Soham Baijal

Software Engineer

Pune, Maharashtra, India2 yrs 9 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchAI ML Practitioner

Key Highlights

  • Achieved third place in Barclays GenAI Hackathon.
  • Optimized API response time by 20% for digital channels.
  • Developed middleware for user authentication and session management.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Backend-focused Software Engineer in the Fintech industry.

Contact

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Skills

Core Skills

MicroservicesJavaApi DevelopmentData Science

Other Skills

AIAPI optimizationAgile MethodologiesAnsibleComputer VisionContinuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)Data AnalyticsDeep LearningDevOpsDocker ProductsElasticsearchFirebaseFlutterGitJUnit

About

As a Software Engineer at Barclays, I specialize in designing and developing scalable backend solutions using ๐ฆ๐ข๐œ๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ, ๐‘๐„๐’๐“๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐€๐๐ˆ๐ฌ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‰๐š๐ฏ๐š ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐’๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐จ๐จ๐ญ. With 1.9 years of hands-on experience, I have honed my skills in Java, Spring Boot, API development, ๐ฆ๐ข๐œ๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ณ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐‚๐ˆ/๐‚๐ƒ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐š๐ฎ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง. I enjoy taking on challenges and learning new technologies that help me ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐›๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฌ. Whether itโ€™s designing efficient systems, automating processes, or exploring new ideas, Iโ€™m always looking for ways to add value. Recently, I discovered a strong interest in data science and deep learning, which led me to participate in the ๐๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ฅ๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐†๐ž๐ง๐€๐ˆ ๐‡๐š๐œ๐ค๐š๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ง, where my team earned ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ซ๐ place. It was a great opportunity to apply creativity and technical skills to ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฅ-๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐›๐ฅ๐ž๐ฆ๐ฌ with AI. Outside of work, Iโ€™m always curious about whatโ€™s next in tech and enjoy connecting with others who share that curiosity. Feel free to reach out if youโ€™d like to chat or collaborate!

Experience

Barclays

2 roles

Software Developer II

Feb 2025 โ€“ Present ยท 1 yr 1 mo ยท On-site

  • โ€ข Developed a ๐ฆ๐ข๐๐๐ฅ๐ž๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฑ๐ฒ layer for a product partner customer onboarding platform for user ๐š๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐š๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ณ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ and cache user context leveraging ๐Œ๐ข๐œ๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž, ๐Ž๐€๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก principles, ๐‰๐–๐“ tokens and ๐‘๐ž๐๐ข๐ฌ ๐‚๐š๐œ๐ก๐ž for enhanced performance data consistency.
MicroservicesOAuthJWTRedis CacheJava

Software Developer

Jul 2023 โ€“ Feb 2025 ยท 1 yr 7 mos ยท On-site

  • Developed a Digital Application Framework by breaking down a ๐Œ๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐œ system into ๐Œ๐ข๐œ๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ฌ, using ๐‘๐„๐’๐“ ๐€๐๐ˆ๐ฌ to migrate the overdraft journey and ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ž ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐›๐ฒ ๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿฌ%.
  • Implemented ๐‰๐”๐ง๐ข๐ญ and integration testing using frameworks such as ๐Œ๐จ๐œ๐ค๐ข๐ญ๐จ, ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ๐Œ๐จ๐œ๐ค๐ข๐ญ๐จ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Š๐š๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐žincreasing the code coverage from๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿต% to ๐Ÿต๐Ÿณ%.
  • Under the Barclays Green Loan Initiative, optimized API response time by ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ% delivering to three digital channels.
  • Presented a solution for automating a mortgage cashback system in Barclays ๐‚๐จ๐๐ž-๐€-๐“๐ก๐จ๐ง.
  • Achieved ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ซ๐ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง in the Barclays ๐†๐ž๐ง๐€๐ˆ ๐‡๐š๐œ๐ค๐š๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ง by leveraging deep learning techniques to solve a real-world problem, demonstrating innovation and practical application of AI technologies.
MicroservicesREST APIsJUnitMockitoPowerMockitoKarate+2

The lnm institute of information technology

Software Developer Internship

May 2021 โ€“ Jul 2021 ยท 2 mos ยท LNMIIT, Jaipur ยท On-site

  • โ€ข Developed a cross platform ๐“๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง App which connects the Doctor, medical staff and patientsโ€™ family in the stressful times of Covid-19 to avoid chaos using ๐…๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ.
Flutter

Education

The LNM Institute of Information Technology

Bachelor of Technology - BTech โ€” Computer Science

Jan 2019 โ€“ Jan 2023

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