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AVAILABLE · HYDERABAD, IN

Naga Tharun Makkena

Software Engineer — backend systems, .NET

I build event-driven calculation engines and the systems around them. Currently shipping financial software at insightsoftware.

01 / About

I'm a backend systems engineer and a naturally curious person. I like the parts of software most people find tedious — getting the data model right, making calculations correct and repeatable, and building systems that stay easy to reason about as they grow.

In my free time I like exploring domains well outside my day job. Recently that's been AWS and robotics, but the specific topic matters less than the habit. I just enjoy learning and picking up whatever catches my interest, then following it until I understand how the pieces actually fit together.

That curiosity is really what keeps me in this field. I like working close to the fundamentals; how data moves, where systems break under load, why one design ages well and another turns brittle, and I'd always rather understand something deeply than just get it working and move on.

Daily Driver

C# · .NET Core · Oracle PL/SQL · Entity Framework · Event-Driven Design · Stored Procedures · REST APIs

Working Knowledge

TypeScript · Angular · AngularJS · JavaScript · Node.js · Java · Azure DevOps · Git · MVC

Exploring

Swift / iOS · AWS · Robotics · Assembly

02 / Experience

Jul 2024 — Present · Hyderabad, India

Associate Software Engineer

insightsoftware

  • Built an event-driven calculation and reporting engine from the ground up, now the backbone for financial-balance reporting across multiple business entities.
  • Designed compliance-critical tax-calculation logic and a role-based access-control system, reconciling complex business rules with the underlying data model.
  • Identified and corrected high-stakes financial-calculation defects in production, fixing incorrect values that fed directly into customer-facing reports.
  • Mentored incoming interns and led internal knowledge-sharing sessions on engineering practices; recognized as Achiever of the Quarter (Q1 2025) for 100% on-time delivery and a 95%+ completed-vs-committed story point ratio.

c# · asp.net · .net core · entity framework · event-driven · sql

Feb 2024 — Jul 2024 · Hyderabad, India

Engineering Intern

insightsoftware

  • Extended core workflows with multicurrency support — tax withholding, enrolment, and disposition handling across currency environments.
  • Introduced role-based field-level data masking for sensitive participant data and resolved correctness issues across the codebase.

c# · .net · data masking · multi-currency

Jun 2023 — Aug 2023 · Bangalore, India

Project Intern

Oracle Financial Services Software Limited

  • Developed and optimised PL/SQL scripts to streamline database workflows and improve storage efficiency within a core banking system.
  • Gained hands-on exposure to industry-grade financial software architecture and collaborated on functional testing of banking product modules.

pl/sql · oracle db · core banking

2020 — 2024 · Hyderabad, India

B.Tech — Computer Science

Mahindra University

  • GPA: 8.93/10
  • Merit Scholarship recipient — top 10 of CSE batch, four consecutive years (2021–2024)
  • Relevant coursework: Data Structures & Algorithms, Operating Systems, Database Management, Computer Networks, Software Engineering, Distributed Systems, Cloud Computing, High-Performance Computing

btech · computer science · merit scholarship

03 / Work

ExpenseDiary

An iOS expense-splitting app I'm building in Swift (MVVM + CoreData). Supports groups, equal/percentage/custom splits, settlements, and full transaction history. Siri Shortcuts integration in progress for voice-driven entries. Built because splitting expenses on existing apps annoyed me.

What was hard: CoreData relationships for group settlements with split-type flexibility.

swift · ios · mvvm · coredata · sirikit

Unagi

A Friends-themed trivia game with single-player and real-time multiplayer. Room-based session management over WebSockets (Socket.io); questions generated on-demand via OpenAI's GPT API instead of a static bank.

What was hard: keeping room state consistent across disconnects while OpenAI latency varied.

node.js · socket.io · openai · mongodb · multiplayer

auction-backend

Backend API for a student-focused auction platform. Handles bidding logic, authentication flows, and real-time auction state management.

What was hard: race conditions in concurrent bid submissions under load.

node.js · rest api · auth

Stocks-Visualizer

A C# desktop application for visualising stock market data with interactive charts, trend analysis, and historical price exploration.

What was hard: efficient charting of large OHLC datasets without blocking the UI thread.

c# · charts · finance

Also on GitHub: HPC-Lab · MPI-Codes — coursework in parallel computing and systems.

04 / Recognition

Awards

  • Achiever of the Quarter (Q1 2025); 100% on-time release delivery, 95%+ completed-vs-committed story points, strong defect-escape record
  • Merit Scholarship; For being in the top 10 of the CSE cohort, four consecutive years (2021–2024)

Certifications

  • Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900)
05 / Contact

Let's build something.

nagatharunmakkena@gmail.com