Software Engineer building fintech products in NYC
I'm a software engineer who loves building products that users actually interact with. For the past 5+ years, I've been working in fintech - first at Airtel Payments Bank building mobile banking features for millions of users in India, and now at Goldman Sachs working on trading platforms.
What gets me excited? Taking a complex problem, figuring out the right solution, and shipping something that makes a real difference in people's lives. Whether it's a payment flow that just works, or a feature that saves traders hours of manual work - I care about the impact, not just the code.
I studied at University of Washington (MS) and Delhi Technological University (BTech), and I've been lucky to work with some incredibly smart people who've pushed me to grow.
Building trading platform features in the Consumer & Wealth Management division. I've worked on everything from designing storage architecture that cut costs by 35%, to optimizing APIs that traders rely on every day, to building compliance systems that detect market manipulation. Also had the chance to mentor interns and help ship features they built.
This is where I fell in love with building products at scale. Fintech in India was an emerging market, and I got to be part of that story - building backend services that onboarded ~10,000 new users every day. Worked on payment flows, customer journey analytics, and high-performance APIs. There's something special about building products that help people access services for the first time.
Designed and built end-to-end system to merge and split order allocations, eliminating millions in external licensing fees. Handled complex order graph logic, race conditions with external executions, and integration with upstream/downstream systems. Full ownership from design through rollout.
Architected team's first cloud deployment for compliance-mandated trade surveillance data. Built secure SFTP ingestion from 15 external platforms, immutable S3 storage with encryption, and lifecycle policies that reduced costs by 35% vs on-prem. Passed FRB audit requirements.
Technically, I enjoy working with Java, Spring Boot, AWS, and building systems that need to be fast and reliable. But more than any specific technology, I care about working on products where I can see the direct impact of what I build.
I'm always happy to connect with fellow engineers, chat about fintech, or discuss interesting technical problems. Feel free to reach out on LinkedIn or email me.