2026

    International Conference on Sustainable Energy and AI Technologies for Next Generation Applications

    Keynote Speaker — ICCDM-2026

    1st International Conference on Cybersecurity, Data Science, and Machine Learning

    Judge — Student Innovators Without Borders Hacks 2026

    Certificate of Judging Completion · Global hackathon · 959 participants

    Session Chair — ICACIT-2026

    5th International Conference on Advanced Computing and Intelligent Technologies

    Judge — InOut 2026 Hackathon

    Grand Finale · JSS University, Noida

    Judge — SmallAI Hackathon 2026

    2nd SmallAI Hackathon · Bluffdale ACM Chapter, USA

  2. 2025

    Session Chair — ICAAAIML-2025

    5th International Conference on Advances and Applications of AI & ML · Sharda University · Jul 18–19, 2025

  3. 2023

    Organizing Committee Member — ICACIT 2023

    3rd International Conference on Advanced Computing and Intelligent Technologies · Dec 8–9, 2023

    Keynote Speaker — ICEEE-2023

    4th International Conference on Electrical and Electronics Engineering · Chitkara University, Himachal Pradesh, India · Aug 19–20, 2023

    Keynote Speaker — ICACIS 2023

    International Conference on Advanced Communication and Intelligent Systems · Warsaw Management University, Poland · Jun 16–17, 2023

    Industry Panel — GlobConET 2023

    IEEE IAS Global Conference on Emerging Technologies · “The Future of Finance: Autonomous Decision-Making with AI” · Loughborough University, London, UK · May 19–21, 2023

  4. 2022

    Paper Presentation — Deep Learning Approaches to Stock Market Forecasting

    2nd International Conference on Advanced Computing and Intelligent Technologies (ICACIT 2022) · Mar 12–13, 2022

    Paper Presentation — Artificial Intelligence in Wealth Management and Portfolio Optimization

    3rd International Conference on Electrical and Electronics Engineering (ICEEE 2022) · Jan 8–9, 2022

  5. 2021

    Session Chair — GUCON 2021

    2021 IEEE IAS 4th International Conference on Computing, Power and Communication Technologies · Session FD4 · Sep 24–26, 2021

    Session Chair — ICACIT 2021

    International Conference on Advanced Computing and Intelligent Technologies · Galgotias University · Session FD-11 · Mar 20–21, 2021

Peer review

Peer reviewer for international conferences in computing, AI, and engineering.

Reviewer — PICS-2026, NIT Hamirpur

2nd International Conference on Power and Intelligent Control Systems · Jul 2–3, 2026 · Hybrid

Reviewer — ICSMS-2026 (IETE)

IETE 2nd International Conference on Smart Mobility Systems · Osmania University, Hyderabad, India · Jun 30 – Jul 1, 2026

Reviewer — ICACA-2026 (IETE)

International Conference on Advanced Computing and Applications · RTC Institute of Technology, Ranchi · Mar 6–7, 2026

Reviewer — RITEEC 2025, NIT Patna

1st International Conference on Recent Innovations and Trends in Electrical & Electronics Engineering and Computing · May 22–23, 2025

Reviewer — ICEEE 2021

International Conference on Electrical and Electronics Engineering · University of Malaya & Galgotias University · Jan 2–3, 2021

Publications and conference papers

Peer-reviewed journal and conference papers on Google Scholar.

Top Research Papers

Sagorika: A Sustainable AI-Driven UAV Ecosystem for Autonomous Plastic Waste Detection and Management

30th International Conference on Image Processing, Computer Vision, & Pattern Recognition (IPCV’26) · CSCE 2026 · Luxor (MGM), Las Vegas, NV, USA · Jul 20–23, 2026 · Accepted for Springer Nature proceedings (Dec 2026) · ~19% acceptance

Vaibhav: Fine-Grained Energy Management of Data Center Servers Using PowerNap

28th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (ICAI’26) · CSCE 2026 · Luxor (MGM), Las Vegas, NV, USA · Jul 20–23, 2026 · Accepted for Springer Nature proceedings (Nov 2026) · ~19% acceptance

Dynamic Inventory Optimization and Cost Reduction Using Motif Knowledge Heterogeneous Dollmaker Graph Attention Network for Global Supply Chain Efficiency

Research Square preprint · Feb 2026 · DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-8496455/v1

Benchmarking AI Coding Assistants: Prompt Sensitivity in Gemini 2.5 Flash and LLaMA-3.3-70B

International Conference on Sustainable Engineering and Technology · 2026

DataMind AI: A Dynamic, Agentic Framework for Real-Time Multimodal Retrieval-Augmented Generation

International Conference on Sustainable Engineering and Technology · 2026

AI-Driven Real-Time Data Synchronization in Distributed Financial Systems

IEEE SoutheastCon 2026 · pp. 1–7

Islanding detection of integrated DG system using rate of change of frequency over reactive power

International Journal of Power Electronics and Drive Systems · Vol. 16, No. 3 · Sep 2025 · 1 citation

Quantum Computing in Drug Discovery: Innovations in Pharmaceutical Research

ICAAAIML-2025 · 5th International Conference on Advances and Applications of AI & ML · Jul 18–19, 2025 · PID 1377

AI Chatbots in Banking: Transforming Customer Service and Operational Efficiency

International Conference on Innovations in Engineering and Emerging Technologies · Switzerland Innovation Park, Biel/Bienne · Jun 9–11, 2025 · IOS Press · 7 citations · Best Paper Award

