Giriraj Sharma

Senior Software Engineer

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India12 yrs 3 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Expert in building scalable backend systems.
Significant contributions to open source projects.
Strong background in fintech and cloud-native solutions.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Backend Developer specializing in Fintech solutions with a strong focus on cloud-native architectures.

Contact

giriraj.sharma27@gmail.com LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

Backend DevelopmentCloud ComputingMachine LearningSearch Engine DevelopmentOpen Source ContributionAuthentication SystemsPublic Key Infrastructure

Other Skills

AlgorithmsAmazon Web Services (AWS)AngularJSApacheBigQueryCC++Data StructuresElasticSearchGitGoogle AnalyticsJSON Web AlgorithmsJSON Web EncryptionJSON Web KeyJSON Web Signature

About

Giriraj is a Senior Software Engineer at Clear Street, a fintech firm focused on modernising the brokerage ecosystem by replacing legacy infrastructure with a cloud-native clearing, settlement and custody system designed for today’s complex global market. At Clear Street, Giriraj is part of the Clearing and Settlement team, where he works on building scalable backend systems to support trade processing, clearing, and post-trade infrastructure. Previously, Giriraj was a Staff Engineer at Ocrolus, where he played a key role in building the core Ocrolus Fintech Platform. He focused on implementing and scaling backend document verification flows using a BPMN engine. Before that, he led the development of Paytm Marketplace Search, working in the domains of Search, Learning, and Intelligence. He has also contributed to open source projects under Red Hat JBoss Middleware and participated in Google Summer of Code in 2014 and 2015 under the JBoss organization.

Experience

12 yrs 3 mos

Total Experience

3 yrs 11 mos

Average Tenure

1 yr 3 mos

Current Experience

Clear street

Senior Software Engineer

Feb 2025 – Present · 1 yr 3 mos

CJavaC++AlgorithmsData StructuresProgramming+10

Ocrolus

2 roles

Staff Software Engineer

Jan 2021 – May 2025 · 4 yrs 4 mos

CJavaC++AlgorithmsData StructuresProgramming+10

Senior Software Engineer

Jun 2017 – Jan 2021 · 3 yrs 7 mos

Ocrolus's proprietary backend combines OCR transaction detection, crowd-sourced data validation, and algorithmic reconciliation. This innovative approach enables us to leverage machine learning, continually enhancing automation while accelerating analysis time. Our system analyses PDF statements from all US financial institutions allowing users to quickly and confidently make financial determinations.

CJavaC++AlgorithmsData StructuresProgramming+10

Paytm

Software Developer

Jun 2015 – Jul 2017 · 2 yrs 1 mo · Noida Area, India

You Know, for Search.
Built, Enhanced and Scaled primarily Paytm Search Engine and Core Catalog.
We used primarily ElasticSearch Stack, RabbitMq, Redis, Node JS, Python (django)

ElasticSearchRabbitMQNode.jsPythonRedisSearch Engine Development+1

Jboss

3 roles

Google Summer of Code 2015

Jan 2015 – Aug 2015 · 7 mos

Prototyped Mutual SSL client/user Authentication over Wildfly/Keycloak
Keycloak (SSO SaaS) provides integrated SSO and IDM for browser apps and RESTful web services and is built on top of the OAuth 2.0, Open ID Connect, JSON Web Token (JWT) and SAML 2.0 specifications. Options are to deploy it with an existing app server, as a black-box appliance, or as an Openshift cloud service and/or cartridge.

OAuth 2.0Open ID ConnectJSON Web Token (JWT)SAML 2.0Authentication Systems

Open Source Contributor

Feb 2014 – Nov 2015 · 1 yr 9 mos

I actively contributed to various open source projects under Red Hat JBoss Middleware (JBOSS Developer Framework) specifically in Apache Licensed Open Source Security Domain Middleware Picketlink and SSO SaaS KeyCloak.

Open SourceApacheJavaSecurity Domain MiddlewareOpen Source Contribution

Google Summer of Code 2014

Feb 2014 – Aug 2014 · 6 mos

Picketlink Public Key Infrastructure API
Implemented Picketlink PKI API for management of Keys and X509 Certificates by CRUD Operations such as issue, retrieve, verify and revoke on top of Picketlink Identity Management API.
Designed and Implemented IETF draft specifications for JSON Object Signing and Encryption(JOSE) implementations like JSON Web Algorithms(JWA), JSON Web Key(JWK), JSON Web Token(JWT), JSON Web Signature(JWS) and JSON Web Encryption (JWE).
Contributed to several JBoss repositories under Picketlink and JBoss Developer Framework(JDF).

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