About

Gopal Rao Bagadhi is a Senior Software Engineer IV at Walmart with over 11 years of experience in design and development of large-scale cloud applications based on Java/J2EE technologies. With domain knowledge in mobile payments, cloud and web development, IoT, and application security, Gopal has proven experience in delivering successful projects in these areas. Gopal's technical exposure includes core Java, J2EE, SQL, Spring (DI, AOP, Boot), Hibernate, MySQL, Couchbase, Tomcat, Weblogic, AWS (EC2, S3, RDS), Fortify, Fiddler, Burp Suite, Apache Storm, Apache Kafka, SoapUI, Junit, Git, Perforce, and Maven. He has worked on projects using Agile and Waterfall project models and has experience in CI/CD. Currently, Gopal is involved in the design and development of "Samsung Pay Gift Cards" at Walmart. This project enables users to buy various gift cards using multiple payment options like UPI, Samsung Rewards, and CC/DC on their Samsung phones. Previously, Gopal worked at Samsung R&D Bangalore, India, where he was involved in the design and development of "Samsung Pay Gift Cards" and "Samsung Pay Cards." He worked as a technical SPOC and India integration lead for top banks and card networks in India. Gopal has also worked on the implementation of the Dynamic Internet Home Screen feature, integrated applications with Apache Traffic Server for caching network requests, and worked as part of the Samsung Browser team. Gopal holds a Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science from Padmanava College of Engineering and completed his Higher Secondary education in Science and Mathematics from Kendriya Vidyalaya, Bondamunda. Gopal's tech stack includes software engineering, integration, web development, Java, SQL, DevOps, AWS, Apache Storm, MySQL, Spring, mobile development, CI/CD, testing, Kafka, senior software engineering, and research scientist.