Mahitha Adapa is a seasoned Principal Architect with over 10 years of expertise in software engineering, scalable platform design, enterprise API development, cloud migrations, and database optimization. With a strong technical foundation in Java, Micronaut, Kafka, MongoDB, and AWS, she has successfully led teams in designing and implementing high-performance, mission-critical systems.
Cloud Migration and Scalable Architecture at Optum
As a Principal Architect at Optum, Mahitha has been instrumental in migrating over 80 applications to the cloud, ensuring auto-scaling, high availability, and cost efficiency. Her leadership in database optimization led to a seamless transition from Cassandra to MongoDB Atlas, where she implemented sharding, indexing, and caching strategies to enhance database performance.
Her contributions extend to real-time data reconciliation, designing a framework that ensures 100 percent data accuracy across streaming pipelines. By integrating Kafka with MongoDB, she has built low-latency streaming solutions, improving real-time data access and decision-making. Her work in query optimization has significantly improved system scalability during peak load scenarios.
Advancing API Development and Data-Driven Insights
Mahitha’s expertise in API development and data streaming has been a game-changer at Optum. As a Lead Software Engineer, she designed a real-time streaming solution using Kafka Streams and Cassandra, managing dynamic data models with over 1800 tables. She introduced CQRS architecture with Change Data Capture (CDC) pipelines, optimizing query performance for enterprise-wide applications.
To enhance API discoverability and data accessibility, she built the Cirrus Catalog, leveraging Python Django and Angular. This solution streamlined data model discovery and API documentation, enabling teams to build and integrate applications efficiently.
Enhancing Performance and Automation
Mahitha has played a key role in performance optimization and automation, significantly reducing manual interventions and operational overhead. Her initiatives include:
- Automated workflows for file-stuck data remediation, accelerating resolution speeds
- Docker Compose-powered local development environments, reducing setup time for engineers
- CI/CD pipeline integration in collaboration with DevOps teams, streamlining deployments
- Transient test environments, enabling faster integration testing and issue identification
Transforming Healthcare Systems with Scalable Engineering
Mahitha’s early contributions as a Senior Software Engineer at Optum were pivotal in scaling healthcare systems to process over 2 million claims weekly across medical, pharmacy, and behavioral health domains. She led the optimization of APIs for 270/271 services, reducing failure rates and ensuring compliance.
By enhancing backend services for complex queries, she improved system responsiveness and reliability, ensuring 99 percent availability in healthcare transactions. Her expertise in Cassandra and Elasticsearch optimizations led to faster data retrieval and storage efficiency, improving overall system performance.
Leadership in Cloud-Native Technologies
Mahitha has consistently driven cloud-native best practices, guiding cross-functional teams to align technology with business objectives. She has defined containerized service deployment strategies, improving system reliability and performance.
Her ability to conduct proof-of-concept (POC) evaluations has ensured that Optum adopts cutting-edge tools and frameworks aligned with evolving business and technology needs.
Shaping the Future of Scalable Cloud Engineering
With her deep expertise in cloud computing, enterprise software architecture, and AI-driven optimizations, Mahitha Adapa continues to be a driving force in modernizing mission-critical systems. Her contributions to real-time data processing, API design, and cloud reliability are shaping the future of scalable, data-driven applications.
Her passion for building high-performance platforms and mentoring teams underscores her leadership in the field of cloud-native engineering and enterprise solutions.