Umang Kedia

Software Engineer

Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands14 yrs 4 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Expert in building scalable backend systems.
Strong experience in payment systems and fintech solutions.
Proficient in multiple programming languages including Java and Go.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Backend Engineer with expertise in Fintech and E-commerce.

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Skills

Core Skills

Payments SystemsMobile Development

Other Skills

AlgorithmsApache KafkaCDistributed SystemsElasticSearchGo (Programming Language)HibernateJavaMicroservicesMySQLNode.jsPhonegapRESTRabbitMQSQL

About

Backend engineer enthusiastic about building scalable, highly available and maintainable systems. Solving interesting business problems using technology. Interests: Distributed systems, Java, Golang, Payments systems

Experience

Samsara

Staff Engineer

Aug 2025 – Present · 7 mos · Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands · Hybrid

Uber

Staff Software Engineer

Jun 2018 – Oct 2024 · 6 yrs 4 mos · Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

Building Maps for our consumers
Arrears experience for our partners
Scaling UberPay https://uberpay.uber.com/
Payment Profile Storage for Uber

Phonepe

Senior Software Engineer

Jun 2016 – Jun 2018 · 2 yrs · Bangalore

Among the first 15 engineers at the company. Built multiple services from scratch. Easily one of the best companies to work for with a great engineering culture.

Flipkart

2 roles

Software Developer II (Ads)

Promoted

Aug 2015 – Mar 2016 · 7 mos

Built platform to show Ads on Flipkart mobile home page.

Software Developer (eCommerce)

Feb 2014 – Aug 2015 · 1 yr 6 mos

Paypal

2 roles

Software Engineer

Aug 2013 – Jan 2014 · 5 mos · Greater Chennai Area

1.Worked on a project to integrate Bill Me Later (now PayPal Credit) as a backup-funding source for PayPal Debit Card.
2. Implemented immediate payments withdrawal for PayPal customers. The objective of the project was to reduce the time taken in releasing these withdrawals without compromising the risk checks.

Intern (Software Developer)

Jan 2013 – Jun 2013 · 5 mos · Greater Chennai Area

Helped in creating internal tools for different teams. Worked mostly on developing web apps using PHP, JavaScript and jQuery. Some tools involved using JavaScript based graph APIs like HighCharts and jQPlot.

Genome informatics

Google Summer of Code 2013

Jun 2013 – Sep 2013 · 3 mos

Developed a cross-platform smartphone app to display biological pathway information for Reactome.
Independently created the complete application – from UI design to implementation using jQuery Mobile and Phonegap for Android, iOS and Windows platforms.
Built support for hierarchical views for biological pathways and a search feature across the database.
Code: https://code.google.com/p/reactome-smartphone/source/browse/