London, United Kingdom - Remote

Software Development Engineer

• Designed and delivered multiple production-ready modules for gaming and fintech applications across DEV, UAT, and PROD environments, using React, Node.js, and SQL, ensuring smooth feature deployments.
• Reduced API latency by 90% in a real-time battleship-style game by implementing asynchronous job processing with BullMQ and Redis caching, improving in-game responsiveness from 2.5 seconds to 200ms.
• Built a high-availability fantasy sports platform (“FUTY”) for 2K+ users using React, TailwindCSS, and AWS S3 + CloudFront, achieving sub-200ms asset delivery via CDN.
• Refactored the core AWS S3 integration to support MinIO-compatible endpoints, enabling the use of self-hosted object storage for cost savings and data control.
• Developed a robust loan management system with Node.js, React, and SQL, incorporating form validations, transaction tracking, and error handling to reduce loan tracking errors by 35%.
• Mentored junior developers through code reviews, pair programming, and debugging sessions, improving overall team code quality and reducing bug recurrence.
• Collaborated with cross-functional teams via Agile sprints and Jira tracking, ensuring clear requirements and delivering product features on time in over 95% of sprints.

Noida, India

Software Engineer

• Architected and developed a loan management & collection system using Java, Spring Boot, and MongoDB, deploying it across DEV, UAT, and PROD environments, processed 1,000+ loan applications and accounts post launch.
• Implemented push notification scheduling using Cron jobs and batch processing to remind employees about daily tasks, improving timely task completion by 80%.
• Optimized MongoDB performance by simplifying and restructuring the schema for maintainability while meeting business requirements, resulting in easier query handling and reduced development complexity.
• Reduced MongoDB query response times by 70% through aggregation pipeline optimization, strategic indexing, and schema tuning, significantly improving API response times.
• Participated in Agile sprints by contributing to sprint planning, backlog discussions, and peer code reviews, helping ensure timely delivery of planned features in a fast-paced environment.