Noel Vincent Polakallu
Software Development Engineer
Bengaluru,KA
Summary
Dynamic polyglot Full-Stack Engineer with a strong product-first mindset, specializing in the development and scaling of enterprise systems. Expertise includes backend development, DevOps, and Generative AI, demonstrating a commitment to end-to-end problem-solving from architecture to the delivery of impactful user features.
Overview
2
2
years of professional experience
2
2
Certifications
Work History
ASDE-2
Publicis Sapient
04.2024 - Current
- Engineered full-stack solutions across backend APIs and DevOps activities for a major UK bank, achieving 99.9% uptime across 7+ features used by over 50,000 daily users.
- Played a crucial role in modernization, integrating Terraform Cloud, Harness, and Backstage to standardize IaC, and improve release velocity by close to 30%.
- Backend engineered by contributing to the Reward Summary API, implementing tests, performance benchmarking, and observability improvements. The API maintains 99.9% availability, with less than 350 ms latency, an improvement of over 20%.
- Served as a GenAI Teaching Assistant, training over 50 senior leaders on RAG, LangChain, and CrewAI, and mentoring two interns to build PrashnaAI, a scalable RAG product serving 50 to 100 daily users.
ASDE-1
Publicis Sapient
10.2023 - 04.2024
- Completed a 12-week intensive bootcamp covering Java, Spring Boot, Docker, Kubernetes, and Cloud-Native Development. Certified in Terraform and GCP.
- Designed scalable microservices for 5+ apps using Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, and ReactJS, built CI/CD pipelines in Jenkins, and focused on NFRs by battle-testing the APIs for 1M+ requests using performance tests and BDD automation (Cucumber + Java).
- Contributed to a major UK banking project, supporting DevOps operations across Jenkins, Terraform, GKE, Istio, and other GCP services, enabling 24/7 uptime for enterprise-scale financial infrastructure serving over 500,000 users.
SDE Intern
Publicis Sapient
05.2022 - 07.2022
- Developed a web application to digitize the hiring probe form at Publicis Sapient, replacing a manual process that previously required managing over 1,000 paper and Excel interview files per month.
- A ReactJS, Flask, and DocumentDB app on AWS (Cognito, API Gateway, Lambda, S3, CloudFront, CodePipeline) serves 100 to 500 employees daily, cutting approximately 90% of manual hiring effort and enabling 100% digital interviews.
Education
Bachelor of Technology - Computer Science and Engineering
06-2023
- 8.44 CGPA
- MTech offers Generator, Built a scalable automated M.Tech offer-generation platform currently used by select third-generation IITs, and shortlisted for pitching to COAP, the national seat-allocation system. - Capstone Project
Skills
Frontend Software Skills: ReactJS, NextJS, Figma, HTML, CSS, Bootstrap, Material UI, Shadcn UI, Tailwind CSS, JavaScript, TypeScript
Backend Software Skills: Java, Java Spring Boot, Java Spring Cloud, NodeJS, Express, JUnit, Mockito, MongoDB, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis
CI/CD, Cloud Software Skills: Git, GitHub, Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins, Helm, Harness, Google Cloud Platform, AWS, Istio, Backstage
Relevant Coursework: Computer Networks, Architecture, OS, Compiler, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, and Artificial Intelligence
Accomplishments
- 2nd place in a Goa Police Hackathon 2022 for a VoIP-based remote IP tracing app.
- Solved 900+ DSA problems on Leetcode, earned the 2022 Annual Badge for maintaining a 300+ day streak.
- Reached top 10% (semifinals) out of 100+ teams in the Aspire Hackathon conducted by Publics Sapient by building a GenAI-based financial goal advisor.
Certification
HashiCorp - Terraform Associate
Timeline
HashiCorp - Terraform Associate
10-2024
ASDE-2 - Publicis Sapient
04.2024 - Current
Google Cloud Certified Cloud Digital Leader
03-2024
ASDE-1 - Publicis Sapient
10.2023 - 04.2024
SDE Intern - Publicis Sapient
05.2022 - 07.2022
Indian Institute of Technology - Bachelor of Technology, Computer Science and Engineering