Devkanth Jijjavarapu
Chapel Hill
Summary
Product-minded Engineering Manager with 20+ years delivering consumer-facing financial platform experiences at scale, including direct experience building advisor-facing wealth management and planning platforms at Fidelity Investments. Deep expertise in cloud-native microservices, legacy modernization, and engineering team leadership — with a growing focus on GenAI integration, LLM-powered workflows, and TypeScript/Node.js-based frontend platforms. Proven ability to partner with Product and Design to translate financial planning vision into reliable, client-ready engineering outcomes.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Engineering Manager
Fidelity Investments
Durham
12.2023 - Current
- Drove platform modernization by migrating legacy services to cloud-native microservices using Node.js, Java/Spring Boot, and TypeScript.
- Partnered with product and design teams to translate platform vision into actionable roadmaps, aligning delivery velocity with technical quality.
- Led distributed team of 30+ engineers across multiple squads, resulting in four promotions to senior/staff roles.
- Defined and enforced SLIs/SLOs for ECS/Kubernetes operational readiness and observability standards.
- Established clear API contracts for over 50 independent feature teams to enhance collaboration.
- Coordinated delivery across authentication, data, and UI work streams, integrating React and TypeScript components with backend services.
- Championed AI-assisted development practices, leveraging GitHub Copilot and emerging LLM tooling for enhanced code reviews and sprint planning.
- Conducted structured 1:1s and skip-level conversations, fostering career development through tailored plans.
Director of Software Engineering
Fidelity Investments
Durham
08.2019 - 12.2023
- Managed and grew engineering teams of 30 engineers across 3 product lines in Planning & Advice portfolio; prioritized roadmap and communicated with stakeholders at Director level.
- Owned multi-platform modernization reducing implementation friction by 40%; enabled independent deployability for high-volume advisor-facing platforms.
- Defined SOAP-to-REST migration patterns for domain-based microservices with API versioning and backward compatibility for 20+ downstream consumers.
- Fostered culture of technical excellence through structured team rituals, cross-functional design reviews, and inclusive collaboration practices, enhancing team engagement.
- Contributed to engineering hiring bar by recruiting, evaluating, and developing critical technical talent in competitive financial services market.
- Wealth Management & Advice Platforms
Principal Software Engineer & Cloud Technologist
Fidelity Investments
Durham
10.2015 - 07.2019
- Hands-on Java/Spring Boot engineer and technical lead for advisor-facing and workplace platforms; designed REST APIs and microservices serving 10x transaction growth over legacy systems.
- Led migration from SOAP/MAUI services to RESTful domain APIs; improved throughput, resilience, and change isolation across 20 integrated systems.
- Implemented CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins), automated testing, and blue/green deployment patterns supporting zero-downtime releases for critical financial services.
- Collaborated with architecture and security teams to design and implement token-based authentication, service identity protocols, and regulated-data access controls, enhancing overall system security.
- Oversaw development of solutions, ensuring alignment with project requirements and technical standards.
Sr. Engineering Manager / Principal Software Engineer
Capgemini, IBM, Physicians Mutual, Rail Inc, Argus
Omaha
08.2004 - 10.2015
- Designed event-driven systems handling 100M+ daily transactions, optimizing for reduced latency and improved disaster recovery.
- Architected and led enterprise Java applications to improve operational efficiency across Transportation, Healthcare, Insurance, and E-commerce industries.
- Led distributed teams of 8–15 engineers, mentoring 3 engineers into senior roles to strengthen team capability.
Education
Master of Science - Mechanical Engineering
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb, IL08-2004
Master of Science - Computer Science
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb, IL05-2004
Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering
Osmania University
Hyderabad06-1999
Skills
- Cloud-Native Platform Engineering (AWS ECS, Kubernetes)
- Budget Planning
- AI-Driven Development
- Legacy modernization
- Microservices
- DevSecOps
- CI/CD Governance
- SRE Practices
- MLOps
- Real-Time Model Serving
- API modernization
- Observability
- Automated testing
- FINRA compliance
- Canary deployments
- Cross-functional collaboration
- AWS
- EKS
- Lambda
- Docker
- Azure DevOps
- Scaled Scrum delivery
- Data Pipeline Management
- Application Performance Monitoring
- Nodejs
- Java
- Supplier Management
- Python
- REST APIs
- GraphQL
- Financial Planning & Advisory Platform Delivery
- SOX
- SOC2
- FINRA Compliance Engineering
- SLI/SLO Ownership
- Executive Communication
- Engineering Team Leadership
- Cross-Functional Partnership
- OKR Roadmapping
- Agile
- Scrum Delivery at Scale
- Vendor Governance
- Budget Governance
- GenAI developer workflows
- Monolith-to-microservices migration
- AI Integration Strategies
- API contract governance
- Monolith migration
- Distributed tracing
- API governance
- GitHub Copilot
- LLM context engineering
- GenAI-augmented developer workflows
- AWS Bedrock
- Agentic AI patterns
- Problem solving
Certification
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect
• GitHub Copilot 201 – Generative AI & Prompt Engineering Certificate
• Agile / Scrum Implementation and Practicioner
• GitHub Copilot 201 – Generative AI & Prompt Engineering Certificate
• Agile / Scrum Implementation and Practicioner
Personal Information
Title: Engineering Manager | Enterprise Platforms & Engineering Excellence
Thought Leadership Public Speaking
- Datadog Conference, Keynote Speaker, "Kubernetes Pods & How SRE Will Change Application Monitoring Dynamics"
- IBM WebSphere Conference, Conference Speaker, "Kubernetes Pods & SRE-Driven Observability for Enterprise Applications"
Technical Skills
Java, Spring Boot, Node.js, TypeScript, Python, REST APIs, GraphQL, microservices, AWS (ECS, EKS, Lambda), Kubernetes, Docker, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, canary deployments, feature flags, GitHub Copilot (Certified), LLM context engineering, GenAI-augmented developer workflows, AWS Bedrock (familiar), Agentic AI patterns, Domain-driven design, monolith-to-microservices migration, strangler patterns, API contract governance, backward compatibility, Datadog, SLI/SLO design, distributed tracing, incident management, automated testing, blue/green deployments
Timeline
Engineering Manager
Fidelity Investments
12.2023 - Current
Director of Software Engineering
Fidelity Investments
08.2019 - 12.2023
Principal Software Engineer & Cloud Technologist
Fidelity Investments
10.2015 - 07.2019
Sr. Engineering Manager / Principal Software Engineer
Capgemini, IBM, Physicians Mutual, Rail Inc, Argus
08.2004 - 10.2015
Master of Science - Mechanical Engineering
Northern Illinois University
Master of Science - Computer Science
Northern Illinois University
Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering
Osmania University