Mahendra Badugu
Professional Summary
.NET Developer with 4+ years of experience building scalable backend systems and enterprise applications using C#, ASP.NET, and SQL Server. Strong exposure to designing secure APIs, implementing authentication mechanisms, and improving application reliability. Experienced in modernizing legacy systems, integrating third-party services, and adopting cloud and DevOps practices. Actively upskilling in ASP.NET Core and Azure-based architectures.
Technical Skills
Work Experience
- Led backend development for enterprise energy-management modules using C# and ASP.NET (MVC/Web API), implementing RESTful APIs to streamline data exchange with billing and monitoring systems.
- Designed and optimized SQL Server schemas and stored procedures and used Entity Framework where appropriate to improve query reliability and maintainability.
- Implemented role-based access control and secure data handling patterns, integrating authentication middleware and input validation to enforce authorization and reduce security risks.
- Built and maintained API integrations with third-party services using HTTP clients and JSON, implementing retry, error handling and logging to improve integration resilience.
- Participated in debugging and incident response, performed root-cause analysis and added structured logging and exception handling to improve observability and mean time to resolution.
- Managed deployments and environment updates on IIS and collaborated with DevOps to automate build and release steps through CI/CD pipelines.
- Developed web applications using ASP.NET MVC and Web Forms, implementing server-side business logic in C# for enterprise client solutions.
- Optimized SQL Server performance through indexing strategies, query tuning and refactoring stored procedures to address slow-running queries and improve throughput.
- Supported API design and integration for a modular architecture, producing versioned Web APIs and clear contracts for front-end and third-party consumers.
- Refactored legacy code to improve modularity and maintainability, introducing Entity Framework for cleaner data access patterns where suitable.
- Collaborated with QA, product and support teams to deliver features on schedule, participated in sprint planning and regression testing to maintain stability.
- Contributed to deployment and environment configuration on IIS and managed source control workflows using Git to improve release repeatability.
- Developed business logic and server-side components using C#, ASP.NET and SQL Server to implement feature requirements for client portals.
- Implemented CRUD operations and data validation, using stored procedures and Entity Framework for consistent and reliable data access.
- Assisted with deployments and configuration on IIS, prepared deployment artifacts and supported post-deployment smoke testing and fixes.
- Wrote unit tests and supported QA with defect triage, accelerating bug resolution and ensuring functional coverage for releases.
- Prepared technical documentation and runbooks for deployments and operational procedures to aid maintenance and onboarding.
- Worked with senior developers to apply secure coding practices and implement basic authentication and role checks in application modules.
Projects
- Developed tax and reporting modules to calculate payroll deductions and statutory reports using C# and SQL Server stored procedures.
- Improved backend processing and reporting accuracy by enforcing validation rules and centralizing calculation logic into reusable services.
- Built enterprise modules for monitoring and management using ASP.NET for server-side processing and SQL Server for data persistence.
- Improved system performance and stability by optimizing data access patterns and implementing robust error handling for external integrations.
Education
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