Accomplished software engineer with over 17 years of experience, offering a robust and diverse technical skill set in full-stack web development, RESTful service design, and scalable architecture. Proven track record of delivering clean, efficient, and scalable solutions across various environments, from dynamic startups to large enterprise systems. Expertise in leveraging innovative technologies to drive project success and enhance user experiences. Committed to continuous learning and adapting to emerging trends in the ever-evolving tech landscape.
Leading high-impact, scalable backend service development in a cross-functional engineering team. Focused on designing robust, high-performance APIs and platform components that power key financial services at PayPal.
Key Responsibilities:
- Spearheading architecture design and implementation of RESTful services using Java (Spring), Jackson, and Jersey.
- Leading migration initiatives to modern frameworks and improving service observability and performance.
- Collaborating with product managers and UX teams to align technical designs with business requirements.
- Mentoring junior engineers and performing peer code reviews to ensure quality and consistency.
- Driving innovation by identifying performance bottlenecks and introducing system improvements.
Contributed to mission-critical service development and maintenance in a large-scale, distributed microservices ecosystem. Focused on backend logic, system integration, and API development for core PayPal services.
Key Achievements:
- Implemented services to enable PayPal Working Capital for merchants.
- Successfully led team in the development of a robust approval system for the GML Marketing Team, resulting in a 20% increase in product awareness and conversion rate.
- Successfully led team to expend PayPal Working Capital in European including France, Germany and Netherland resulting in a 10% increase in merchant loan origination.
- Designed and maintained scalable backend modules for transaction and identity services.
- Refactored legacy service components for better modularity, resulting in a 30% improvement in system efficiency.
- Integrated third-party APIs and internal services using secure and optimized protocols.
- Actively participated in Agile ceremonies and collaborated across engineering, QA, and DevOps teams. Technologies: Java, RESTful APIs, Jenkins, Git, Spring, MySQL, Docker, Jira
Joined PayPal as a senior engineer with a focus on backend systems, LAMP stack optimization, and service integrations. Helped modernize legacy PHP-based systems and transition towards microservice-based architectures.
Highlights:
- Building REST service - Designed and implemented risk decisioning service which provide PayPal working capital loan to PayPal merchants.
- Design and development of application modules and micro services
- Took ownership of deployment pipelines and CI/CD improvements for faster feature rollouts.