Nikhil Kumar

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Delhi, India8 yrs 9 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Led a team of 40+ engineers in fintech.
  • Developed scalable APIs for enterprise solutions.
  • Expert in backend development with diverse tech stack.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Backend-focused Software Engineer in the Fintech industry.

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Skills

Core Skills

Project ManagementArchitectureMicroserviceDistributed SystemJava SpringRest ApiAdvanced SqlApi'sDjangoPythonAws

Other Skills

API DevelopmentAlgorithmsAmazon Web Services (AWS)Android DevelopmentBackend DevelopmentCC++Data StructuresDistributed SystemsEvent-Driven ArchitectureGitGo-langGoogle MapsJavaJavaScript

About

Experienced Software Engineer with a demonstrated history of working in the information technology industry. Skilled in Java, Backend Development. Also, a part-time ML/AI enthusiast. Strong engineering professional with a Bachelor's degree focused in Computer Science from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.

Experience

Fairmoney

4 roles

Head of Engineering, Lending

Promoted

Mar 2025Present · 1 yr

  • Leading a group of 40+ Engineers in making credit accessible in the African market.
Project ManagementStakeholder ManagementArchitectureDistributed SystemsLeadership

Senior Engineering Manager

Promoted

Mar 2023Feb 2025 · 1 yr 11 mos

Engineering Manager

Promoted

Jan 2022Apr 2023 · 1 yr 3 mos

Software Development Engineer-III

Aug 2021Dec 2021 · 4 mos

Gojek tech

Product Engineer

Aug 2019Jul 2021 · 1 yr 11 mos · Gurgaon, India

  • Backend Engineer in Go-Food, Ordering
  • Go-lang, TDD, Microservice, Distributed System, Event-Driven Architecture, Scalability.
Go-langTDDMicroserviceDistributed SystemEvent-Driven ArchitectureScalability

Ihs markit | technology

2 roles

Associate II Software Engineer

Dec 2018Jul 2019 · 7 mos

  • Single handily setuped / developed 4 Projects from scratch for MCPM’s Entity Onboarding Accelerator solution based on Java Spring.
  •  As a part of the setup, I added support and examples for persistence layers (SQL Server), Cron Jobs, User Authentication & Management.
  • o Build 20+ scalable, robust REST API’s (CRUD), utilities and optimized performance of other 15+API's.
Java SpringSQL ServerREST APIUser AuthenticationPerformance Optimization

Associate I Software Engineer

Jul 2017Dec 2018 · 1 yr 5 mos

  • Working as Backend Eng. in Reg. & Comp. Division for Markit Counterparty Manager (MCPM) services.
  •  Leveraged Advance SQL, Tibco Jasper for delivering critical business data points to senior management.
  •  Optimized 20+ bugs (performance, security) involving multithreading concepts.
  •  Functionality addition: Added support for ISDA Swiss Jurisdictional Module Protocol in MCPM. Also, revamped existing Modules.
  •  Single handily devised an oAuth2 based Central Authentication System ( CAS) for R&C Division.
  • o CAS supports Web-Apps, API's, and various mechanisms for authentication based on user storage mechanism and grant_type.
  • o Key features include Single Sign-On, JWT based stateless authentication, Federation login based on SAML using pingFed.
Advanced SQLTibco JasperoAuth2Web-AppsAPI's

Wanderwagon

Tech Lead

Aug 2016Dec 2016 · 4 mos · New Delhi Area, India

  • Responsible for building and managing all technical aspects of www.wanderwagon.com(Not operational now)
  • At WanderWagon we are disrupting the travel experience of travel enthusiast.
  • As a Technical lead, I took our first version of WebApp from scratch to live in Production within this span.
  • Utilized Python-based, Django MVC framework along with Oath2 Authentication protocol via Facebook, Google.

Credr

Backend Engineer Internship

Jun 2016Jul 2016 · 1 mo · Mumbai Area, India

  • Worked as Fullstack Developer on an in house Django based application to create a Boilers plate infrastructure in VM for testing new features using AWS api's
  • Created AWS Mangement console like interface to maintain the life cycle of VMs using Boto3.
  • Implemented proper roles and permissions allowing sharing of VM's among developers.
  • Utilized Django for creating RESTful APIs to bring various services up in VM as required.
DjangoPythonoAuth2

Proptiger.com

Software Engineer Internship

Jun 2014Jul 2014 · 1 mo · Noida Area, India

  • Android Application Developer and Automation Testing
  • Worked on the UI Automation testing of android app using Robotium, an Android test automation framework.
  • Deployed the project on Jenkins Hudson for automatic routine check and reports.
  • Used Github private repository for maintaining and collaborating in source code.
DjangoAWSRESTful APIs

Education

Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi

Bachelor's degree — Computer Science

Jan 2012Jan 2017

D.A.V Public School, Kailash hills, New Delhi

High School — Science Stream

Jan 2010Jan 2012

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