Advancements in Topological Qubits: Microsoft’s Majorana Approach

International Journal of Engineering Research & Technology (IJERT) · Vol. 14, Issue 05 · May 2025

Enhancing Cloud-Native Applications: A Comparative Study of Java-To-Go Micro Services Migration

International Transactions on Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (ITEECS) · Vol. 4, No. 1 · 2025 · 14 citations · DOI: 10.62760/iteecs.4.1.2025.127

MiRNAClassifier: Improving Cancer Biomarker Identification with A Spatio-temporal Adjustable Deep Learning Algorithm

11th International Conference on Communication and Signal Processing (ICCSP 2025) · IEEE · 10 citations

An Architecture for Model Monitoring System with Automated Data Validation and Failure Handling

3rd International Conference on Communication, Security and Artificial Intelligence (ICCSAI 2025) · Galgotias University · IEEE · 6 citations

Assessing User Confidence and Acceptance of AI Enhanced Through Multi-LLM Consensus Mechanisms

International Transactions on Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (ITEECS) · 2025

An Explainable Hybrid Natural Language Processing and CatBoost Framework for Phishing Website Detection

International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Cyber Security · pp. 587–601 · 2025

Improving Retail Efficiency with a Smart Trolley Featuring RFID Billing and Bluetooth Integration

7th International Conference on Electrical, Control and Instrumentation Engineering (ICECIE 2025) · Pattaya City, Thailand · IEEE · DOI: 10.1109/ICECIE66637.2025.11363850

Quantum Computing for Nanomaterials: Accelerating Material Discovery

Advancements in Smart Innovations, Intelligent Systems, and Technologies · IOS Press · 2025

Cross-Domain Expert in Designing AI-Driven Microservices

International Journal of Novel Research and Development (IJNRD) · Dec 2024

Published technical articles

20 published articles on DZone with 87.2K pageviews. DZone profile

Rust-Native Alternatives to Spark SQL and DataFrame Workloads

DZone · Jun 11, 2026 · 3,379 views · 3 likes

Real-Time AI Inference at Scale Using Cloud Run, GPUs, and Vertex AI

DZone · Jun 4, 2026 · 2,424 views

RAG Is Not Enough: Advanced Retrieval Architectures Using Vertex AI Search on GCP

DZone · May 28, 2026 · 2,415 views

Building Production-Grade GenAI on GCP with Vertex AI Agent Builder

DZone · May 25, 2026 · 2,068 views

Delta Lake 4.0 and Delta Kernel: What's New in the Future of Data Lakehouses

DZone · Nov 3, 2025 · 3,804 views · 2 likes

AI-Powered Cybersecurity: Inside Google’s Gemini and Microsoft’s Security Copilot

DZone · Oct 17, 2025 · 6,018 views · 1 like

Azure VM Instance Types and Their Roles in Different Distributed Software Systems

DZone · Sep 11, 2025 · 19,766 views · 3 likes

Agentic AI vs Traditional AI Agents: What Makes Them Autonomous?

DZone · Aug 8, 2025 · 2,224 views · 2 likes

Databricks DBRX vs OpenAI GPT-4o vs Claude 3: Which LLM Is Best for Enterprise Use Cases?

DZone · Aug 8, 2025 · 2,257 views · 1 like

AWS vs. Azure vs. GCP: A Comprehensive Guide to Choosing the Right Cloud Provider

DZone · Jul 28, 2025 · 2,473 views

Unity Catalog + AI: How Databricks Is Making Data Governance AI-Native in 2025

DZone · Jul 25, 2025 · 3,648 views · 1 like

How LangChain Is Powering Next-Gen AI Apps: A Developer’s Guide in 2025

DZone · Jul 24, 2025 · 3,331 views · 1 like

Concurrency in Rust: Writing Safe and Efficient Code

DZone · Jul 24, 2025 · 2,717 views · 1 like

WebAssembly (Wasm) and AI at the Edge: The New Frontier for Real-Time Applications

DZone · Jul 4, 2025 · 2,317 views · 1 like

From ETL to ELT to Real-Time: Modern Data Engineering with Databricks Lakehouse

DZone · Jun 11, 2025 · 3,290 views · 5 likes

Rust and WebAssembly: Unlocking High-Performance Web Apps

DZone · May 2, 2025 · 4,758 views · 1 like

Mastering Ownership and Borrowing in Rust

DZone · Apr 15, 2025 · 3,612 views · 3 likes

Ensuring Data Quality With Great Expectations and Databricks

DZone · Mar 26, 2025 · 5,629 views · 2 likes

Migrating Java Microservices to Go: A Comprehensive Guide

DZone · Mar 11, 2025 · 9,427 views · 5 likes

Building Intelligent Microservices With Go and AWS AI Services

DZone · Feb 18, 2025 · 5,068 views · 2 likes

Honors and mentorship

Best paper award and top-ranked mentorship recognition on ADPList.

Best Paper Award

International Conference on Innovations in Engineering and Emerging Technologies · Switzerland Innovation Park · Jun 2025 · “AI Chatbots in Banking…”

ADPList Mentorship Minutes — 1000 Minutes

ADPList · Mentorship milestone credential

ADPList Top 1 Mentor

Global mentorship ranking recognition

ADPList Top 10 Mentor

Global mentorship ranking recognition

Degrees

Master of Science — Information Technology

Virginia International University · Fairfax, VA · 2013–2014

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Bachelor of Technology — Electronics & Communication Engineering

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University · India · 2007–2011

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Contact information

Phone

925-263-6363

Location

Detroit, Michigan, USA