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Rahul Kumar

Bangalore

Summary

Accomplished Lead Engineer at Finbox with expertise in GoLang and microservices architecture. Spearheaded the development of a loan recalculation service, enhancing processing efficiency and accuracy. Demonstrated strong leadership in cross-functional teams, driving operational improvements and delivering impactful solutions that streamline complex workflows.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience

Work History

Lead Engineer

Finbox
04.2024 - Current
  • Developed a microservice to recalculate loan data based on various dynamic parameters, improving the accuracy and efficiency of loan processing
  • Implemented a multi-step pipeline to handle complex recalculations and integrated external APIs for real-time data validation
  • Optimized the service using Go and asynchronous processing to ensure scalability and reliability, reducing overall processing time and manual errors
  • Developed a service that assists clients in determining a pre-approval checklist for loans, ensuring compliance with business rules and regulatory requirements
  • The service automates checklist generation based on loan parameters, improving decision-making efficiency and reducing manual review time
  • Integrated with external data sources to validate key criteria, streamlining the loan approval process
  • Analyzed customer feedback data to improve user experience for future product releases.

Senior Software Engineer(L6)

Epifi Technology(Fi money)
Bangalore
11.2021 - 04.2024
  • Engineered a Reconcile service from inception, responsible for reconciling transactions missing from the bank's side
  • This involved creating missing transactions in the internal database to ensure visibility for users on the app
  • Integral to system functionality, with downstream services relying on its output
  • This service autonomously generates approximately 4-5% of all transactions (1.5 million), contributing significantly to operational efficiency
  • Led a multidisciplinary team of engineers in developing a high-performance, secure, and scalable payment platform, including an order management system, transaction processing, and encryption libraries
  • Implemented robust monitoring processes for platform alerting, devised on-call schedules, and created guidelines for new developer onboarding
  • Successfully integrated a new payment gateway and developed a robust order orchestration service to streamline payment processing and enhance order management capabilities

Lead Engineer

SAMSUNG R&D INSTITUTE DELHI
Noida
07.2017 - 11.2021
  • Engineered and executed a Release tool to manage the deployment of third-party applications onto production servers
  • Orchestrated seamless pipeline progression by integrating data collection from internal servers, leading to efficient deployment in production environments
  • As the Technical Account Manager (TAM), supervised 14 applications running on the Samsung Tizen platform
  • Effectively resolved player-side (AV Play) conflicts, platform-specific issues, and memory constraints to enhance performance and ensure a seamless user experience across all applications
  • Created and engineered a client-side ad framework to seamlessly stitch advertisements on the client side

Education

BACHELOR OF TECHNOLOGY (B.Tech) -

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, ALLAHABAD
Allahabad
05.2017

Skills

  • GoLang
  • Multithreading
  • Microservices architecture
  • API integration
  • Transaction reconciliation
  • System design
  • AWS
  • Kibana
  • Grafana
  • Protocol Buffers
  • GRpc
  • Wire
  • Algorithm
  • Data Structure
  • C
  • Python

Hobbies and Interests

  • Exploring new places
  • Cricket

Awards

  • Spot Award (Employee of the month), EPifi Technology
  • Employee of the Quarter, SAMSUNG R&D INSTITUTE DELHI
  • Secured position within the top three teams at an intercollege tech fest for competitive programming, INDIAN INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, ALLAHABAD

Timeline

Lead Engineer

Finbox
04.2024 - Current

Senior Software Engineer(L6)

Epifi Technology(Fi money)
11.2021 - 04.2024

Lead Engineer

SAMSUNG R&D INSTITUTE DELHI
07.2017 - 11.2021

BACHELOR OF TECHNOLOGY (B.Tech) -

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, ALLAHABAD
Rahul Kumar